About the Game

Its was inspire from tv show show Big Bang Theory It is first used to settle a dispute about what to watch on TV between Sheldon and Raj in "The Lizard-Spock Expansion".The game was originally created by Sam Kass with Karen Bryla.
According to an interview with Kass, the series producers did not originally ask for permission to use the game, but Kass was officially referenced by Sheldon as the creator of the game during the "The Rothman Disintegration", after which he states, "Hail Sam Kass!" to which Leonard, Howard, Raj, and Sheldon all then chant "Hail!" while raising their hands.

The rules

"Scissors decapitate Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." It becomes an ongoing way to break a tie or a debate in the Big Bang Theory. 'Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock' is so popular among Big Bang fans, that t-shirts and other fan gear with the rules of the game are now available on Amazon and other retailers.