Deadly Fredly Tumbly

After dinner I got a look at Do: Pilgrim’s of the Flying Temple, which I found utterly charming. I didn’t read it in-depth but I love the children’s book illustrative style, with evocative portraits and situations, the shift from illustration to paper cut-outs during the mechanics of play section, and all sorts of other great layout tricks that make it both fun to leaf through and provide anchors for finding appropriate sections later. Given my cognitive issues with content that shares illustrations and text, I have to say that the layout on this book was brilliant; instead of cluttering my mind and overloading me, I found myself getting hooked into text by the design itself. I didn’t read them all in-depth, but the sample letters I read were all very funny and full of great hooks. The text was all very accessible too. I can’t give a full review because I’m still being very strict about not getting games I’m not playing during our de-cluttering project, but it definitely gets a thumbs up on readability, cuteness, inclusiveness, child-friendly, simplicity, and fun. I think it would make a lovely starter game for kids and it looks rich enough to be fun for all-adult groups as well.