I can be put off by mechanics / artefacts / VP progress that seem a bit random, disassociated from anything particularly real in the game, do you know what I mean? I think LROA had some of that - 'Collect random combos of artefacts to progress on this otherwise arbitrary track to win VP'?

I wish longer days were the answer.

OK but how big are they? Do they fill the entire carriage? Are they causing carnage?

so many little things that sound so daft to mention individually, but that add up to clunk and effort and blockers.

feeding time bsky.app/feeds

Yes, that was what I was borrowing from!

I only have 2 or 3 Motown puns left in me. Four, tops.

The latter pays for the former.