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So, will there be experience points?

I have some ideas, but I haven't started documenting the system or other details yet. Maybe something will come of it, or maybe not. If anyone wants to give it a try in the meantime, feel free.

I was actually thinking of doing it in the winter when there's nothing else to do, but given the current situation and the fact that I've just finished my obligations, I can do it in the fall too... Anyway, I'll take a week off to relax, write some quants, and do other things, so that half of October will pass.

I would wait a bit longer.

And I don't.

I would wait a bit longer...

Until the existential crisis hits the Creator so hard that he forgets to renew the domain?

He only attacks creatures.

I was actually thinking of doing it in winter, when there's nothing else to do anyway, but since things are like this and I've just finished paying off my debts, I can do it in the fall... I'll take a week off anyway, while I write the quests, and while other things get done, so that half of October will pass.

You'll just spend a week drinking to celebrate paying off your debts, and then it will be the middle of winter.

Alex is probably experienced enough now to drink while settling debts, not after. After that, he needs to prepare for the next debts.

First, he settles his academic debts, and then his financial ones.

Alex is experienced enough to drink while running experiments.

Maybe he's also role-playing his character in real life at the same time? Drinking here, drinking there.

I wouldn't be surprised. In general, Alex has experience in both infantry and army service, so his gameplay is inherently closer to reality.

Do we need maps?

Maps, as a concept, are fun, but consider how much they might disrupt your planned start or narrative with their effects. Personally, if I were to run a game, I thought about redesigning the maps into a separate "belief" system (similar to the Revenant), but the character could only draw one map per month. That is, instead of getting a conditional nemesis at the start of the game, which may or may not play its role, the character could get a guaranteed ambush in the current game month.

The thing is, there are some things I wouldn't mind implementing, and it would provide players with more new options, but integrating them into the mechanics is as convenient as trying to fit an owl onto a globe. I could create an add-on similar to traits, but not everything fits there in principle – one, there are balance issues – two, it's not as fun – three. On the other hand, it's very difficult to strike a balance between "maps don't change anything" and "maps break everything."