Instruction Design

Instruction Books Must Include:

• Theme

• Game Overview

• Components

• Objective

• Setup

• Game Play

• Game End Conditions

Dancing Giant Games Intro to Rules Writing

Best Practices for Creating Rule: The RuleBook Cookbook

Additional considerations:

• • You can publish a PDF for a print to play which can also be helpful for players who want to learn about your game before they buy and you can also print a rule book that goes with the game.

  • Have in game reminders of the rules. The game Root does a great job of this with a  large cardboard piece that reminds everyone of their rules, especially if it is an asymmetric game where players have different goals.

  • Have a quick play through example.

• • Look for the best size paper book for your game

  • See Game Crafter's Book types

  • It must fit into your box within your pricing constraints

  • Using Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign, (or similar like Photopea but Krita is not a good choice), craft your multipage document

  • You could also publish through InDesign as an online document. 

  • Use linked folders of art and text into indesign for quick change needs.

  • I recommend to put version numbers on your instructions on the first page, as you will have many and do not want to get confused.