RPS Royale guides
Rock Paper Scissors guides and references
This section collects the guides and references for RPS Royale, a free game that runs in your browser. Play pages cover the rules and what to do when something goes wrong. Organize pages help you run a game for a group. Learn pages cover how Rock Paper Scissors works and what one laboratory study found about how people choose. Each guide and reference page shows who wrote it, when it was published, and when it was last updated. The updated date changes only when a page changes in a substantive way, not for a typo fix. The Updates page lists what has changed on the site.
Play
How to play RPS Royale
Every rule in one place: rooms, matches, tie-breaks, series rounds, spectators, practice mode, and virtual points.
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Help and troubleshooting for RPS Royale
Fixes for problems joining a room, dropped connections, sign-in, and ad settings, using the messages the game shows.
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Organize
How to run a Rock Paper Scissors tournament
Set up a room for a class, a team call, or an event, and plan for late arrivals and the series length.
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Rock Paper Scissors activities for groups
Activities for a class, a team call, or a game night, with privacy-first setup tips for groups.
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Learn
Rock Paper Scissors rules and variations
The three gestures, how ties and official matches work, and why a balanced variant needs an odd number of gestures.
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Rock Paper Scissors strategy guide
What one laboratory study found about how people choose, and what that does and does not mean for your next match.
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The math of Rock Paper Scissors
The exact odds of a throw, a tie, and a best-of-three, and how many matches and stages a bracket needs.
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Updates
What’s new in RPS Royale
A dated list of what changed, release by release.
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