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"It's not too complicated" (media.piefed.world)
submitted 8 months ago by AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works to c/boardgames@sopuli.xyz
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Granted, my bigger peeve is players who can't sit still and pay attention during the teach.

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[โ€“] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

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.