# Read first: the Game Manual is the official rulebook

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**Category:** Link Lockdown rules\
**Created:** [30 October 2026 13:59 UTC](https://forum.marlin.polymate.tech/t/read-first-the-game-manual-is-the-official-rulebook/14 "2026-10-30T13:59:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [30 October 2026 13:59 UTC](https://forum.marlin.polymate.tech/t/read-first-the-game-manual-is-the-official-rulebook/14/1 "2026-10-30T13:59:41Z")

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The [MARLIN 2026 Game Manual (PDF)](https://marlin.polymate.tech/assets/game-rules/Game-Manual-v1.0.pdf) is the official rulebook for Link Lockdown.

If a post in this forum disagrees with the Game Manual, the Game Manual is right.

Use this category to ask how a rule applies. Please:

- quote the rule number from the Game Manual;
- say which version of the manual you are reading;
- add a photo or diagram if it helps.

Answers here help explain the rules. They do not change them. Rule changes appear only in a new version of the Game Manual.