A BOARD game designed by pupils at a Lune Valley school has sold more than 300 copies and is starting to attract the attention of national toy distributors.

The maths-based QBits has been produced by pupils at Casterton School, and challenges players to create sums to score points.

It follows a similar format to Scrabble, using numbers instead of letters, and players use their opponents’ contributions to score points.

The game evolved as part of a Young Enterprise project and has taken more than 18 months to perfect.

Chris Humphreys, of the Bentham Gallery, who acted as business adviser to the Casterton pupils, said that the game was addictive.

“It’s not only fun, but it enhances people’s maths too,” he said.

Co-creator Nadine Clokey, now studying in London, said most of the students who designed the game were now at university. “We have had a lot of encouragement from people in the industry,” she said. “That is what really spurred us on. Everyone working in the industry said it had real commercial potenial.

“All my friends and family love it. My nephew, who hates maths, tried it and he really enjoyed it.”

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