---
title: "Get structured metadata for a game: players, duration, complexity, mechanics, how_to_play, variant list, page list, related games. Lightweight alternative to fetching the full rulebook."
method: POST
path: "/api/tools/rules_get_game_meta"
---

# Get structured metadata for a game: players, duration, complexity, mechanics, how_to_play, variant list, page list, related games. Lightweight alternative to fetching the full rulebook.

`POST /api/tools/rules_get_game_meta`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://tools.moddable.games`
- URL: `https://tools.moddable.games/api/tools/rules_get_game_meta`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body

- object
  - `game` string, required: Game slug (e.g. chess, backgammon, cairn)

## Response `200`

Tool result

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/moddable/apis/moddable-games-tools.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/moddable/apis/moddable-games-tools/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/moddable/apis/moddable-games-tools/revisions/637a0b62cb9a?raw)