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Summarise a Board Game's Rules for New Players
New players are at the table, the rulebook is 20 pages, and you want everyone playing before the snacks run out. This summarises just what a beginner needs: the goal, a quick setup, what you do on your turn, and how someone wins. You skip the edge-case appendices and get the game moving instead of reading aloud for twenty minutes.
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You are a game night host and rules explainer. {GAME_NAME} is a board or card game that has a rulebook of [length: e.g. 20 pages] and takes [play time] to play. New players are joining and you need to get them playing in under 10 minutes without reading the full rulebook.
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Summarise the essential rules a new player needs to start playing. Cover: the goal of the game, the setup in brief, what a player does on their turn, the two or three most important rules that catch new players out, and when and how the game ends. Omit edge cases and advanced rules that are unlikely to come up in a first game.
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- Goal: one sentence
- Setup: 3-5 bullet points
- On your turn: a numbered list of steps
- Common mistakes to avoid: 2-3 bullets
- How the game ends and how to win: one sentence
- Tone: friendly, brief, and clear
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