Post originally by Carl at 2004-12-28 09:32:15
Converted from Phorums BB System

It's long been a rule of mine to gloss over game rules in a review (include some but not go into any great detail) for two reasons:

1) I'm afraid I'll misunderstand something and screw other gamers up (witness my take on Life, where I tried to condense it and ended up writing the wrong thing), and

2) Writing everything about the rules in a review makes me worry that someone out there is just going to crib my review and extrapolate the game instead of buying it.

Also, 3) it generally takes too damn long to write out a comprehensive review of the rules, plus it gets tedious to read. It took the writer 39 (or more) pages to flesh out the game, how am I supposed to write it out in less than a page's worth of space? It's hard knowing what to include or exclude.

Also, maybe I should have given a more generous rating with Style, as I personally approve of minimal art within games. Give me content, or give me death!

Anyway, thank you for the response and examples. I look forward to playing with this game as soon as I can find a good group and some free time.