Play Test 1.0 / 2021.02.10

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Didn't play through, but set up two player game
All pieces generally seemed there, but need to have a clear key for pieces
Player boards were not sized right
Felt low energy for game - was hard to push through the play. Number of factors from unclear rules to unclear goals to being tired.

There was too much to do, hard to understand
The mechanisms of how to play were not clear. Need to simplify
Need a clearly written set of game objectives and how to achieve them.
Clarify how the market works - add a default market card that specifies exchange
Clarify player initial
Simplify the factories - maybe just re-design card.
Make sure the factories are on the board
Clarify the rules around building
- building occurs in first phase
- there's a set of rules - based on location on board and relative location to other players and other buildings
Clarify how to score points and what actors are for
Remove elections / make optional? Remove laws / make optional? Play with just a market, and re-add this later
Revamp actor abilities - need to make them all useful, and have both an instant ability and tap ability or persistent ability [IN] [TAP] [PER]
Clarify what secrets are for - end of game scoring / "hit points" of lodge
Move the occult track to a different location on your board? Clarify how it works? Tap an actor to advance an occultist?
Revamp how pawns work - needs to be more motivation to use them.
workers - work in factory
play on cards
hold spaces for building
building - control districts

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