I'm pissed off

[ethan_greer]

Chris, noted. I'm trying to be as objective as possible under the circumstances, for what it's worth... :) The session was brief with not much of any down time. Right after the game concluded (as in, less then two minutes after) all the players said they had fun, which matched my observations at the time.  Then they started trashing the game...

I dunno.  I'm chalking it up as a failed playtest.

[RaconteurX]

When playtesting, be sure to play with people who are committed to your success as a designer and potential publisher.

Ron speaks wisdom here, Ethan. Many of the designers I know had to go outside their regular groups to get the amount of useful playtesting input they required.