https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/Rules, tips and ideas for easy game nights.enMon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://howlane.com/board-game-nights/trouble-rules-and-the-odds-of-popping-a-six/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/trouble-rules-and-the-odds-of-popping-a-six/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTIn Trouble you need a 6 to leave HOME, popping a 6 earns another pop, and finishing takes an exact count. One pop is a 6 one time in six.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/risk-dice-odds-attacker-vs-defender/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/risk-dice-odds-attacker-vs-defender/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTRisk's attacker rolls up to 3 red dice, the defender 1 or 2 white dice, and ties go to the defender. Exact odds per matchup and for taking a territory.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/guess-who-rules-and-the-best-questions-to-ask/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/guess-who-rules-and-the-best-questions-to-ask/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTGuess Who? has 24 faces, one yes-or-no question per turn, and a wrong guess loses. Even perfect halving needs 5 questions to be sure of a face.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/connect-four-rules-and-how-many-ways-to-win/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/connect-four-rules-and-how-many-ways-to-win/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTConnect Four rules from the Milton Bradley rulebook: 21 checkers each, a 7 by 6 grid, four in a row wins. There are 69 possible lines, 13 via the center.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/do-you-have-to-jump-in-checkers/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/do-you-have-to-jump-in-checkers/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat the World Checkers Draughts Federation rules say about forced jumps, multi-jumps, kings, who moves first, and how a game of checkers is won or drawn.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-scrabble-scoring-works/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-scrabble-scoring-works/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe official Scrabble scoring rules in plain words, including premium square order, the 50-point bonus, blanks, challenges, and end-of-game math.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-azul/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-azul/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe official Azul rules in plain words, including factory setup by player count, how wall tiles score, floor line penalties, and end-game bonuses.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-carcassonne/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-carcassonne/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe official Carcassonne turn in three steps, how roads, cities, and monasteries score, what happens at game end, and when to add farmers.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-clue-suggestions-and-accusations/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-clue-suggestions-and-accusations/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTHasbro's official Clue rules for setup, moving, suggestions, showing cards, and the one-shot accusation, plus the math of narrowing 324 solutions.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-score-yahtzee/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-score-yahtzee/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTHasbro's official Yahtzee scoring in plain words, from the 63-point upper bonus to Yahtzee bonuses and Joker rules, with a full worked score card.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/official-jenga-rules/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/official-jenga-rules/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat the official Jenga rules say about using one hand, which blocks you may pull, tapping loose blocks, the 10-second turn, and who loses when it falls.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/chess-castling-en-passant-and-promotion-rules/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/chess-castling-en-passant-and-promotion-rules/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe FIDE Laws of Chess on castling through check, en passant timing, pawn promotion, touch-move, and stalemate, answered in plain words for home games.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/can-you-stack-draw-2-cards-in-uno/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/can-you-stack-draw-2-cards-in-uno/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMattel's printed UNO rules on stacking Draw Two cards, Wild Draw 4 challenges, calling UNO, drawing, and scoring, with a worked points example.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-ticket-to-ride/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-play-ticket-to-ride/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe official Ticket to Ride rules in plain words, including the three turn choices, locomotive limits, route points, tickets, and how the game ends.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/monopoly-rules-most-people-get-wrong/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/monopoly-rules-most-people-get-wrong/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTFree Parking, auctions, rent, jail, and building rules from Hasbro's official Monopoly instructions, and why the house versions make games drag on.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/cooperative-board-games-explained-through-pandemic/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/cooperative-board-games-explained-through-pandemic/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTHow cooperative board games differ from competitive ones, using the official Pandemic rulebook to explain shared win and loss conditions.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/what-official-rulebooks-say-about-player-count-and-length/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/what-official-rulebooks-say-about-player-count-and-length/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCodenames needs at least 4 players in 2 teams; Ticket to Ride is 2 to 5 players and 30 to 60 minutes; Sushi Go changes the hand size by player count.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-teach-catan-in-five-minutes/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-teach-catan-in-five-minutes/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA short walkthrough of Catan's core rules, objective, and bonus tiles, based directly on the official CATAN GmbH rulebook.https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-teach-codenames-in-five-minutes/https://howlane.com/board-game-nights/how-to-teach-codenames-in-five-minutes/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA short walkthrough of Codenames' core rules, roles, and win conditions, based directly on the official game description from Czech Games Edition.