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Explain the Rules of a Board Game to Someone Who Hates Rules
Some people love a thorough rules explanation. Most people switch off after the third exception clause. The trick is to explain only what is needed to play the first turn, describe the goal in one sentence, and save the rest until it becomes relevant. This gives you a verbal script that gets the game started rather than explaining it to death.
I need to explain the rules of a board game to someone who switches off the moment you start reading from a rulebook.
The game: {GAME_NAME}
The person: [describe their experience with games and their attention span for instructions]
Give me a verbal walkthrough I can actually use: start with why the game is fun rather than what the rules are, describe the aim of the game in one sentence, explain only the rules needed to begin the first turn (not the complete rules), and tell me which one rule I should save until it comes up naturally in play rather than explaining it upfront. Write this as something I would say out loud, not as a rulebook. ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.