---
title: "List all variants for a game with structured metadata (players, board, playable status, topology, engine config). Much richer than parsing the rulebook."
method: POST
path: "/api/tools/rules_get_variant_list"
---

# List all variants for a game with structured metadata (players, board, playable status, topology, engine config). Much richer than parsing the rulebook.

`POST /api/tools/rules_get_variant_list`

## Request

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

## Request body

- object
  - `game` string, required: Game slug (e.g. chess, backgammon, draughts)
  - `playable` boolean: Filter to only engine-playable variants
  - `topology` string: Filter by board topology (grid, hex, track, graph, tableau)

## Response `200`

Tool result

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[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)