How to Combine Board Game Rule Screenshots for Quick Reference

A board game question can send everyone searching through several rulebook pages. A short image reference can collect the sections that answer one recurring question, such as the order of a turn or the end-of-round check. Select the relevant passages before arranging them vertically.

Choose the table question to answer

A useful reference keeps exceptions next to the rule they modify. A general action description from one page may be qualified by a later note. Identify the edition and any expansion involved so you do not combine rules from incompatible sources or mistake a house rule for the published instruction.

Capture rules with their exceptions

• Capture the rule heading and page reference with the passage. Include the complete sentence around a highlighted term so the meaning is not reduced to a few disconnected words.
• Check every screenshot against the same rulebook edition and expansion set. Keep an official correction or clarification with the rule it changes, and record where that clarification came from.
• Prepare any crop in another editor, preserving example diagrams and footnotes needed to understand the rule. Use your own materials or excerpts you are allowed to share with the intended group.

Place the rule, action, and qualification together

For a turn reference, use phase overview, detailed action, then exception or end-of-turn check. The diagram below illustrates those source roles rather than rules for a particular game. The real Image Merge example uses original text pages to show the same vertical reading sequence. Your chosen rule screenshots supply the game-specific content.

Original source-planning diagram. The cards describe selection roles; they are not app UI, source photographs, or an app export.

Arrange the prepared images in Image Merge

1. Open Image Merge from the app home screen. If the list contains an earlier selection, save that work if needed, then use Clear List before starting this set.
2. Tap Add Image, select your prepared sources, and confirm the selection with Add in the picker.
3. Check the returned list against your intended sequence. Hold an item to change its order when needed.
4. Tap Image Merge under the source list to open the preview.
5. Open Layout and choose Vertical. Check every intended panel in the reading direction described above.
6. Tap Save, follow any prompts shown by your version, and open the saved file. The recorded example uses Standard and saves a JPG.

Choose Vertical in Layout and check the sequence before saving. This screenshot shows the Standard save setting used for the example; the surrounding black area belongs to the editor. Recorded example using original study-reference text panels. The planning diagram above is a separate guide to preparing your own images.

Test the reference against the original question

Read the combined image while imagining a player asking the original question. Can the answer be found without guessing which exception applies? Check that symbols, costs, and page numbers remain readable. Compare the final panel with the rulebook so the guide does not end before an important qualifying sentence.

Image Merge saved this original study-reference example as a 1200 × 4200-pixel Standard JPG. The complete file and enlarged details show Plan, Practice, and Review; these are prepared text panels. Recorded example using original study-reference text panels. The planning diagram above is a separate guide to preparing your own images.

Keep a clear master copy

Image Merge supports HD output and JPG/PNG saving. Choose PNG for a losslessly compressed master when available, and inspect the saved image at the size you need. PNG compression does not prove that earlier resizing preserved every original pixel. HD cannot restore detail missing from the sources. The illustrated app result is Standard JPG; HD/UHD appeared as Pro options in the tested build. Availability and prompts depend on your version and access.

Keep setup and scoring references focused

Make separate references for setup, a turn, and final scoring when they answer different questions. Keep house rules in a clearly identified note outside the official excerpts. Retain the full rulebook at the table because a short reference cannot cover every interaction that may arise during play.

FAQ

Will merging rules settle an ambiguous ruling?

The app arranges the source images. Resolve interpretation through the game’s rules and appropriate official clarification, then update your selected reference if needed.

Should I use a collage for several rule passages?

A vertical image usually preserves a paragraph sequence more clearly. Compact collage cells can make small rule text and symbols harder to read.

Try a small set first

Choose one recurring table question and combine the relevant rule, example, and exception.

Get Image Merge on Google Play and use your prepared images to try the workflow.