diff --git a/sgf/src/game.rs b/sgf/src/game.rs
index 4a983a2..1f6d0f1 100644
--- a/sgf/src/game.rs
+++ b/sgf/src/game.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,35 @@ impl GameRecord {
             children: vec![],
         }
     }
+
+    /// Generate a list of moves which constitute the main line of the game. This is the game as it
+    /// was actually played out, and by convention consists of the first node in each list of
+    /// children.
+    pub fn mainline<'a>(&'a self) -> Vec<&'a GameNode> {
+        let mut moves: Vec<&GameNode> = vec![];
+
+        let mut next = self.children.get(0);
+        while let Some(node) = next {
+            // Given that I know that I have a node, and I know that I'm going to push a reference
+            // to it onto my final list, I want to get the first of its children. And I want to
+            // keep doing that until there are no more first children.
+            //
+            // Just going to push references onto the list. No need to copy the nodes for this.
+            //
+            // Pushing a reference onto the list implicitely clones the reference, but not the data
+            // it is pointing to. This means that each time through the loop, `next` points to
+            // something else. This isn't being described very well, though, so it's worth
+            // reviewing in the future.
+            moves.push(node);
+
+            next = match node {
+                GameNode::MoveNode(node) => node.children.get(0),
+                GameNode::SetupNode(node) => node.children.get(0),
+            };
+        }
+
+        moves
+    }
 }
 
 impl Node for GameRecord {
@@ -666,6 +695,51 @@ mod setup_node_tests {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod path_test {
+    use super::*;
+    use cool_asserts::assert_matches;
+    use parser::parse_collection;
+    use std::{fs::File, io::Read};
+
+    fn with_text(text: &str, f: impl FnOnce(Vec<GameRecord>)) {
+        let (_, games) = parse_collection::<nom::error::VerboseError<&str>>(text).unwrap();
+        let games = games
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|game| GameRecord::try_from(&game).expect("game to parse"))
+            .collect::<Vec<GameRecord>>();
+        f(games);
+    }
+
+    fn with_file(path: &std::path::Path, f: impl FnOnce(Vec<GameRecord>)) {
+        let mut file = File::open(path).unwrap();
+        let mut text = String::new();
+        let _ = file.read_to_string(&mut text);
+        with_text(&text, f);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn returns_the_mainline_of_a_game_without_branches() {
+        with_file(
+            std::path::Path::new("test_data/2020 USGO DDK, Round 1.sgf"),
+            |games| {
+                let game = &games[0];
+
+                let moves = game.mainline();
+                assert_matches!(moves[0], GameNode::MoveNode(node) => {
+                    assert_eq!(node.color, Color::Black);
+                    assert_eq!(node.mv, Move::Move("pp".to_owned()));
+                });
+                assert_matches!(moves[1], GameNode::MoveNode(node) => {
+                    assert_eq!(node.color, Color::White);
+                    assert_eq!(node.mv, Move::Move("dp".to_owned()));
+                });
+                assert_matches!(moves[2], GameNode::MoveNode(node) => {
+                    assert_eq!(node.color, Color::Black);
+                    assert_eq!(node.mv, Move::Move("pd".to_owned()));
+                });
+            },
+        )
+    }
+
     #[ignore]
     #[test]
     fn returns_empty_list_if_no_game_nodes() {