Shoutout to the guy at the game store who called me out on my teaching style

I was teaching my group 'Terraforming Mars' last Friday and a friend of a friend, Mark, just said 'Dude, you're explaining every single card as you draw it, my brain is full.' I mean, he was right, I was going way too deep too fast. So now I just do the basic rules, play one round open-handed, and only explain cards when they come up. It cut our setup time in half. Anyone else get feedback that made you change how you run game night?

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kimblack5d ago

Nah, I'd lose my mind if @shane165 didn't explain every rule first.

fisher.jessica5d ago

Read a blog that called this the "just-in-time" teaching method.

shane1655d ago

My brother gave me the same note after I over-explained Scythe.