Rusty on the Rules: board game rules refreshers

A taste of Twilight Struggle: a few questions to see how much you still remember, in 3 minutes. The whole refresher — the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored — is in the contributors' feed, along with every other episode. This one is the short version.

2005 · GMT Games, LLC · 2 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into Slay the Spire: The Board Game in 10 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2024

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in 14 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2024 · Czech Games Edition · 1–4 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into Gaia Project in 11 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2017 · Feuerland Verlagsgesellschaft mbH / Capstone Games · 1–4 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion in 10 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2020 · Cephalofair Games · 1–4 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into Spirit Island in 10 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2017 · 1–4 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into Star Wars: Rebellion in 12 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2016 · Fantasy Flight Games · 2–4 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into Terraforming Mars in 11 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2016

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into War of the Ring: Second Edition in 11 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2011 · Ares Games · 2–4 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.

Get back into Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition in 10 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.

2017 · Fantasy Flight Games · 3–6 players

Anyone can add a game: upload its rulebook PDF at rustyontherules.com and we write and record the episode.