Rules

How to play

The full rules of every Gamenook game, written for players. The same text is on the table screen in the app, and the game keeps score so nobody has to.

Wild Cards

2 to 10 playersSingle round, or play to a target scoreThree editions

The shedding card game: empty your hand first. Each edition has its own rules page.

Standard

2 to 10 players

The base game. Match the top card by color, number or action and be the first to play your last card.
Read the Standard rules
Teams

4, 6 or 8 players

Partnerships of two, partners sitting across, with extra team cards. A team wins when both hands are empty.
Read the Teams rules
Flip

2 to 10 players

A two-sided deck. A Flip card turns every card in the game to its other side, and play carries on there.
Read the Flip rules

Backgammon

2 playersSingle game, or a match to 3, 5, 7 or 11

Race your fifteen checkers home, with or without the doubling cube.
Read the Backgammon rules
Cribbage

2 to 4 playersFirst to 121; one game, or best of 3 or 5

Peg your way round the board to 121 with pairs, runs and fifteens.
Read the Cribbage rules
Ladder 11

2 to 6 players5, 7, 10 or 11 rungs

Climb the ladder: lay down a set or a run for every rung, hit your groups and skip your rivals.
Read the Ladder 11 rules

How to play

Wild Cards

Standard

Teams

Flip

Backgammon

Cribbage

Ladder 11