AbigailII, coan.net: I agree 100%. I would ask for the following generalization (if I didn't already ask) :

In all games, all relevant information that the rules make available to the players should be visible on the board as far as reasonably feasible. Keeping notes and tracking game scores are definite setbacks to the playing experience.

This includes the long awaited distinction between "race checkers" and "checkers on bar" in Cloning, Race and Crowded backgammon. There are probably other instances in games that I don't play.