With every game played, small changes increasingly change the entire play-through.

I think this is something that could enthrall new and old players alike – and it wouldn’t be difficult to post more content that would refresh player decks, upgrade decks, bounties, and monsters either.

That’s the beauty of card games, especially deck builders. You can really extend the life of the game by resizing the decks and adding new cards. The few and cursed benefit from this genre.

As a reviewer, I have of course read through many board game rules. I’m also the one who often teaches the rules of the game to my friends and family I play with. So how well the rules are laid down and how the gameplay is referenced is important to me.

And that’s the only real area where I didn’t care about making the game. The board was beautiful, the cards were beautifully illustrated, and the gameplay was fluid. But I thought the rules were missing in the layout and execution.

The first thing that bothered me was the quick start guide printed on the back of the rulebook. In a deck building card game, it’s strange that these weren’t printed out on individual double-faced cards for the players to use. It makes more sense. There are only four to six cards left, depending on the number of players, and it frees up the rulebook which can be used by anyone who needs it during the game.

A quick reference in front of all players facilitates the gameplay in the first few games until everyone knows the rules.

Whether or not I review a game, the first few games I like to flip through the rulebook to make sure I’m playing right. The rulebook for The Few and Cursed is more than 30 pages long, which can be easily summarized into a smaller, more concise structure. Smaller graphics, different font sizes, and other improvements could have made this a more accessible set of rules. I love Felipe Cagno’s art, but the layout needs improvement.

These are very special issues that will not distract most players from the game, and while I don’t think they make the game any less fun – because it is very much – they do slow down the gameplay for the first few games.

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