You say that you "explained things" but the point is that new players
should be able to play the game sans-explanation based solely on the
instructions on the side of the tube.
We need the game to expand the market base, and it is imperative that
it is an elegant game that anybody can pick up and just "get it."
On Jan 30, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Joshua Kronengold wrote:
Andrew Plotkin writes:
Or you could rewrite the whole thing to be more parallel to the HOP
construction (which is very clear). "A sideways piece tunnels
down, and
surfaces upright at any spot in the line (where it was, or along the
direction it pointed). Stand up anything that it rises underneath."
This was how we explained things, and nobody had a problem with it.
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