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Game Set-Up
The game is best played with two people. Each person chooses a team and selects that team's stack of cards. Each person is now the manager for that team. Inside the stack of cards, there are individual cards for each player of the team. Each person chooses one player for each defensive position and then places the cards in the desired batting order.
Extra player cards are set aside, but since each person is the team's manager, at any point during the game the manager can substitute players for those on the current batting roster.
Add up the field rating of each player, and record the sum on the score sheet. Place the pitcher's grade on the score sheet as well.
Basic Play
When the first team is up to bat, that team's manager rolls both the red and white dice. The number on the red dice represents the first number, and the number on the white dice represents the second number. So, if a manager rolls a "six" and a "five," the resulting number is "65," not "11." That manager then consults the player's card and finds black "65." The red number next to "65" is the number that will determine the play.
With this red number in mind, the manager looks to the play chart. There are several play charts included in the game for every possible layout of the baseball diamond. When just beginning, managers will look to the "bases empty" play chart, find the number from the player's card and mark the board accordingly. For instance, if a "6" is the red number on a player's card and the bases are empty, that player gets a double to right center.
Play continues in this way until one team has three outs; the other team is then up to bat.
Winning the Game
Each team continues to bat in every inning until all nine innings have been played. At the end of nine innings, whatever team has the most points wins. If the score is tied, play continues into extra innings, just like the sport of baseball.