diff --git a/apps/api/src/app.ts b/apps/api/src/app.ts
index 0f901cf..5a8122a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import express from "express";
 import type { Express } from "express";
+import { apiRouter } from "./routes/apiRouter.js";
 
 export function createApp() {
   const app: Express = express();
 
-  app.get("/api/health", (_req, res) => {
-    res.json({ status: "ok" });
-  });
+  app.use("/api/v1", apiRouter);
 
   return app;
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/gameController.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/gameController.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffffbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/gameController.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import type { Request, Response } from "express";
+import { prepareQuestions } from "../services/gameService.js";
+
+export const getGame = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  const query = gameRequestSchema.parse(req.query);
+  const questions = await prepareQuestions(query);
+  res.json({ success: true, data: questions });
+};
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/apiRouter.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/apiRouter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ad84eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/apiRouter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import express from "express";
+import { Router } from "express";
+import { healthRouter } from "./healthRouter.js";
+import { gameRouter } from "./gameRouter.js";
+
+export const apiRouter: Router = express.Router();
+
+apiRouter.use("/health", healthRouter);
+apiRouter.use("/game", gameRouter);
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/gameRouter.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/gameRouter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7196021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/gameRouter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import express from "express";
+import type { Router } from "express";
+import { createGame } from "../controllers/gameController.js";
+
+export const gameRouter: Router = express.Router();
+
+gameRouter.get("/", createGame);
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/healthRouter.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/healthRouter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8812a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/healthRouter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { Request, Response } from "express";
+
+export const healthRouter = (_req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  res
+    .status(200)
+    .json({
+      status: "ok",
+      uptime: process.uptime(),
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    });
+};
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/gameService.ts b/apps/api/src/services/gameService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4c79d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/gameService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const prepareQuestions = async (params: object) => {
+  console.log(params);
+};
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/constants.ts b/packages/shared/src/constants.ts
index e868bbb..26b5467 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 export const SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_CODES = ["en", "it"] as const;
 
 export const SUPPORTED_POS = ["noun"] as const;
+
+export const GAME_ROUNDS = ["3", "10"] as const;
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/schema.ts b/packages/shared/src/schema.ts
index ef9f446..aeb8a56 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/schema.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import * as z from "zod";
 
+import {
+  SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_CODES,
+  SUPPORTED_POS,
+  GAME_ROUNDS,
+} from "./constants.js";
+
 export const Term = z.object({
   id: z.uuid(),
   synset_id: z.string(),
@@ -70,3 +76,16 @@ export const DeckTerm = z.object({
 });
 
 export type DeckTerm = z.infer<typeof DeckTerm>;
+
+export const GameRequestSchema = z
+  .object({
+    source_language: z.enum(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_CODES),
+    target_language: z.enum(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_CODES),
+    pos: z.enum(SUPPORTED_POS),
+    rounds: z.enum(GAME_ROUNDS).transform(Number),
+  })
+  .refine((game) => game.target_language !== game.source_language, {
+    error: "source and target language must be different",
+  });
+
+export type GameRequestSchema = z.infer<typeof GameRequestSchema>;