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==Explanation==
 
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This comic shows a timeline of a gathering to play some sort of fairly complex board game.  These games often have many pages of rules, and a long setup time.  Often the very complex rules must be explained in detail, which can be extremely dull in a group environment.
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This comic shows a timeline of a gathering to play some sort of fairly complex tabletop game, such as {{w|Warhammer (game)|Warhammer}}, {{w|Star Fleet Battles|Star Fleet Battles}}, or {{w|Squad Leader|Squad Leader}}.  These games often have many pages of rules, forms to fill out, and in the case of many battle simulation games can have dozens or even hundreds of counters to position.  Often the very complex rules must be explained in detail, which can be extremely dull in a group environment.
  
 
Conversely, just beginning like at the time entry point "it will make sense once you play" without explanation often leads to new player frustration that, had they had a complete understanding, they would have made different choices and had a more reasonable chance at victory, or even worse, avoided constantly being informed of "illegal moves".
 
Conversely, just beginning like at the time entry point "it will make sense once you play" without explanation often leads to new player frustration that, had they had a complete understanding, they would have made different choices and had a more reasonable chance at victory, or even worse, avoided constantly being informed of "illegal moves".

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