...but I won't intentionally go into a game without having read the book, and I expect the same courtesy from the GM.
Each year, I go to a house-con, which is organized into 4-hour blocks, so people get to play something like 5 games during the weekend. The con has leaned specifically toward running games folks aren't familiar with. I cannot remember a single year in which I knew and owned the rules for every game I played. I remember years when I didn't own *ANY* of the rules to the games I played. Getting and reading the rules for them all before the con simply isn't practical.
I usually run at least one game during the weekend - I don't expect any player to have read the rules, as I'm usually running something obscure, new, or in playtest. The other GMs are similar. The con assumes that all required rules will be taught.
And it all goes pretty darned well, for that.
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