Sounds like the rules are poorly written. What's the best way to get a better set of rules so you start on the right foot?
1022627
We just learned to play it from the rules. I read them and looked at everything ahead of playing - by myself - until I somewhat understood what was supposed to happen. I think all of these types of games have really detailed rules and you just need to go over them really well and think it out - or play first with someone who has played it before. Also - keep the rules handy for reference as you play the game. That is the best advice I can give. After you play it a couple times - it become's pretty easy and a game can be played in 30 mins. I have nephews & nieces that are 9 that play - maybe not with the most strategy - but they play.
1022628
We just learned to play it from the rules. I read them and looked at everything ahead of playing - by myself - until I somewhat understood what was supposed to happen. I think all of these types of games have really detailed rules and you just need to go over them really well and think it out - or play first with someone who has played it before. Also - keep the rules handy for reference as you play the game. That is the best advice I can give. After you play it a couple times - it become's pretty easy and a game can be played in 30 mins. I have nephews & nieces that are 9 that play - maybe not with the most strategy - but they play. We just learned to play it from the rules. I read them and looked at everything ahead of playing - by myself - until I somewhat understood what was supposed to happen. I think all of these types of games have really detailed rules and you just need to go over them really well and think it out - or play first with someone who has played it before. Also - keep the rules handy for reference as you play the game. That is the best advice I can give. After you play it a couple times - it become's pretty easy and a game can be played in 30 mins. I have nephews & nieces that are 9 that play - maybe... » Read More We just learned to play it from the rules. I read them and looked at everything ahead of playing - by myself - until I somewhat understood what was supposed to happen. I think all of these types of games have really detailed rules and you just need to go over them really well and think it out - or play first with someone who has played it before. Also - keep the rules handy for reference as you play the game. That is the best advice I can give. After you play it a couple times - it become's pretty easy and a game can be played in 30 mins. I have nephews & nieces that are 9 that play - maybe not with the most strategy - but they play. « Show Less
1022629
See the following video on You tube: "7 Wonders Demo - BoardGameGeek Booth - Essen Spiel 2010"
1022630
Well I agree the rules are not easy to follow when you play for the first time. To be sincere I couldn't play the game by just reading the manual. What I did is find a YouTube video where I saw a whole family playing together and describing every move. Then it started to make sense. I took me a couple of hours to learn it. The manual is great when you're already in a game, because you'll always use it as a cheatsheet. Here's the link I'm talking about :S05E01 - 7 Wonders - How To Play: http://youtu.be/z_Wfdn5Es8UI recommend you watch all of these videos, I mean S05E02, etc. 7 wonders is a truly amazing game, the more you play it, the more you'll love it. Have fun! Well I agree the rules are not easy to follow when you play for the first time. To be sincere I couldn't play the game by just reading the manual. What I did is find a YouTube video where I saw a whole family playing together and describing every move. Then it started to make sense. I took me a couple of hours to learn it. The manual is great when you're already in a game, because you'll always use it as a cheatsheet. Here's the link I'm talking about :S05E01 - 7 Wonders - How To Play: http://youtu.be/z_Wfdn5Es8UI recommend you watch all of these videos,... » Read More Well I agree the rules are not easy to follow when you play for the first time. To be sincere I couldn't play the game by just reading the manual. What I did is find a YouTube video where I saw a whole family playing together and describing every move. Then it started to make sense. I took me a couple of hours to learn it. The manual is great when you're already in a game, because you'll always use it as a cheatsheet. Here's the link I'm talking about :S05E01 - 7 Wonders - How To Play: http://youtu.be/z_Wfdn5Es8UI recommend you watch all of these videos, I mean S05E02, etc. 7 wonders is a truly amazing game, the more you play it, the more you'll love it. Have fun! « Show Less
60340
Your best bet is to go to the two minute You Tube video. It is a great way to see the basics and add in your own rules.
145145
This game is more dependent on the moderator than anything else. The ultimate edition has a pretty extensive guide to help new moderators. However, I strongly believe that anyone can learn to moderate and do it well so long as they have seen enough games played or have been a part of them. It would be perfectly acceptable, in my mind, for you to get the most cost effect version for yourself so long as your group has a reliable, outgoing, and patient moderator. I hope this has been of some help to you. Happy hunting
1539961
It can even be difficult to run their campaigns as they assume you have no creativity and do exactly what they expect. they locked their campaigns in a creative box. That said, a good GM can adjust them and open them up enough to be fun and playable. once you have the basics down, i.e. played a pre-made campaign, making your own isn't that difficult.
1673162
I don't know about all the rules but these were not the right cards for the group I play with. They only use the National card, so I wasn't able to use the cards.
