Quoted from ForceFlow:As a casual player, I haven't found the concept and rules very approachable. I can appreciate what the game is, that it's wildly popular with tournament players, and the impressive achievement for a homebrew designer to get the game into production, but as a casual player, it's just not the kind of game I enjoy. If you had trouble with Hobbit, you will probably have trouble with TNA.
I agree that SM is a fun game and is very approachable for casual players, and it isn't too expensive compared to other similar era games.
Invest in a nice party pack of Atari games. 
