The game itself uses a lot of super-crunchy mechanics, and is very heavily stat-based. This means:
- Lots of headaches working out numbers
- Lots of mental arithmetic to do - lots of the time
- Lots of things that can get slightly wrong and not be noticed
But what it really boils down to is the game gets a little too clunky for its own good.
We love playing the game - it's a great adaptation, and it enables all kinds of fun stories (I'll go into some of ours with an anecdotes section in the app another time!) So we're making the game digital. Putting stats, moves, and references in one easy-to-use place, and making it possible for players to create their teams, and level them up, with a fluid interface that doesn't slow down game-time.