2278040
My game came with 6 instruction booklets, each a different language. The components themselves are only imagery. So you only need the instruction booklet. I think you should be fine. If anything you can go to boardgamegeek.com and get the instructions in English :)
1329257
I played with a 7,9 and 11 year old, but with SUPER basic rules. The rules get a little complicated and it slows down play and when I used the full rules they were bored, and the 7 year old was completely confused, so I just made it a lot easier, I had them roll the dice(the pre-made characters with this have nice pictures of what dice they need to roll), if they succeeded they killed whoever they were attacking, if they failed then they missed. I didn't go into Advantages and Threats at all with them, and didn't track damage. After I stripped it down they had a good time!But for sure have an adult GM the game to help mitigate rules and tell the story. I played with a 7,9 and 11 year old, but with SUPER basic rules. The rules get a little complicated and it slows down play and when I used the full rules they were bored, and the 7 year old was completely confused, so I just made it a lot easier, I had them roll the dice(the pre-made characters with this have nice pictures of what dice they need to roll), if they succeeded they killed whoever they were attacking, if they failed then they missed. I didn't go into Advantages and Threats at all with them, and didn't track damage. After I stripped it down they had a good time!But... » Read More I played with a 7,9 and 11 year old, but with SUPER basic rules. The rules get a little complicated and it slows down play and when I used the full rules they were bored, and the 7 year old was completely confused, so I just made it a lot easier, I had them roll the dice(the pre-made characters with this have nice pictures of what dice they need to roll), if they succeeded they killed whoever they were attacking, if they failed then they missed. I didn't go into Advantages and Threats at all with them, and didn't track damage. After I stripped it down they had a good time!But for sure have an adult GM the game to help mitigate rules and tell the story. « Show Less
258960
Haven't played in a while. Will check it out tonight and get back to you. My recollection is that it is user friendly. Stay tuned.
822932
They should be able to read proficiently. There is a lot of rule changing so they need to be able to follow their own card information to keep up with the rest of the game.
993108
Yes, it's pretty easy once you read the rules, it has all to do with throwing a dice and achieving a goal on it. I bought the game after watching this review, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh4nSpV2n4k by the way I also have the expansion that add a lot of difficulty to the original game. It's pretty fun and it takes about 2 hours to complete a game.
2100808
It is very hard when you play solo, but it is fun and playable. If you tweak the rules a little bit it could probably be just right for your tastes.
777573
Since you can modify the rules depending on the ability of the players I would say it's not a matter of age as much as ability. If you have a 4 year old who has basic math skills you can change the rules to work with that student. But I would say anyone who can do basic addition and subtraction you should be able to use these with. Just modify the rules to what you need.
1842400
Well there are no instructions because it's only a deck of cards. There's no set tricks or anything you're expected or supposed to do. What helped me out was going to YouTube and learning a couple of helpful tricks, try that!
48193
1. Ours came with 15 months of online access. I'm not sure why you got only 3. 2. You look on their schedule and pick the earliest available time. Sometimes that's in a day or two, and sometimes it's not until a week or two away. I don't know about doing it more often, since we actually never got around to doing this. 3. I loved the online games, but I rarely played them against other people. As far as I know, you can't speak to the other players. I just remember trying to identify things more quickly by typing their names. Mostly I played on my own. The best one for me involved listening to stories and clicking words as you heard them. The words are arranged in a grid, and you try to make a "bingo." I listened to some of the stories over and over during the course of the year, and I definitely got better at parsing what they said. Understanding came even later, but I had to begin with just making sense of this flow of unfamiliar sounds. I'm afraid I can't look up the answers for you. We came across a big downside of the program: you only get two installs for $800. So when you have two hard drive crashes (in the month before we left for Italy -- and then we got a new computer, and *it's* new drive crashed within a week!) you're out of luck. It was very frustrating to suddenly lose our program. Several times while we were in Italy, I thought of times I would have liked to look something up or practice something on RS that came up in a conversation in the real world. But, no, the company was too concerned that we would give it away to all our friends, so we couldn't use it anymore after the computer trouble.
29119
Both good questions that we also are stumped by...very poor directions! We played with just one deck of cards and no jokers with four people....maybe if you were playing with more people you would use both decks?!
1539962
True. There is a small included adventure, but after that you are on your own. Although there are tons of resources online (message boards, recycling old movie plots etc) to get you going. And feel free to steal ideas from your players. For example when they talk worriedly about how they think someone will turn on them, jot that down if it's a good idea.
1133850
I have had trouble-I contacted them they gave me some answers. did not do well with them- I finally gave up- marked it up to experience - Good luck with your complaint