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Q&A Explaining made up card game

In my book I've made up a card game where I've already thought out the rules. Now I want some of the characters playing this game. My questions are: Should the reader know the rules? If I want t...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by programmer23‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:12:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40219
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar programmer23‭ · 2019-12-08T10:12:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
In my book I've made up a card game where I've already thought out the rules. Now I want some of the characters playing this game.

My questions are:

1. Should the reader know the rules?
2. If I want to explain these rules, where is better to do so, within the story or in some kind of Appendix at the end of the book?
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-11-18T16:39:32Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 23