How it works
The whole game is built on one idea: you learn bookkeeping by doing a very large number of very small, real bookkeeping tasks, in the right order.
The desk
You work at a bookkeeper's desk. Your first client is a bicycle repair shop. Its paperwork lands in your inbox: receipts, invoices, checks, bank slips. Your job is to turn that paper into a clean set of books.
Steps
Each step asks one thing. What kind of paper is this? Which account does it affect? Which side? How much? You answer, you find out at once whether you were right, and you see the rule in one sentence.
How a lesson is built
- An example. You see one worked out.
- Step by step. You do one with every small decision separated.
- Put together. You do the whole thing.
- A fresh case. New numbers, no hand-holding.
- Mixed practice. Everything from the lesson, shuffled.
The numbers, names and dates change every time, so you cannot memorize answers.
Plain-English mode
With this switch on, every new idea starts with a short card: what it is, an everyday comparison, a simple picture and why it matters. It is written for someone with a 7th-grade education. A quick check follows that you cannot fail. Turn it off if you already know the basics.
Help, and what it costs
A brass bell on the desk gives hints in four stages: a nudge, the rule, a worked example, and finally the answer. Help is always there. But a step done with help is not counted as clean. It comes back later, with new numbers, until you can do it alone.
You can choose a different arrangement in the desk drawer: learn with free help and then prove it in a separate pass with no help at all.
What "mastered" means
| Clean | Right on the first try, with no help. |
|---|---|
| Mastered | Clean three times. |
Shifts
You choose how long to sit down for: about 5, 15 or 30 minutes. You can stop mid-lesson. The paper stays where you left it.
Exams and certificates
Each rank ends with an exam: no hints, one try per question, a time limit and a pass mark. Pass it with every lesson finished and you earn that rank's certificate of completion, along with a transcript listing every skill.
The certificate is ours. It is not a professional certification. Read what it does and does not mean.
Saving
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