THE COMPLETE RULES OF THE GAME

READ THE RULES OR WATCH THE VIDEOS

YOU CAN PLAY THE GAME OF RINGS WITH ANY COMBINATION OF THE RULES

YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK ON A RULE PAGE TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT IT

RULE PAGES ARE 8.5 x 11 INCHES

VIDEO TIMES ARE POSTED

FOR EXAMPLE, (4:30) MEANS THE VIDEO IS 4 MINUTES 30 SECONDS IN LENGTH

UPDATED JANUARY 9, 2025


PAGE 01

GETTING STARTED

PAGE 02

CAPTURING CARDS WITH MATCHING CARDS

THE WILD TRADEMARK CARDS

PAGE 03

RING BUILDING SETS

PAGE 04

CAPTURING CARDS WITH SETS

PAGE 05

BENT SETS

PAGE 06

GRAY SPACES AND GRAY CARDS

AUTOBUILD AND UPGRADING RINGS

PAGE 07

LARGER SETS

PAGES 08 and 09

LARGER SETS WITH SPACES

PAGE 10

INTERSECTIONS AND UNIONS OF SETS

PAGE 11

NUDGING AND REDUCING RINGS

PAGE 12

REMOVING THE INTRODUCTORY 3-IN-A-ROW RULE

THE SETUP MOVES

ORDER OF OPERATIONS FOR EQUATIONS

PAGE 13

COLOR ADDITION SETS

REPEATING SETS

SUBSETS

PAGE 14

EXTENDING THE GOAL

SACRIFICING RINGS

THE UNSET

PAGE 15

TREES

UPGRADING RINGS IN A TREE OF RINGS

PAGE 16

PLAYING ON NON-MATCHING COLOR SPACES

THE WILD TRADEMARK (TM) CARDS II

PAGE 17

RESOURCE CARDS AND CARD POOLS

SUPPORTING CARDS AND RING BUILDING CARDS

THE SQUARE BOARDS

PAGE 18

THE RAINBOW SETS

THE PRIME & SQUARE NUMBER SETS

PAGE 19

THE SEQUENTIAL EVENS, ODDS AND TRIPLETS SETS

COMBINATION COLOR SETS

WILDNESS OF CLOSED SETS & EQUATIONS

WILDNESS OF ADJACENT MATCHING SPACES

PAGE 20

THE LETTER GAME

PAGES 21, 22 AND 23

THE TOWERS I

PAGE 24

ALL SETS ARE OPTIONAL

ALL ELEMENTS ARE OPTIONAL

PAGE 25

HISTORY OF THE GAME OF RINGS


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