The Rules of Ruin
How to Play
One minute to learn. A lifetime to recover.PlayersA gathering
Age18+
Moral FlexibilityRequired
How a Season Unfolds
Shuffle the Event Deck
Fifty cards of fortune and ruin. Shuffle until your hands ache and the deck no longer remembers who held it last.
Fate prefers a well-shuffled deck.
The Fortune Simulator
Draw a card. Read it aloud. Watch the points move.
Your ReputationIn Play
Points0
EXHIBIT A: THE RULES, IN FULL
- This game is for adults who are at least 18 years old. If you are younger, you are a very naughty child and must put the game down at once.
- On your turn, draw one card from the shuffled event deck and read it aloud.
- Each player should keep track of their points, preferably with antique equipment such as a pen and paper.
- The player with the most points wins once all cards are played.
- TRUST NO ONE.
The inventors of the game are not at all responsible for any lives or reputations ruined through any confessions made before, during, or after the game.