When an order of games arrives, I used to neatly stacked each title on the shelf shrink wrapped for a later day. I saw no need to rush. I had secured the title and would get around to it sooner or later. Trouble is, I have recently learned that even the most well-respected publishers will [...]

Several weeks ago I complained about poorly-written rules and offered an alternative approach to cleaning them up. I demonstrated this approach on Power Grid’s rules. I received mostly commendation for the rewrite, but there was still room for improvement.
Here are the changes I made:
Added subheadings
To add even more clarity I added a few extra divisions [...]

The one thing in “boardgamedom” that vexes me above all others is the poor delivery of rules, either verbally explained or poorly written. Of the two, I am more agitated by rules that are poorly written. Less polish is to be expected in an off-the-cuff explanation, but not in final copy that was afforded its [...]