Timothy Hunt writes:
>> I learned from the printed rules, um, probably ten years ago now. So, well
>> before the version in PwP. I think that makes me and Eric Zuckerman almost
>> the only self-taught IIT competitors.
>I learned from the printed rules too, originally. Though having them
>clarified and in use in examples by someone who understood the game
>helped a lot. But my first few games, were largely "meh".
I also learned from the printed rules -- though Lisa did buy them in
person (at Disclave, I think).
Our first few games were definately straight out of the book (with the
xyloid pieces).
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