Summary of Commentary

Pros

• Immersive setting with food and furnishings (Lily, Brandon)
• Wants to run it (Lisa)
• Explores unusual themes (Brandon)

Cons

• No Touching rule was violated (Lisa)
  • We've addressed this by emphasizing the No Touching rule during game briefing.
• Parables came too fast (Lisa)
• We did not clearly convey the game style, and it was not a style he liked (Brandon)
  • We can't really do anything about it not being a style he likes - however, the style of game is now spelled out more clearly and explicitly during the casting questionnaire.
• Stories broke the mood (Brandon)
• Story scenes were too large (Brandon)
• Game was railroaded (Brandon)
• Past vs. future scenes confusing (Ian)
  • We addressed this by changing the wording on the name badges - now they say things like "12 years ago" instead of "2034 AD".
• Lack of combat resolution mechanic in miniscenes (Ian)
  • We addressed this, sort of, by spelling out the pantomime combat resolution rules (the same ones as in 10 Bad LARPs).

Suggestions

• Biblical information bluesheets for the religious characters (Lily)
• Possibly clarify that scene characters are related to home characters? (Lisa)
  • This should possibly also be addressed in the game text itself, but we're now pulling players aside the first time this happens to them and making sure they realize it.
• Finish Seder in game wrap (Lisa)
• Provide sound effect of baby crying (Ian)
• Don't rely on players to keep cards from prior scenes (Ian)
  • We're now printing out cards for every single character in every single scene.