As a new player to Santorini, I thought I had a pretty good idea generally how this abstract logic game worked going in.
Upon reading the Rules posted here on BGA, I can't imagine a more complicated and confusing way to describe how to play this game, than what is presented. Not only are there errors, they are not presented in a logical way to make sense to (I imagine) anyone.
I had to refer externally to a set of rules to verify the most basic game play mechanics, and the proper wording conventions.
This is a simplistic game and should not have been a difficult task. What happened?
There are a number of instances here on BGA, where game rules are re-written, and/or translated, for the purposes of BGA. Invariably they turn out misconstrued, incorrectly translated, and simply cause more confusion than they resolve.
Why is BGA re-writing rules in the first place? Just present the rules provided by the original publisher. Perhaps it MAY NOT be permissible to just present the original game rules from the publisher verbatim? But there has to be a better solution than having the level of poor results that have been provided here. How could they have been reviewed? How did the test newbie understand these rules? What is going on?
Upon reading the Rules posted here on BGA, I can't imagine a more complicated and confusing way to describe how to play this game, than what is presented. Not only are there errors, they are not presented in a logical way to make sense to (I imagine) anyone.
I had to refer externally to a set of rules to verify the most basic game play mechanics, and the proper wording conventions.
This is a simplistic game and should not have been a difficult task. What happened?
There are a number of instances here on BGA, where game rules are re-written, and/or translated, for the purposes of BGA. Invariably they turn out misconstrued, incorrectly translated, and simply cause more confusion than they resolve.
Why is BGA re-writing rules in the first place? Just present the rules provided by the original publisher. Perhaps it MAY NOT be permissible to just present the original game rules from the publisher verbatim? But there has to be a better solution than having the level of poor results that have been provided here. How could they have been reviewed? How did the test newbie understand these rules? What is going on?