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Permalink Reply by Enrico CS Viglino on February 27, 2012 at 1:09pm

I skim the rules, and more or less fake it (which is pretty damned obvious if you see all the mistakes).

Strong case numbering, cross references,  and a good index, are very very valuable to picking something up during play.

Examples, especially extended ones, do me very little.

I've broken down and really tried to 'solve' some games (Empires in Arms, AWE ones) which

had some pretty big open questions - running as far as having an extended conversation with

one of the designers of La Grande Guerre to get questions answered (I believe it's still up at

web-Grognards) since I was an early adopter of the game.

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Permalink Reply by David Lent on December 22, 2017 at 6:04pm

I read the rules completely.  Next, I play the game.  Then I read the rules again and play it a second time (correcting all the rules mistakes I made in the first game).  On a game of medium complexity or higher, it's nearly impossible to get everything right "The first time".  Hence, reading the rules again after finishing the first game.

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Permalink Reply by Wayne Rotella on December 23, 2017 at 9:44am

This is actually helpful for me. I am always "worried" about making mistakes. The reality is I should be comfortable with the mistakes and learn from them. Thanks for the perspective/tip David.

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Permalink Reply by David Lent on December 23, 2017 at 11:04pm

No problem!

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