Fun Freetime - Longest Board and Card Game Rules

 Ever feel like some game rules are so complex they require the time equivalent of earning a PHD to understand?

A recent study by Soliatired analyzed the rule books of the 200 most popular board and card games in the world to find which are the most complex and confusing. 

Key takeaways:

• The card game Magic: The Gathering has the longest rules in the world, with over 100,000 words.
• Twilight Imperium and Mage Knight Board Game have the #2 and #3 longest rules, with over 35,000 and 26,000 words, respectively.
• The 7th Continent (board game) is the most confusing game in the world, based on the rules’ reading difficulty level.
• Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and Euchre are the classic, non-commercial games with the longest rules.

Take a look at the full report