Rulesets

Below are some downloadable piecepack game rulesets contained within the pprules R package generated into letter / A4 paper sizes with the help of the save_ruleset() and save_pamphlet() functions. The “pamphlet” variant is a trifold leaflet [1]. For over 200 more piecepack games go to the Games page on the piecepack wiki.

Downloadable Piecepack Ruleset PDFs
Game Ruleset Pamphlet
Alquerque letter / A4 letter / A4
(American) Checkers letter / A4 letter / A4
Backgammon letter / A4 letter / A4
Chaturaji letter / A4 letter / A4
Cribbage letter / A4 letter / A4
(International) Chess letter / A4 letter / A4
Ludo letter / A4 letter / A4
Nine Men’s Morris letter / A4 letter / A4
Pass the Food letter / A4 letter / A4
Shogi (Japanese Chess) letter / A4 letter / A4
Speedy Towers letter / A4 letter / A4
Tablut letter / A4 letter / A4
Twelve Men’s Morris letter / A4 letter / A4
Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) letter / A4 letter / A4
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Some advantages of the trifold pamphlet:

  1. Once folded into a leaflet we get a more compact size to fit into game boxes.
  2. Usually fits all the rules of the game onto one side of the paper.
  3. Can be mailed if so desired (put the address and stamp in the blank panel).
  4. Multiple games can be attractively displayed and/or distributed in a leaflet display.

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