Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: Whenever we buy a new board game we spend a lot of time first learning the game . It 's a fun experience to see who can learn a game first and learn it well enough . So we usually start off by reading through the brochure or directions , then we will kind of get to know the basics of the game before we prepare to play a serious game , competitively against each other , usually me and my boyfriend . That first game is part of learning the board game , sure , we 've read about it and practiced a little but you really learn a game properly by playing it . The game was really close so my boyfriend was not upset that he lost . I think we both have learned the game really well by now , the ins and outs of the game and the specifics of playing it well and having fun with it . It 's always the most fun when you actually understand the game and are good at it . Question: When did they play the game? Option1: after learning the directions Option2: before reading about it
Output (English): after learning the directions