About What The Rules

What The Rules exists for one moment: you're mid-game, a rules dispute breaks out, and someone reaches for their phone. Every page on this site leads with a Quick Rules box - a short summary you can read in a few seconds - before the full, detailed rules underneath for anyone who wants the complete picture.

How the rules are written

Card game rules and mechanics aren't copyrightable - only the exact wording of a specific rulebook is. Every page here is written from general knowledge of how each game is actually played, in our own words. We don't copy or closely paraphrase any single publisher's rulebook.

Commercial games

Some games covered here are commercially published and trademarked by their publishers. Where that's the case, we say so directly on the page: we are describing how the game is played, and we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the publisher unless stated otherwise.

Affiliate disclosure

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