Have you ever fancied yourself a jewel collector and wished you had a pocket sized way to share the experience with your friends and family? Look no further then GEM. GEM is one of the many Pack O Game line of games currently on kickstarter. The game is about the size of a pack of gum and has you in an auction to get the most valuable gems for your jewel collection. You can learn more about GEM itself on boardgamegeek, and if it really catches your interest check out the kickstarter for more on the Pack O Game line of games as at the time of writing there are 23 days left and they are not yet funded. But how does this gum pack sized rulebook hold up to inspection by Susan the Mustache? Pull up the rulebook and join us as we find out! | |
Organization and Layout: The very first thing I see right on top after the name of the game is "Learn to play in 3 minutes at: www.packogame.com/gem". It starts with red text even to draw your eyes to it making sure that you know there is a super fast way to learn the game!
The organization is perfect from there as well, everything in in a perfect order for learning and playing the game and it's easy to find what you are looking for if you need a quick rules reference. Even though the game is compact the rules don't look compressed and squished thanks to the excellent layout. This rulebook uses its limited space perfectly!
Clarity: Everything here is clear and concise, I didn't find myself confused by the rules at all while reading and playing
Graphics: This is a fantastic example of a rulebook doing amazing work with their graphics! They color code the light blue text in the rulebook to let you know there will be a graphic explanation of the subject soon which is fantastic.
If that wasn't enough the graphics themselves are all incredibly informative and are all used to explain things better shown visually then through text and helps cover the more complex parts of the game wonderfully.
Depth: While the game wasn't terribly complex in any way, we still couldn't find any situations that weren't covered by the rulebook while playing which was great to see.
Writing: Not a typo or grammar error in sight and the rulebook had a good professional feel as well! They used various colors of the font as well as underlines, italics, bold, and capitalization to great effect to make their rules even better to read. This was a seriously phenomenal job in the writing department!
The organization is perfect from there as well, everything in in a perfect order for learning and playing the game and it's easy to find what you are looking for if you need a quick rules reference. Even though the game is compact the rules don't look compressed and squished thanks to the excellent layout. This rulebook uses its limited space perfectly!
Clarity: Everything here is clear and concise, I didn't find myself confused by the rules at all while reading and playing
Graphics: This is a fantastic example of a rulebook doing amazing work with their graphics! They color code the light blue text in the rulebook to let you know there will be a graphic explanation of the subject soon which is fantastic.
If that wasn't enough the graphics themselves are all incredibly informative and are all used to explain things better shown visually then through text and helps cover the more complex parts of the game wonderfully.
Depth: While the game wasn't terribly complex in any way, we still couldn't find any situations that weren't covered by the rulebook while playing which was great to see.
Writing: Not a typo or grammar error in sight and the rulebook had a good professional feel as well! They used various colors of the font as well as underlines, italics, bold, and capitalization to great effect to make their rules even better to read. This was a seriously phenomenal job in the writing department!
But now me must call in general rulebook expert and fine jewel collector Susan the Mustache to give us his final say on the rulebook! On the Susan Rating Scale this rulebook gets:
Susan's Explanation: This is definitely one of the best rulebooks I have ever seen! Even with limited space to work with this rulebook is absolutely phenominal in every aspect. This rulebook is so fantastic, I decided it had to be...
Susan's Explanation: This is definitely one of the best rulebooks I have ever seen! Even with limited space to work with this rulebook is absolutely phenominal in every aspect. This rulebook is so fantastic, I decided it had to be...
Well that ends today's rulebook review! Did we miss anything in our review? Let us know in the comments! Until next time: Every Game Deserves A Good Rulebook.