Rules
American Mahjong Rules: Setup, Charleston & Scoring
Learn American mahjong rules: the yearly NMJL card, the Charleston, jokers, and scoring, checked against the National Mah Jongg League and pagat.com.
How to Play Backgammon: Rules, Setup & Scoring
Learn how to play backgammon: starting position, turn order, hitting and the bar, bearing off, the doubling cube, and scoring, checked against USBGF and bkgm.com rules.
Bocce Ball Rules: How to Play, Score, and Win
Bocce ball rules explained: court setup, turn order, scoring with a worked example, and how backyard, USBF, and international bocce differ on court size and winning score - checked against official rulebooks.
Canasta Rules: How to Play Classic Canasta
Learn canasta rules: how to play classic canasta, card values for every rank, the 50/90/120 minimum-meld ladder, natural vs mixed canastas, freezing the pile, and partnership scoring.
How to Play Checkers: Rules, Setup, and Scoring
Learn how to play checkers: the starting position, forced captures, kings, winning the game, and how these checkers rules differ from international draughts.
Cornhole Rules: How to Play, Score, and Win
Cornhole rules explained: board distance, pitching order, cancellation scoring with a worked example, and how a game ends - checked against ACO and ACL rulebooks.
Cribbage Rules: How to Play, Score, and Win
Learn cribbage rules: the deal and the crib, how pegging works during the play, the full scoring table for the show, two worked example hands, and how a game ends at 121.
How to Play Darts: 501 and Cricket Rules Explained
Learn how to play darts: regulation board and oche setup, 501 scoring with a worked checkout, and cricket darts rules for marks, opening numbers, and points - checked against the PDC and WDF rulebooks.
How to Play Dominoes: Rules, Setup, and Scoring
Learn how to play dominoes: setup, turns, scoring, and how a hand ends for both the draw game and the block game, plus common variations and house rules.
Euchre Rules: How to Play, Order Up, and Score
Clear euchre rules covering the deal, ordering up, calling trump, the bower ranking, going alone, and scoring 1, 2, and 4 points to a 10-point game.
Example rules page
A scaffold example rules page, standing in for a real game's rules hub until real content is written.
Farkle Rules: How to Play, Setup, and Scoring
Learn farkle rules: how to play, the full scoring table for every dice combination, hot dice, banking strategy, and how a game is won at 10,000 points.
Gin Rummy Rules: How to Play, Knock, and Score
Learn gin rummy rules: the ten-card deal, drawing and discarding, deadwood counts, knocking, going gin, undercut scoring, and reaching 100 points.
How to Play Hearts: Rules, Passing, and Scoring
Learn how to play hearts: the 13-card deal, the passing rotation, first-trick rules, scoring, and shooting the moon, plus the hearts rules that differ by table.
Jewish Mahjong: What It Is & How It Compares
What is Jewish mahjong? An explainer on the American mah jongg game — the NMJL card, jokers, the Charleston — its history, and how it compares to Chinese mahjong.
How to Play Mahjong: Rules, Setup & Scoring
Learn how to play mahjong the Hong Kong way — tiles, setup, turns, melds, scoring and how American mahjong differs — checked against WMO/MIL, pagat.com and NMJL sources.
Mahjong Tiles: Every Tile Named, Meanings & Hands
Every mahjong tile shown and named with its common nickname, how many tiles each style uses, what a pung, chow, kong and pair are, and what to look for when buying a set.
Mancala Rules: How to Play, Setup, and Scoring
Learn mancala rules for Kalah: setup, sowing, the capture and extra-turn rules, scoring, and how the game ends, plus Oware and other mancala variants explained.
Mexican Train Rules: How to Play, Setup, and Scoring
Learn mexican train rules: how to play, setup, turn order, and scoring, plus how a hand ends and the common variations on doubles and the Mexican train.
Phase 10 Rules: How to Play, Score, and Win
Phase 10 rules explained end to end: the 108-card deck, the ten-card deal, laying down and hitting phases, Skip and Wild cards, scoring, and how the game ends.
Pickleball Rules: How to Play, Score, and the Kitchen
Pickleball rules explained end to end: court setup, the serving sequence, the two-bounce rule, kitchen (non-volley zone) violations, and scoring, checked against the 2026 USA Pickleball rulebook and a second independent authority.
Riichi Mahjong Rules: How to Play Japanese Mahjong
Learn riichi mahjong rules (Japanese mahjong rules): the 136-tile set, the dead wall and dora, declaring riichi, furiten, the one-yaku rule, and simplified han/fu scoring, checked against the European Mahjong Association and pagat.com.
Rummikub Rules: How to Play, Setup, and Scoring
Learn Rummikub rules: how to play, setup, the initial meld, joker rules, scoring, and how a game ends, checked against the official rulebook and pagat.com.
How to Play Rummy: Setup, Rules, and Scoring
Learn how to play rummy: rummy rules for the basic/straight card game, the deal by player count, melds, laying off, going rummy, deadwood scoring, and 500 rummy's differences.
Shuffleboard Rules: Table and Deck Shuffleboard
Shuffleboard rules for table shuffleboard's 1-2-3 zones and hanger, plus deck shuffleboard's 10-8-7 triangle and 10-off zone, verified against two rulebooks.
How to Play Solitaire: Klondike Rules & Setup
Learn how to play solitaire the standard Klondike way — tableau setup, turn-three draw, scoring and the stock/waste/foundation layout — checked against pagat.com and Wikipedia.
How to Play Spades: Rules, Setup, and Scoring
Learn how to play spades: partnership bidding, nil bids, bags, scoring, and the spades rules that differ between house, tournament, and three-player games.
Taiwanese Mahjong Rules: The 16-Tile Hand & Tai Scoring
Learn Taiwanese mahjong rules: the 16-tile hand, flowers and seasons as scoring tiles, the lian zhuang dealer streak, and tai scoring, checked against the Four Winds rule collection and Wikipedia's mahjong scoring overview.
Yahtzee Rules: How to Play, Score, and Win
Learn Yahtzee rules: how to play, the full scoring table for every category, the upper section bonus, the Joker rule for extra Yahtzees, and how a 13-round game is won.