Can this game maker figure out Trump's China tariffs before they sink him?

Dan Linden likes games.

Dan Linden likes games. He likes trying to figure out the answers. But one tricky puzzle has him stumped: What is the actual percentage he now owes for tariffs on toys and games imported from China?

Linden, a 38-year-old Seattle resident, told NBC News he still doesn’t know how much he’ll have to pay to import the game he created and has staked his financial future on.

“I’m not a millionaire or anything,” Linden said. “These $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 tariff hits are going to take a significant chunk out of my own pocket.”

As it turns out, the entire toy industry is confronting the same problem. A representative for The Toy Association, the industry’s chief trade and lobbying group, said it could not comment on the current tariff level because it was “gathering new data about tariff impact on toy companies.”

Linden estimates he’s invested some $25,000 from his own savings to develop the game, Offshoots, a tabletop contest to see who can build out a “tree” using wood-based, branchlike pieces without toppling the trunk. Think Jenga meets K’nex.