The following text is printed on the back of packs of Silent Protest cards:

Silent Protest is a card game.
The aims of this game are:
To go a whole day without uttering a single word.
To bring about the end of the war.

HOW TO PLAY
First, you must believe that the war is both wrong and stupid.
Second, you must think that no matter how passionate your beliefs or how rational your arguments about how wrong and stupid this war is, nobody who has any say in its continuation is going to listen to you, let alone act on your passionate beliefs or rational arguments.
Third, use a pack of Silent Protest cards as easy-to-handle props to help get you through the day without saying a word.
There are fifty-two cards in the pack. Forty-eight of the cards have short statements (e.g. because I want to), short questions (e.g. where is the lavatory?) and useful single words (e.g. yes, no, tea, coffee, today, tomorrow, forever, harder and faster). There are 2 blank cards that you can use to write your own useful words on, plus a pair of jokers, one says Me the other You.

WHEN?
You can play this game on any day you like. Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday would do, but we suggest tomorrow is best. It gives you just enough time to work out your strategies but not enough to start thinking the whole thing is a bit silly and that the makers of this card game are only out to exploit the misery of others for their own monetary gain and warped desire for infamy.
If you earn your living by working in a call centre, as a station platform announcer, a doctor’s receptionist or any similar occupation, you may have to wait until your first free day before having a go.

HOW OFTEN?
You can play Silent Protest as often as you like or until the war is well and truly over. The more you play the better you get. The more you play the safer the world becomes.