Season 3, PlayIssue 01
Rules of Play
A celebration of play in its simplest, most joyful form. The Rules of Play Issue heads outdoors to a neighborhood park alive with games on the grass, kites overhead, and the easy motion of a long summer afternoon. This is play with no screen and no scoreboard, where the only rule is to show up and take your turn.
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Subscribe for a Season or a yearCover byTaylor Tinkham Featured Artist for Season 3
The Season
Season 3Play
An exploration of the many forms of play, from the games on the playground to the bright lights of the stage.
Cover by
Taylor Tinkham
a neighborhood park on a summer afternoon, with games on the grass, kites overhead, and dogs mid-chase. It’s a puzzle, and it’s also the kind of page worth keeping after the puzzles are done.
Featured Artist for Season 3. Taylor's print-inspired scenes, with folk-art texture and confident color, turned Season 3's afternoons of play into small celebrations.
Meet our Featured ArtistsA peek inside
A Search & Find cover with 21 hidden details scattered across the park, plus a bonus find
The Sunday Club Crossword, “It’s My Jam,” plus the Mini
Secret Hoppers, a hopscotch court where each of five friends’ hops hides a riddle
A Spiral Crossword that winds from 1 to 100
The Sunday Stretch, on fairs and carnivals
That's only a sample. There's plenty more inside, and we'd rather leave the rest for you to find.
The details
- Issue 1 of 3 in Season 3: Play
- 12 full-color pages
- Tabloid newsprint, about 11 × 15 inches
- 15+ original puzzles and games
Included online
Each issue comes with SundayClub.com: bonus puzzles through the week, the Meta Puzzle leaderboard, and Sunday Club Sounds, a playlist made for a slow morning with the paper.
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