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Brassrung

Answer · Climb · Cash Out

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  • Free
  • No ads
  • No account needed
  • No install — plays in your browser

About the game

Climb a fifteen-rung ladder of questions. Lock in an answer, bank a safe rung, or cash out while you are ahead.

Brassrung is a quiz-ladder game for the seatback screen. Fifteen rungs, four answers each, and a purse that doubles and doubles again as you climb.

Every answer takes two taps: one to choose, one to lock it in — so a mis-tap never costs a run. Two rungs are safe: clear them and that purse is yours whatever happens next. Three lifelines help when a question stumps you: Narrow removes two wrong answers, Gallery polls the room, and Cash Out lets you walk away with what you have banked.

A wrong answer costs one of your three chances and hands you a fresh question on the same rung, so a single unlucky topic does not end the run. Prefer the strict version? Set Chances to one in Quiz Setup and a single wrong answer ends it, exactly as the format is usually played.

Forty original questions across five difficulty bands, fully translated into eleven languages, and everything runs offline from a single file — no network, no accounts, no ads, no purchases.

How to play

  1. Fifteen rungs. Answer a four-option question to climb one rung. Each rung is worth more than the last.
  2. Lock it in. Tap an answer to choose it, then tap it again — or press Lock It In — to commit.
  3. Safe rungs. Clear rung 5 and rung 10 and that purse is yours no matter what happens later.
  4. Chances. A wrong answer costs one chance and hands you a fresh question on the same rung. Lose them all and you leave with your guaranteed purse.
  5. Lifelines. Narrow removes two wrong answers. Gallery polls the room. Each is once per run.
  6. Cash Out any time to walk away with everything you have banked so far.

Controls

TouchTap an answer to choose it, then tap it again or tap Lock It In to commit; tap a lifeline button to use it.
MouseClick an answer to choose it, then click it again or click Lock It In to commit; click a lifeline button to use it.
Keyboard1–4 or A–D choose · Enter locks in · Esc pauses · M mutes
GamepadLeft stick or D-pad chooses an answer · A selects and confirms · B backs out · Y cashes out · LB/RB lifelines · hold RT to lock in · LT shows the ladder · Start or X pauses.

Screenshots

  • Brassrung menu: the brass ladder logo, four difficulty buttons from Easy to Expert, then Play, Quiz Setup, How to Play
  • Rung 5 of 15, playing for 2,500: Which is the hardest natural substance? with Diamond picked and Lock It In below
  • Rung 8, playing for 20,000: How many degrees are in a full circle? after Gallery, with 360 leading the poll at 65%
  • Quiz Setup: difficulty Easy, 3 chances, answer timer Off, Narrow and Gallery on, Swap off, safe rungs 5 & 10
  • High Scores: five runs by You, topped by rung 12 for 300,000 and ending with rung 5 for 2,500
  • The How to Play panel: six rules from Fifteen rungs to Cash Out, then the controller and keyboard controls

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