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Feedback from our first playthrough:

* The language "play all the cards in your hand" on page 41 was confusing. Does this mean you are forced to play all the cards in your hand? What if you don't have any options? Can you choose not to use a card in your hand on a turn and leave it in your hand until the next turn? Or does it mean you put all your cards down and whatever ones you can't use go straight to your discard pile? Should be clarified.

* The language "discard all cards" and "draw three cards" on page 41 is confusing because it doesn't specify where to discard to or draw from (there is also a deck and discard in the center). Maybe it could clarify from your personal deck or personal discard pile.

* We didn't understand the concept of a personal discard pile and personal deck being separate. Perhaps the diagram on page 44 could include the personal discard pile text next to the personal deck.

* In the example turn step 1 says play her hand. That makes little sense because it's not explaining what that means. 

* I felt like it should be explained why diamonds add extra points. It felt like unnecessary complexity without an explanation. Also the suit bonuses should probably be recommended to be ignored on first playthrough right below the suit bonuses title because the amount of rules to learn are overwhelming. Having one less round for a new play through does nothing to reduce complexity IMO and would feel incomplete without it. Perhaps excluding jokers could also reduce complexity.

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Hi there, thank you for your feedback! I've adjusted a few things in the PDF (now updated). To your points:

  1. Players are forced to play all of the cards in their hands, even the cards they cannot or do not want to play on a turn. I've edited the "Personal decks" section for clarity and it now reads, "Cards may go unused on a turn but are still discarded."
  2. The personal decks section now reads, "You will draw cards from your evolving personal deck and discard to your personal discard pile."
  3. I made a couple additions like the one above and included your suggestion in the diagram, thanks!
  4. I adjusted the wording in the example "Salmon plays each card in her hand" which should hopefully clarify things with the change from 1 above.
  5. I've adjusted the "School's in session" variant in a couple of ways. The diamonds bonus is an extra level of strategy that parallels the suit bonuses, so I think it makes sense to remove it in this variant. I agree Jokers are also not necessary in this context, and have updated the variant to remove them as well. I also added "(see “Variants” for a first playthrough)" at the beginning of the rules.

Thank you again for playing and providing feedback. I hope these adjustments clarify things for you and other folks in the future!

Thank you so much, I appreciate your reply and adjustments are much appreciated. I came across your book in a gift shop and it made someone very happy. Looking forward to playing the rest of the games!

I'm glad the gift made someone happy and I hope you enjoy the rest of the games. Cheers and happy new year!