Even Distance

Even Distance is one of the small daily geography games on Ten Minute Games, a site made by Istvan Kreisz. It asks one thing: given two cities, which city lies about as far from the first as from the second? On the board the two cities sit on either side of a dashed line, and you type your answer into a box beside it.

A day's round has three legs. Each leg shows a new pair, such as Mexico City and Boston, and you get one answer per leg: picking a city from the suggestion list submits it. Any recognised city is allowed, so there is no single right answer. What matters is the difference between your city's two distances, and the game sets a bar for the day (700 km on the days we looked); a difference under it solves the leg. You can also skip a leg. After an answer the game shows both distances, the gap, and a map with your city on the line between the pair.

There are two rounds a day: World, with pairs from anywhere, and Europe, with pairs such as Gibraltar and Edinburgh. Both reset at midnight UTC, and a Day menu lets you go back and play any earlier day for free.

There is no sign-up. Results and streaks are kept only in your browser, so clearing its storage or changing devices starts them again. It suits players who like map puzzles where you reason about distance and direction rather than recall a fact, and a round takes a few minutes.