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How to play

Short rules for every game. Learn in a minute.

How to play Solitaire

Classic Klondike. Build four piles from Ace to King.

How to play Chess

Trap the enemy king to win the game.

How to play Mahjong Solitaire

Match pairs of free tiles and clear the whole stack.

How to play Four in a Row

Drop your discs. Get four in a line to win.

How to play Checkers

Jump over your rival's pieces. Take them all to win.

How to play Tic-Tac-Toe

Place your X or O. Get three in a row to win.

How to play 2048

Slide the tiles. Join equal numbers to reach 2048.

How to play Sudoku

Fill the grid so every row, column and box has 1 to 9.

How to play Minesweeper

Open every safe square. Use the numbers to find the mines.

How to play Spider Solitaire

Two decks, ten columns. Build runs from King to Ace.

How to play FreeCell

Every card is face up. Use four free cells to solve the deal.

How to play Block Puzzle

Turn and drop the falling blocks. Fill a row to clear it.

How to play Snake

Eat the food, grow longer and do not bite yourself.

How to play Bubble Shooter

Aim, shoot and pop groups of three or more bubbles.

How to play Jewel Match

Swap jewels to line up three or more of the same kind.

How to play Word Search

Find the hidden words in the grid of letters.

How to play Hearts

Dodge the hearts and the Queen of Spades. Lowest score wins.

How to play Spades

Bid your tricks with a partner. Spades are always trump.

How to play Chinese Chess

Cross the river and trap the enemy general.

How to play Reversi

Trap discs to flip them. Most discs wins.

How to play Five in a Row

Place stones. Get five in a line to win.

How to play Backgammon

Race your 15 checkers home and bear them off first.

How to play Ludo

Roll the die and race your four tokens home.

How to play Tien Len (Vietnamese Thirteen)

Shed all 13 cards first. Beat each play or pass, and chop the 2s.

How to play Color Lines (Lines 98)

Move the balls to make lines of five and clear the board.

How to play Animal Link

Match two cute animals with a line of up to three straight parts.

How to play Fruit Merge

Drop fruits into the jar and merge two of a kind into a bigger one.

How to play Block Fit

Drag blocks onto the grid and clear full rows and columns.

How to play Tile Match

Tap tiles into the tray and match three of a kind to clear the pile.

How to play Brick Breaker

Bounce the ball with your paddle and smash every brick.

How to play Pyramid Solitaire

Pair cards that add up to 13 and clear the pyramid.

How to play TriPeaks Solitaire

Clear three peaks with cards one higher or lower.

How to play Crazy Eights

Match the suit or rank. Eights are wild. Empty your hand first.

How to play Gin Rummy

Build sets and runs, then knock or go gin before the computer.

How to play Sea Battle

Hide your fleet, then find and sink the computer's ships first.

How to play Dominoes

Match the ends of the line and be the first to play all your tiles.

How to play Go

Place stones, surround space and capture to win the board.

How to play Mancala

Sow seeds around the board. Fill your store to win.

How to play O An Quan (Mandarin Square Capturing)

Sow stones around the board and capture the big mandarin stones.

How to play Phom (Ta La)

Vietnamese rummy: eat, draw and build melds, then finish with the fewest points.

How to play Co Up (Hidden Xiangqi)

Chinese Chess with face-down pieces that reveal themselves as they move.

How to play Memory Match

Turn over two cards at a time and find all the pairs.

How to play Yacht Dice

Roll five dice, keep the best ones and fill your score card.

How to play Farkle

Roll six dice, keep the scoring ones and know when to bank.

How to play Liar's Dice

Hide your dice, bid on what is under all the cups, and catch the liars.

How to play Shut the Box

Roll two dice and flip down tiles that add up to your roll.

How to play Pig Dice Game

Roll again or hold? A 1 loses your turn. First to 100 wins.

How to play Pachisi

Throw cowrie shells and race four pieces around the cross.

How to play Risky Climb

Pair four dice, climb the columns and stop before you fall.

How to play Ship, Captain & Crew

Roll a 6, a 5 and a 4 in order, then load the best cargo.

How to play Bunco

Roll three dice, hunt for the round's number and shout Bunco!

How to play Snakes and Ladders

Roll the die, climb the ladders and dodge the snakes.

How to play Dots and Boxes

Draw lines. Close a box to score a point.

How to play Nonogram

Use the number clues to paint the hidden picture.

How to play Killer Sudoku

Sudoku with no clues, only cages that show their sum.

How to play Kakuro

Fill the white squares so every run adds up to its clue.

How to play Pinball

Flip the ball into bumpers, lanes and targets and keep it in play.

How to play Car Race

Race down a night road, dodge the traffic and keep your tank full.

How to play Maze Chase

Eat every dot in the maze while four ghosts hunt you down.

How to play Space Shooter

Fly your starfighter, blast enemy waves and beat the boss.

How to play Sky Hop

Tap to flap and fly through the gaps in the neon towers.

How to play Desert Runner

Run across the desert, jump the cacti and duck under drones.

How to play Stack Tower

Drop sliding blocks to build the tallest tower you can.

How to play Road Crossing

Hop forward across busy roads, rivers and railway tracks.

How to play Whack-a-Mole

Bop the moles before they hide, and never hit a bomb.

How to play Air Hockey

Slide the puck into the other goal. First to 7 wins.

