Well, I don't think it's really that difficult to understand once you get into it. I kind of walk people through things. As far as I'm concerned, as long as they read General Rules and the section related to their position (business, military, etc.), they should be fine.As far as length of the rulebook goes, I guess no one has played Axis & Allies or Diplomacy. I could shorten them by simply making them less detailed, but then I'm left answering more questions in the topic. If you have any specific suggestions for modifying them though, go ahead. I could shift the detailed rules into another post and put "quick start rules" or the like in the first post, if you think that'd be better.You have one guaranteed businessmatoran, my sister, when she gets around to posting (don't worry, I'm nagging her for you). But certainly could use more than one.OK ok I join...