game rules
How to play
Game rules are the instructions governing how a game is played—what moves are allowed, how turns proceed, what constitutes winning or losing.
The term applies across board games, card games, sports, and video games.
We spent ten minutes arguing about the game rules before anyone rolled the dice.
House rules are modifications a particular group adopts.
To play by the rules is to follow established conventions, whether in games or life generally.
- rule bookDocument listing official procedures
- foulsIllegal plays in sports
- turnRotational movement
- dice rollThrowing numbered cubes
- variantsDiffering forms of something
mechanics · penalties · infractions · move · customizations · forfeits · framework · rulebook · fair play · setup · timeouts · points · fairness · expansions · time limits · score · objectives · etiquette
- game materialsrulebook, manual, scorecard, score sheet, instruction booklet
- playplay, free play, games, played, toys
- game nightboard games, card games, players, turns, dice
- Scrabbletiles, board, rack, blank, triple word
- ruleslaw, rule, guideline, bylaw, standard
- game designmechanics, level design, balancing, playtesting, difficulty
game rulesfree play
Self-directed recreational time
open play · sandbox mode · creative mode · improvisation · freestyle
game rulesstrategy guide
Gameplay instruction manual
suggestions · tactics · recommendations · advice · hints
game ruleschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
no rules · anarchy · lawlessness · disorder · rule-breaking