The Atlas game, rebuilt

Atlas is the game most of us played as kids. Someone names a place, the next person names a place starting with its last letter, and the chain goes on until someone runs dry. It needs no board, no cards and no screen, which is exactly why everyone remembers it.

GeoChain keeps that chain rule intact and adds the things a paper game could never have: a scoring system that rewards deep geography knowledge, live opponents around the world, a rated ladder, and an atlas that knows more places than any of us do.

Saying South Africa keeps the chain alive, but it earns pocket points. Naming a place most people have never heard of earns multiples more. Every match is a trade between answering fast and digging for something rare, and the rating system tracks who does that best in every arena, from countries to lakes.

Every place must be real and verifiable. A place can be played once per match, including aliases, so USA and United States count as the same answer. When someone plays a place you do not know, the learn more and see on map links are one tap away. If you know a real place our atlas is missing, you can suggest it with a source and a human will review it.