[t_wanderer]

Dan,

I always enjoy your reviews, and was excited to see this one on Friday. Lately, I've been playing a lot of Burning Wheel, and would like to know more about what you thought made the system difficult to understand or explain. What about the books could you not envision as part of a table-top play experience?

Also, I've found the Duel of Wits mechanics really enhance roleplaying and provide a great structure on which to build a social conflict encounter into something more than unfocused discussion followed by a couple dice rolls (or adjudicated by GM fiat). Duel of Wits allows for a lot of freedom and creativity, and I've seen new players (myself included at one time) pick it up and enjoy it immediately. It's a lot of fun.

Thanks for your time.

--W