Course Objectives

You have put hours and hours of blood, sweat and tears into making your game a reality. Your customers have anticipated the moment they could unbox it and get it to the table. Now we need to make sure that they can play it just how you imagined they would. This toolkit will provide you with everything you need to create a rule book that is a clear and comprehensive guide to playing your game.

  • Don't let your game get stuck on the shelf

  • Help people to easily access and play your game

  • Avoid negative reviews resulting from rule confusion

  • Create a clear, accessible and easy to use rule book.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to The Rule Book Tool Kit

    • An introduction video.
  • 2

    1. What is a good rule book?

    • 01 The what and the why - video.

    • 01a Introduction.

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    • 01b Why the rule book is important.

    • 01c What does a good rule book look like?

    • 01 WAGOLLs for general reference - includes Carcassonne.
  • 3

    2. Creating your rule book.

    • 02 Making notes - video.

    • 02a Creating your rule book.

    • 02b Clarifying gameplay.
  • 4

    3. Audience and Purpose.

    • 03. Inclusivity - video.

    • 03a Your core audience.

    • 03b Audience and inclusivity.

    • 03b Audience and inclusivity quiz.

    • 03c The purpose of the rule book.

    • 03d WAGOLLs - Prompts.
  • 5

    4. Consistency.

    • 04 Consistency and layout - video.

    • 04a Layout and presentation.

    • 04b Using consistent terms.

    • 04c WAGOLLs Flavour text and set up.
  • 6

    5. Testing your rule book.

    • 05 Testing...testing... video.

    • 05a Testing the rule book - does it work?

    • 05b Types of testing quiz.

  • 7

    6. Resources- language, grammar and punctuation.

    • 06 Accuracy - video.

    • 06a Language, grammar, punctuation - a quick guide and quiz.

    • 06b Language, grammar, punctuation - a checklist.

    • 06c Connectives/conjunctions to use to vary your writing.

  • 8

    7. Measuring success.

    • 07 Success! - video.

    • 07a Measuring success.

    • 07b Your feedback on the tool kit- survey.

  • 9

    All the PDFs from the Tool Kit in one place.

    • The Rule Book Tool Kit to download.