I used to play Squad Leader by myself. My friend gave me his copy because he considered it unplayable. For his 40th birthday, I returned it with all the counters sorted.
That is an accurate representation of how I felt when no one showed up having done any prep for the first time playing Gloomhaven. Sent rulebook PDF and how to play video links over a week ahead of time too.
I don't remember Gloomhaven, but JotL and Frosthaven both had very good tutorial levels that got you started with the concepts without needing any prior knowledge. Maybe they learnt from GH.
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Drusas@fedia.io · 16 pts · 242d
Teaching games is a skill. Teaching complicated games is a very specialized skill.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 16 pts · 242d
So, the secret to immortality is to read out loud incredibly long and complicated board game rules?!? Who'da thought...?
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 242d
You'll certainly feel like you're living forever!
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 242d
Another fan of The Campaign For North Africa.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 242d
An unjustly maligned, underappreciated piece of work.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 242d
I used to play Squad Leader by myself. My friend gave me his copy because he considered it unplayable. For his 40th birthday, I returned it with all the counters sorted.
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 238d
That is an accurate representation of how I felt when no one showed up having done any prep for the first time playing Gloomhaven. Sent rulebook PDF and how to play video links over a week ahead of time too.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 238d
I don't remember Gloomhaven, but JotL and Frosthaven both had very good tutorial levels that got you started with the concepts without needing any prior knowledge. Maybe they learnt from GH.
wanderingpine@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 231d
Yep, been there, done that. The board game I am working on has currently manual that is 36 pages long. And I know it is too long. Working on it.