Rules

1. By knowing about The Game you are playing The Game.
2. Anytime you think about The Game you lose the game.
3. When you lose The Game you must annouce your loss.

Explanation

Alright alright, don't get too excited, let's explain it a little better.

So, yes, by knowing about the game you are now forever playing. That's right, you can never stop playing. Never ever.
The object of The Game is to never think about The Game. Anytime that you do think about The Game you lose The Game. The only way to ever win The Game is forget about The Game. But... the moment you remember that you forgot about the game... you lost The Game again.

We know, it's tough, it's rough, but that's the way it is. No one can win the game. When you lose you announce that your loss forcing those around you to lose as well.

Disclaimer

Now, a we have to admit, there is definelty some great debates out in the world over the particular rules of The Game. So our job here is not to settle your multi-billion dollar bets but to satify you by briefly explaining and illustrating the basic rules. You can get all fancy with them on your own time. Who knows, maybe in the future we can great a section dedicated solely to alternatives to The Game but for now, those are the rules.