John - that game case is beautiful!
Thanks! We just got done trying to play.
It's... pretty complicated.
We spent two hours and got through four turns. Unfortunately the way the manual is set up, the description of the progression of play is VERY messed up.
Imagine following the step by step of what you're supposed to be doing and having something come up that isn't in the step by step. Then having to refer to the index and shuffle around looking for what just happened.
Example -
"If THIS happens, refer to page 22 and read up on FOO."
So you go to read page FOO and you get the details you needed, but you didn't finish the paragraph BELOW the cited sentence because you were distracted with reading FOO. So you miss BAR, TOTO, TATA and FOOPLE.
Makes for serious confusion. We gave up after four turns as the kitchen table chairs hurt my bum and we're hoping to find a Youtube tutorial.
Mind you, Melissa is... Pretty damned smart, and I'm not a complete moron myself.
There are like (est) 18 decks of cards, some easily color coded, four of which we didn't even get around to figuring out. Skill checks were "Dungeons and Dragons Hard" (Meaning you once you get them they're not hard at all, but you can sit and read through the description ten times without getting it at first.)
I think we'll enjoy the game once we figure it out, but so far it was frustrating. I kept getting huffy with my wife because she kept wanting to DO THINGS while I was reading. Wasn't a recipe for awesome and I feel like a heel for bickering.