How to play Mini Golf

Putt the ball into the cup in as few strokes as you can.

How to play Paddle Ball

Hit the ball past your opponent. First to 11 points wins.

How to play Alien Invasion

Shoot down the marching alien army before it lands.

How to play Space Rocks

Pilot a tiny ship and blast drifting space rocks into dust.

How to play Sky Jump

Bounce from platform to platform and climb as high as you can.

How to play Color Sequence

Watch the lights, then repeat the pattern. It grows every round.

How to play Water Sort

Pour coloured water between tubes until each tube holds one colour.

How to play Sliding Puzzle

Slide the tiles into order, from 1 in the corner to the last number.

How to play Box Pusher

Push every crate onto a glowing target. You can push, but never pull.

How to play Traffic Jam

Slide the cars and trucks to get the red car out.

How to play Number Link

Join each pair of matching dots. Fill every square without crossing lines.

How to play Pipes

Turn the pipe tiles until water reaches every pipe.

How to play Tangram

Fit the seven pieces together to fill each shape.

How to play Code Breaker

Crack the secret colour code with clues after every guess.

How to play Golf Solitaire

Clear seven columns with cards one higher or lower.

How to play Yukon Solitaire

Move any face-up card, with everything on top of it.

How to play Go Fish

Ask for cards, go fishing and collect sets of four.

How to play Old Maid

Match pairs and don't get stuck with the Queen of spades.

How to play War

Flip cards against the computer. The higher card takes both.

How to play Euchre

Call trump, use the bowers and win three tricks with your partner.

How to play Cribbage

Play cards, count fifteens and race your peg to 121.

How to play Durak

Attack, defend and get rid of your cards. Don't be the fool!

How to play Sevens

Build each suit out from its 7. Be first to play all your cards.

How to play Kings in the Corner

Build down in alternating colours and put Kings in the corners.

How to play Shogi

Japanese chess: capture pieces and drop them back as your own.

How to play Janggi (Korean Chess)

Korean chess with palaces, jumping cannons and octagonal pieces.

How to play Makruk

Thai chess: slow pieces, quick pawns and a careful king hunt.

How to play Chinese Checkers

Hop your marbles across the star into the far corner.

How to play International Draughts

Big-board draughts with flying kings. Take the most pieces you can.

How to play Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe

Nine small boards in one. Your move picks where your opponent plays.

How to play 3D Tic-Tac-Toe

Get four in a row anywhere in a 4×4×4 cube.

How to play Nine Men's Morris

Line up three to make a mill and take a piece.

How to play Three Men's Morris

Place three pieces, then slide them to make a line.

How to play Renju

Five in a row with fair rules: Black has forbidden moves.

How to play Connect6

Place two stones a turn. Six in a row wins.

How to play Halma

Step and hop your pawns into the opposite corner.

How to play Oware

Sow seeds counter-clockwise and capture pits of two or three.

How to play Congklak

Sow shells lap after lap and fill your store.

How to play Hex

Build a chain of stones across the board. No draws.

How to play Nim

Take sticks from one row. Plan ahead to get the last one.

How to play Peg Solitaire

Jump pegs over each other. Try to leave just one.

How to play Tower of Hanoi

Move the tower to the right-hand peg, one disc at a time.

How to play Flip Lights

Press a lamp to flip it and its neighbours. Turn every light off.

How to play Color Flood

Fill the whole board with one colour before you run out of moves.

How to play Same Game

Pop groups of matching blocks. Bigger groups score far more.

How to play Calcudoku

Fill the grid so each cage makes its target number.

How to play Futoshiki

Fill the grid with numbers that obey every greater-than sign.

How to play Hitori

Shade cells so no number repeats in any row or column.

How to play Bridges

Link every island with bridges so all numbers are met.

How to play Loop Puzzle

Draw one closed loop that matches every number.

How to play Light Up

Place light bulbs so every white square is lit.

How to play Tents

Put one tent next to every tree, using the row and column numbers.

How to play Star Battle

Place stars so each row, column and region has the same number.

How to play Skyscrapers

Build a city grid where the edge numbers tell how many towers you can see.

How to play Binary Puzzle

Fill the grid with 0s and 1s: no three alike in a row, equal counts per line.

How to play Nurikabe

Shade the sea so every number sits on an island of that size.

How to play Clock Solitaire

Turn up every card before the fourth King appears.

How to play Accordion Solitaire

Squeeze 52 cards into one pile by suit or rank.

How to play Scorpion Solitaire

Build four King-to-Ace runs, one suit each, right in the columns.

How to play Forty Thieves

Two decks, ten columns, one card at a time. A real challenge.

How to play Canfield Solitaire

Clear a 13-card reserve and build up from a random start card.

How to play Beleaguered Castle

All cards face up, Aces already home. Pure planning, no luck.

How to play Game of the Amazons

Move a queen, shoot an arrow, wall your rival in.

How to play Breakthrough

March your pawns forward. Reach the far row to win.

How to play Lines of Action

Join all your pieces into one group to win.

How to play Fox and Geese

Thirteen geese try to trap one hungry fox.

How to play Hnefatafl

Viking chess: guide the king to a corner, or trap him.

How to play Alquerque

Jump and capture on a 5×5 board of lines. The ancestor of checkers.

How to play Surakarta

Ride the looping tracks to capture. Take every enemy piece to win.