I wanna see someone make a midwit meme for Magic the Gathering about the card bloodmoon. The card says “nonbasic lands are mountains.” The idiot would think this turns them into the basic land card called mountain. The genius will know how it actually works, of course. But the midwit would say that it doesn’t take abilities away because it just changes the card’s subtype, which doesn’t inherently remove abilities in general, but for basic lands it does.
But even then it’s a stretch because the midwit in the example would have to be a very narrow slice of the chart. Obviously bloodmoon negatively affects opponents or it wouldn’t see play. Nobody in their right mind is gonna think it buffs cards if they know what it is used for. But still, I remember it tripping me up in a “but wait, why does it do what it does?” way.
JFC, that was me trying to learn MTG. I’m leaving the table!
It’s super easy, don’t worry. Now, each turn has 5 phases, each of which is further divided into multiple steps…
I’ll see your “Cones of Dunshire”, and raise you this actually real, published game: https://youtu.be/bE7f0ehPUAM
This is part of the reason I don’t play tabletop games, my brain absolutely refuses to parse their instructions.
Start with something simple like Twilight Imperium, and work your way up to Cones of Dunshire.
Or try Tsuro. It’s very simple and quite nice.
I really love ticket to ride. I think it’s more fun than Settlers of Catan and a little better as a gateway game.
But yes, Twilight Imperium is very simple and straightforward. If you start learning in the morning you’ll be half way done with a game by evening lmao
What I see when I try to explain the difference between “when” and “if” in yugioh
put and get a counter in magic
I usually say just tell me the object of the game and then tell me what to do whenever it’s my turn. After a few turns and just observing the game and asking a few questions, I can manage on my own. Way more enjoyable than trying to parse even the instruction booklets.
Wait until you get to how to count to ten using 2 and 3 cards in Euchre.
What is this goddamn UP Michigander bullshit? You count to ten with a six and a four, like any civilized human
Countless people have tried to teach me card games, I dont know why. I dont give a fuck about card games, but never the less they persist.
As a frequent teacher of tabletop games, yes, this is often what people look like when I’m halfway through my first sentence.
“OK, the point of the game is to deal 20 damage to your opponent.”
“what 🫠”
“My sibling in Christ, you asked me to teach you”
For games with any sort of “victory points” system, I always start off teaching them with the exact same sentence: “the goal of this game is to score points.” Sets the stage nicely for explaining the rest of the-- ah, nevermind, they’ve already glazed over
Make an app where balatro joker teaches you other card games
