Board games can get better at this, sure, but there are some board games that have a tutorial approach that let's you start pretty much right away. Riot Games (

Board games can get better at this, sure, but there are some board games that have a tutorial approach that let's you start pretty much right away. Riot Games (funny enough, a video game publisher)'s Mechs vs Minions did this, for example. Part of the reason board games usually need so much explanation is the game is because there could be some decisions you make immediately or first turn that could have an effect on how you do in the endgame, so you kind of need to know what those effects are right away. With video games, you often get 20 minutes of tutorials also, but the game itself lasts 5-10 hours. There are board games that last that long, but they're mostly dungeon crawlers or legacy games that are designed to be played quite a few times with changes between games. Other games that are designed to be completed in a relatively quick timeframe (I tend to prefer playing those games, honestly), don't have that luxury, unless they're dirt simple to teach. Some people like simple rules games, other people prefer the heavier, more complex games.