Game Rules
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Click the name of the game below to see the rules that will be used. Variations may be used if all players agree before the game starts (especially if variations may be necessary to fit the game into the alloted time slot!).
Overall Winner's title: King (or Queen) of Games.
Board Games
Azul
The standard rules will be used.
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Camel Up
The rules are available here.
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Carcassonne
The rules that will be used are explained at Rio Grande Games.
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Chess
The official FIDE rules will be used.
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Ingenious
The rules are explained at UltraBoardGames.
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Kingdomino
The rules that will be used are explained at GamesWeb.
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Quacks of Quedlinburg
The rules that will be used are explained here.
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Scrabble
The rules that will be used are explained at Hasbro.
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Ticket to Ride
The rules that will be used are downloadable from Days of Wonder. The 1910 expansion will be used.
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Card Games
7 Wonders
The rulebook can be found at Repos Production.
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Dobble
The rules that will be used are demonstrated by Esdevium Games on this video. The cards will be dealt equally to each player, with one card left in the middle. Then players will try to match a picture on the top card in their hand with the card in the middle - and when they find a match, call it out and slam their card on top of the middle card. Winner is the first to get rid of all their cards.
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Dominion
The rules that will be used are explained at Rio Grande Games.
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For Sale
The rules that will be used are explained at The Game Cabinet.
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No Thanks!
The official rules will be used.
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Poker
The rules that will be used are explained at Compendia Traditional Games.
Each player will start with chips nominally worth £50. The minimum bet will start at £1 (the small blind therefore starts at 50p, and the large blind starts at £1). Each time a player is knocked out, the minimum bet will increase by £1.
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Port Royal
The official rules will be used.
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Splendor
The rules are available here.
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Sushi Go!
The rules that will be used can be found at Gamewright.
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Pub Games
Battleship
The rules that will be used are Dom Bragge's rules at Wikipedia.
The "strategic" version of the rules will be used, i.e. for each round players are entitled to fire as many shots as they have ships left unsunk.
Ships cannot touch - even diagonally.
Players must have the same number of turns (this allows for the possibility of a draw).
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Connect Four
The rules that will be used are explained at Masters Traditional Games (under the name "The Captain's Mistress").
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Crokinole
The rules that will be used are explained at Woodestic Crokinole.
First to 100 points wins.
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Hive
The rules that will be used are explained at UltraBoardGames.
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Jenga
The rules that will be used are explained at Wikipedia (9 February 2012 14:43 version).
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PitchCar
The official rules will be used, with a race comprising three laps.
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Yahtzee
The rules that will be used are explained at Grail, where the game can also be played online.
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Party Games
Ca$h 'n' Guns
The rules that will be used are explained at Repos Production.
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Codenames
The rules can be found at Czech Games Edition.
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Fictionary/Balderdash/Call My Bluff
The rules that will be used are explained here. Unless players agree otherwise before the game starts, only the "Words" category will be used.
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The Hat Game/Celebrities/Time's Up!/Monikers
The rules that will be used are explained on Wikipedia, including the first bullet point of the "Variant rules".
Each player will put 5 items into a hat (secretly) and each player will have 45 seconds for their turn. The team with the most points after all rounds will win.
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King of Tokyo
The rules can be found at Iello Games.
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Jetpack Joyride
The rules that will be used are available here.
For four players, use all the yellow tiles. For any other player count, add or subtract 12 tiles per player.
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Wavelength
The rules are available here.
First team to 10 points wins. Remember that the team who plays second starts with one point.
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