To apologize

I have my first review that I had given to this game, just deleted. First, I had in fact given this game a 2 star, and I could not understand all the positive reviews.
We now have, however, played the game several times, and I hereby apologize bar: The game is good! All those who also face the game after the first game passages rather skeptical to negative, was told: Patience! Play again! And then guess that it really is a varied, exciting and well-designed game.
I can understand anyone who desperately for 1 or 2 game passages on this complicated game instructions with its many special sets of rules and side scenes, I can anyway understand anyone who says, "I play not a game in which I have ever read in the rules of the game, what I do or make now is, "I am also very pleased with those who are of the opinion that in" much dominate Istanbul "too much small-small and too little rigor - but I can understand all these objections completely, because that I thought as "Istanbul" -Neuling also. Our round was totally annoyed that the game instruction is not always everything exhaustively and transparently explained - in spite of the many little pictures and sketches that are inside it. We all had the impression that the author of the game have extravagant in far too many ideas and it is a behemoth of rules arose, and there were already voices among us who thought we should "Istanbul" peddling again, especially as we for an innings - instead of given 40-60 minutes - no fewer than two and a half hours needed.
But as fast as we do not give up. And lo and behold - after some internet searches regarding some unknown rule of the game and after several game rounds, we can now say: "We have mastered the game, we understand the rules, let's stay with the playing time now in the time estimated by Spieleverlag framework, and we have the right fun with it. "
One does not easily clean - but if you understand me, what you have to do, then you can not understand at all what we previously found really so complicated about this game. And the games will not be bored, because with each pass new versions and possibilities.
A big selling point of the game is that it is "forgiving". That's when strategy games rarely the case that it is not so difficult for important when times comes a train next to it, or if one overlooks or messed something. "Istanbul" forgive one such error and opened the player the opportunity to come by different routes to the destination.
A star deduction is available for the not entirely straightforward game manual, which initially did not affect so complex because everything is explained with little pictures, but on closer inspection it leaves some questions unanswered - since then help Internet searches continues quite well.
In addition, - also falls under a peeled Star - the game material is not quite practical: The idea to push these "assistants tower" across the pitch, we find not so successful - because fly the single "assistants platelets" often apart. And the Miniwürfelchen lying as goods on handcarts, which shifts it constantly, because they are so small and light. In addition, you have an awful lot of individual Fummelkram - cards, cards, plates, money in different variations - and there are in the game box no "departments", in which one could purely sort all that stuff. Small plastic bags are indeed included - but overall you throw all the accessories in the box and has a lot of stuff lying around on the table. This could have been easier to deal with and more practical.
Overall, however, the game gets me good 4 star in the 2nd run!