That's something I pointed out at the review but maybe didn't stress enough, while the game looks really overwhelming, is actually a lot easier to learn and play than it looks like. I think that the way the board and the action boards are designed makes a lot of things that are kind of hard to explain verbally really obvious once you start playing. Try it if you get the chance, I think you'll be surprised at how "easy" it is (compared to other games of this kind)