Holsten told me that at a certain point only the voice acting drew him further into the game.
he appreciates the female voice too.
by now he likes the game.
well, i guess the reigning King in Yellow must say so 
maybe you like to step into the line of KiY challengers for just one time?
to taste the spirit of CR competition “light”.
as always it’s quite another story to play vs human “intelligence”.
i remember some other games which did not click for me when playing tutorial, AI skirmish or campaign.
but when playing vs real opponents, motivation ignition went BOOM (Agricola, Neuroshima Hex, Samurai, Carcassonne, TtR, LoW, esp TS etc): “how the heck could he do that? i want to do that too!”