My friend told me to skip the rulebook and just watch a video

We were setting up a new game, Root, and he said the rulebook was too much. He said to just find a 20 minute video online instead. I tried it, but halfway through our first game we hit a rule the video never covered. We had to stop and dig through the actual book for like 15 minutes to figure out combat. It totally killed the mood. Now I always at least skim the book first, even if I watch a video too. Does anyone else have a rule for when to use a video versus reading?

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fiona74914d agoMost Upvoted

Ugh, @wood.jana, did your group ever figure out a better way after that?

wood.jana15d ago

My buddy did that with Gloomhaven and we were lost for an hour.

mia10214d ago

Classic board game move. It's like a universal rule that someone always skips the setup part and then everyone pays for it.