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Why do you think rules lookup is not part of the holistic experience?
Thank you so much for this question Obituary! From my perspective it's not so much about looking up rules not being holistic - rather a blocker to a game session and potentially to the game itself (i.e. some rules are very abstract and require X level of experience...which even then is not reliable). Thus, Nurl instead helps to try and streamline that experience when it needs to happen, doing so in a way that a 13 year old can understand. Of course, it's opt in, so you don't have to use that feature - but speaking from experience (I'm a GM with a hybrid group of 6 players. All are new except one who has been playing for 20 years), it has been an invaluable resource in our group.
The holistic nature being more around character sheets and other tools you need to play a game.
I disagree with your take and that approach in general. However, I wish you luck. Hope this works out for you even if it's not for me or my ilk.