The trouble is, I suppose, that it’s not as sexy to get a good rulebook and as such not as easy and obvious a selling point as cool minis or gorgeous flat art, or even solid graphic design…
Quotes by Stephen Miller
If you’re willing to pay the expense to upgrade standees to minis, generic meeples to custom meeples, or cubes to 2d shaped wooden bits, you should be willing to pay the extra money to improve the quality of literally the most important component in your game, the rulebook.