Geography chain strategy
Plan with both the first and final letters of every place name. Endings such as A, N, and O have many continuations in the reviewed bank, while other endings may be scarce. Save flexible place names for points where the route starts to narrow. Check the accepted spelling and final alphabetic letter before committing. Spaces and punctuation may be normalized by the game, but the displayed bank controls what counts. A famous variant outside that bank should not be treated as a universal geographic error.
A route from LISBON
LISBON can move to NAIROBI, then ICELAND, DENMARK, KYOTO, and OSLO. Every link uses the final letter of the previous place. The sequence mixes cities and countries, so correct spelling matters more than place type. The LISBON route works because N opens NAIROBI, I opens ICELAND, and each later final letter has a stored continuation. Writing the first and last letters beside each place makes the chain rule auditable without reducing the locations to mere spelling tokens.
Turn the chain into geography study
After completing a route, label each stop as a city or country and locate it by region. Then choose one transition and explain the geographic distance between the two places. The letter rule starts the route, while the review supplies the geographic learning. After play, add country, region, and place type beside every stop, then compare one pair with the City Distance tool. This separates letter-chain skill from geographic knowledge and turns a route into a small, checkable study set.
