Lots of really cool and inspiring games here... but one legit question: what's with so many of the games not meeting the requirements of the jam?

Only a couple out of all of the games I looked at are four pages or less. Some multiple types of dice as well. Some are over twenty pages long. One was even listed as created in April before the jam. Are people just submitting for cheap exposure? Um...

Doesn't this kind of go against the spirit and challenge of the game jam?

Trying to stick to the requirements is a challenge...

Not trying to be negative, some really great stuff in here, but curious is there no vetting or approval of submissions?

One of topics of discussion has been whether your game can be longer than 4 pages, as long as your rules stay within the 4 page guideline. The general consensus has been, yes, that this keeps with the spirit of the jam by being a design constraint, but also allows people to flex their creative skills by adding content outside the 4 pages.