Adding FAQ questions

We want Dized to be able to quickly answer any question that a user can have about your rules. The best way to do this is to write out the most commonly asked questions your players have about each of your Rules and assign answers to them.

Questions are the preferred way for users to look up the right answer in the rules. Ideally you will write at least one question for each of your Rules, asking yourself what important or easy to forget pieces of information are included in it – i.e. what questions does it give the answer to? Of course, you can add many other entries to answer new questions that are not dealt with in the rulebook – about a text on a specific card, or an uncommon interaction between two contradicting effects, for example.

There are several ways to come up with the FAQ questions. Such as: dissecting the rule and figuring out what it answers to, finding an official FAQ, searching the internet and making notes while playtesting the game.

FAQ questions do not have to refer to a rule, but it can. There are two ways to create them.

1) Adding an FAQ question from the "Edit Rule" window

2) Open the FAQ tab and add the question from there.

There's a small difference between the methods:

Option 1) While adding a question when editing a rule ALWAYS points to that rule (unless the link is severed in the FAQ list mode).

Option 2) also let's you add an FAQ question that does NOT point to a rule.

The FAQ can be answered in 3 ways, sometimes you use all of them, sometimes just one.

1) Short answer. Sometimes we can give the answer quickly to the users, so they do not need to understand the concept around it and we can keep it short and sweet, "no", "yes" or "3 cards".

2) Long answer. This is especially handy, if there's a clarification needed that's not discussed in the rule it points to, or there isn't one. It can also give some background information or exceptions to that question. And while the length is not limited, it’s suggested to keep it in a few sentences. If more details are needed, perhaps just edit the rule itself!

3) Related Rule. Sometimes your Question might be answered shortly and promptly in a rule, in such case you don’t need to fill either of the answers, but just link that question to the rule in question. Typically however, it's good to give the players the information quickly with the short answer.