Rock, Paper, Scissors Rules

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Requirements:

• 2 or more players

Mechanics:

• Rock beats scissors
• Scissors beat paper
• Paper beats rock

Revealing Your Choice:

• It is common practice for both players to simultaneously say, “Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!”
• Each player then makes one of three symbols with their hand to symbolize their choice:
• A fist represents a rock
• A fist with index and middle finger extended and spread apart represents scissors
• An open palm with each finger touching its neighbor(s) represents paper

2-3 Players

2 Players:

• Each player secretly chooses rock, paper, or scissors
• Both players simultaneously reveal their choices
• Refer to mechanics to determine the winner
• A draw can be resolved by another 2-player game

3 Players:

• Play each permutation of a 2-player game
• Option 1:
• Each winner gets one point
• The person with the highest score wins
• A draw can be resolved by another 3-player game
• Option 2:
• Each loser gets one point
• The person with the highest score is eliminated
• A draw can be resolved by another 3-player game
• The remaining players play a 2-player game to determine the winner

4+ Players

2X Players (i.e. even number of players):

• Players split into 2 games of X players
• Resolve the two games, leaving a winner from each of the X-player games
• The 2 winners play a 2-player game

2X+1 Players (i.e. odd number of players):

• Players split into 2 games of X and X+1 players
• Resolve the two games, leaving a winner from each
• The 2 winners play a 2-player game