Robinson Crusoe gets mentioned a lot, but I never had problems with that one. But Eminent Domain: Microcosm would be one to get the seal of incomprehensibility from me. I was lucky to know the bigger Eminent Domain game, so I could deduct how it was played, but if you came into this new, no chance to learn it from the rules. Another one would be Shadows of the Elder Gods, which was a pretty bad rule book, too. It actually was complete, but kinda wonky in its pace and left many scratching their head about how the event deck was meant to be handled. Airborne Commander is hilariously bad, too. Especially because you don’t really notice it during reading, only when you actually try to play. Yikes. Night of Man is a bit like that, too, in that during play you start the questions, but then have a hard to!e to find the answers. In case of this rulebook it does have all the answers – it is just that sometimes the answer is tacked on as a half sentence on something else, so good luck in finding it 😉 (the designer jumps on questions on BGG and provides answers, so you are not lost, but it still is pretty bad as far as rules go – but a damn fun game, well worth the investment!).

Robinson Crusoe gets mentioned a lot, but I never had problems with that one. But Eminent Domain: Microcosm would be one to get the seal of incomprehensibility from me. I was lucky to know the bigger Eminent Domain game, so I could deduct how it was played, but if you came into this new, no chance to learn it from the rules. Another one would be Shadows of the Elder Gods, which was a pretty bad rule book, too. It actually was complete, but kinda wonky in its pace and left many scratching their head about how the event deck was meant to be handled. Airborne Commander is hilariously bad, too. Especially because you don’t really notice it during reading, only when you actually try to play. Yikes. Night of Man is a bit like that, too, in that during play you start the questions, but then have a hard to!e to find the answers. In case of this rulebook it does have all the answers – it is just that sometimes the answer is tacked on as a half sentence on something else, so good luck in finding it 😉 (the designer jumps on questions on BGG and provides answers, so you are not lost, but it still is pretty bad as far as rules go – but a damn fun game, well worth the investment!).

Yeah, I hate when publisher mislead with their player number. Putting 1-5 on the box and then saying “no solo rules here, use others from games you might not have or come up with your own” is misleading and sucks. Add to that the really bad art in this title and the upcoming Firefly title and I get the impression Upper deck us getting lazy and cheap.

Yeah, I hate when publisher mislead with their player number. Putting 1-5 on the box and then saying “no solo rules here, use others from games you might not have or come up with your own” is misleading and sucks. Add to that the really bad art in this title and the upcoming Firefly title and I get the impression Upper deck us getting lazy and cheap.