Rugby: The Game was the first game we published, and is still our largest selling game.

RTG was the culmination of many years of design and development, spearheaded by Zane Thompson. 

 

It all began as an idea he and his son had one day when Jacob's rugby was rained off. Zane suggested they play a board game, and Jacob asked 'Why aren't there any good Rugby games to play?'.

 

For a fair while after that (years....) the game slowly evolved until one evening Zane was demonstrating the game to Jerib (a Rugby luddite) over a quiet drink (or three?).

 

Jerib didn't understand the sport as much as he understood the value of being passionate about doing something creative that you love, so they finished their bottle of whiskey, and agreed RTG would become the last word in Rugby Boardgames.

 

We have a bunch of handy tutorials below, that will help you on your way with playing Rugby: The Game

Board Set-up

The Player Cards

The General Play Cards

The Basics of Play

The Ruck

The Scrum

The Lineout

Kicking

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