How to play
New to the game? Here are the rules.
Every one of the 72 games has a How to play guide: what you need, how to win, the main rules, how people play it differently, and how log8 records it. The same guides are on this site, one page per game.
How it works
What every guide covers
- How log8 records itFirst, because most people know the game and want to know how it fits.
- Players and how to winHow many play, and what decides it.
- The rulesThe casual version of the real rules, in short sentences.
- Variations and tipsWhere groups disagree, the official version, and a few tips.
The detail
Details
- All 72 gamesNo game is missing a guide.
- Agree before you startGuides point out house rules so everyone logs the same thing.
- Never moneyCard game guides say to play for chips or points. log8 records who won and never tracks money or bets.
- On the web tooEvery guide has a page on log8.in/games.
Good for
Who it is for
- Beginners
- Mixed-experience groups
- Families
Questions
How to play guides: questions
Where are the guides?
In the app on each game, and on this site under Games.
Are these the official rules?
They are the casual rules most groups play, with the official version noted where there is one.
Do custom games have a guide?
Your group sets the rules for a custom game, so the guide says to agree them first.
Related features
Works well with
Results that fit the game
Sets for tennis, a finish and a round for a bout, times for a race, placings for a board game.
Custom games
Play something we have not listed? Make it, share it by code, and it may become official.
Log a game
Pick the game and the players, tap the score, send it. One on one, teams or everyone for themselves.
Be first on the scoreboard.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team