Dead of Winter - A New Cross Road Game?

With forgotten waters, i decided to introduce cross road events in kind of a different way. I wanted to create something that had a little bit more crunch mechanics. We felt that instead of cards, a book would be far more a possible. And we changed that into an apat the last minute as well. There's only so many words and so many graphic icons and so much information yet you've any advice for u listeners who are making card games? If you're seeing players stop and not understand what's going on over three or four times, there's something wrong with your card design.