Every day, rulebooks destroy my soul a bit more

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We have to rant about rulebooks again, this is not a joke. After decades of board gaming, rulebooks continue to be the #1 enemy of enjoyment, and haven’t gotten better. So what are some very common structural issues? We don’t want to talk about translation issues or writing styles, even though flavor text usage is both a structural and writing style issue. Even big publisher games like Stardew Valley are victim to problems! It’s good to have a separate reference that can be a glossary and/or index like mansions of madness and Eldritch Horror! After all, the rulebook should help you learn the game not just reference rules. BGG Article: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/13453/every-board-game-rulebook-is-awful Games mentioned: Brass Birmingham, Radlands, War of the Ring, Star Wars Rebellion, Mammothodus, Grimcoven, Last Word, The Resistance: Avalon, The Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era, Scythe, Coup Table of Contents: Overview - (0:00) Structural Issue #1 - (1:16) Structural Issue #2 - (2:13) Structural Issue #3 - (3:44) Structural Issue #4 - (4:45) Structural Issue #5 - (6:27) Final Thoughts - (8:16) Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website! https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games We’ve Reviewed! (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ https://discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62 Links to our other stuff: Ashton's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ashtonwu Daniel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/doyduh2 Stuff Used: lukrembo - biscuit https://www.youtube.com/watchv=EtZ2m2Zm3vY Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3Ed1G4I_UpE Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUdalWK-vI Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDWRC9_Gk0 #boardgames #tabletop #tabletopgames