Designer Diary: The Seeds of Stardew Valley: The Board Game

This is why I find video games (or video board games) much less stressful then physical board games. You don't need worry about remembering all the rules, the program guides you and you can just focus on the fun with no shame you've made an illegal move when you're playing with others.

it's a shame the video game isn't very fun to play at all too.

> a thoughtful and faithful adaptation of a great video game

Unfortunately, faithfully adapting a video game to tabletop is a terrible idea, in my experience. I first saw this with the 2003 Age of Mythology adaptation. Video games can rely on the computer to track intricate systems, but when those systems are too dear to the central concept to be cut out or drastically altered in translation, the tracking becomes a burden on the players. Tabletop has a very limited budget for such before it becomes unpleasant. (Yes, even in high complexity games. Good designers work hard to mitigate various facets of complexity.)