How to Play the Paper Game War

The popular paper game known as War where all you need is paper, a pen, and a friend (or enemy)!

Steps

1
Take a piece of regular notebook paper and fold it in half hamburger style.
2
Unfold it and draw a line over the crease.

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3
Each player draw a fort on their side of the paper (a half box on the edge of the paper with a flag).
4
Each player draw five soldiers on their side (stick figures are only allowed if both players use them).
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The object of the game is to take out the opponent by "shooting" his players and fort.
6
During your turn, draw a straight line no longer then 3 inches (7.6 cm) on your side of the field that you think will touch your opponent's soldiers or fort when the paper is folded over.
7
Once you have your bullet drawn, fold the paper over.
- If it touches an opponent's soldier (head or body; NOT legs or arms), that soldier is destroyed.
- If it hits the opponent's fort draw an X or a dot to show that you hit it. After 5 hits the fort is destroyed.
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The opponent then takes his turn.
9
A person wins when all of the other player's soldiers and fort is destroyed.
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Learn the rules:
- You must make your fort on the EDGE of your side of the paper.
- You cannot fold the paper over before you shoot to check your shot.
- Hits in the limbs don't count.
- Hits on the flag or flagpole count.