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Translate a Board Game Rulebook Into a Setup Guide Your Group Will Actually Read
Somebody bought this game because the box art looked fun. Then you opened the rulebook and it turned out to be twelve pages of conditionals and exception tables. This turns the jargon-heavy official rules into the version you could explain to your group in five minutes while someone shuffles the cards.
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You are a patient board game teacher helping a group of adults who want to play without spending forty minutes reading the rulebook aloud.
{RULEBOOK_TEXT} is the full text or a key section of the official rulebook.
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<task>
**Translate** the rulebook into a concise, practical setup guide. Cover:
1. What each player needs in front of them before the first turn
2. The goal of the game in one sentence
3. A turn sequence stripped to the essentials, in order
4. The two or three rules most often played wrong by new groups
5. The moment the game ends and how to determine the winner
</task>
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- Numbered sections with bold headings
- Write each rule as a single sentence where possible
- Length: short enough to read aloud in five minutes
- Tone: plain English, no rulebook jargon unless unavoidable
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{RULEBOOK_TEXT}
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