I usually say somehting like "The way the rules are written sometimes can make it sound more difficult than it is. Let's just play ut a few rounds and it'll be easier to pick up on it."
A lot of people seem to learn much better through doing than hearing the rules explained or just reading them.
Last night my friend Rebecca choose the YELLOW coaster as it is her favorite color- but we were using Xeno colors and sh was a bit upset she didn't get yellow martian ships. I told her that it was OK. on Mars the purple ships need to land on yellow bases, so it's still important to have yellow.
She said she can tell I teach kids...LOL.
On 12/16/06, Di <sudduthd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 12/16/06, TheLoneGoldfish <
thelonegoldfish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I find saying "but it's easy!" is quite possibly the worst thing you can say in those circumstances (I've said it a few times sadly). It usually just leads to more frustration and pain.
It was pointed out to me at work a few years ago that responding to a coworker's question, "Do you know how to do X?" with "Sure! It's easy! I'll show you!" was somewhat 'insulting'. The logic apparently was 'if it was easy they wouldn't have had to ask'. Seems to work in gaming, too.
Recently I've started using phrases like, "it only seems difficult for a short time" or "it's not as tricky as it first appears" With less applications to the Looney line of games, when speaking of the german-style board games I often say, "the rulebook can seem quite intimidating at first, but people catch on really quickly if they give it a chance"
Happy demoing!
Di <*>
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