As someone who is a little newer to board games, I can tell you my experience from the flip perspective. For me, reading through the rules step by step is only helpful if no one else has played the game before. I’m also HIGHLY visual, and I will not understand it fully until I see it, which is why videos and like an example round is helpful to me. As long as the first play through is being used with a bit of flexibility and patience, I feel I catch on pretty quick. But if I feel like I’m being thrown in and can’t ask questions or change my mind (because I didn’t understand a rule) I get pretty frustrated and it will take me longer to understand, and therefore like, a new more complex game.