Thanks so much for this. The design is both beautiful and really distinctive. It has an alluring, disconcerting, somehow cinematic glossiness to it, which really jumps out compared to many of the other games.
I love that you explicitly address climate change and make it part of the set-up phase, and the conclusion. A lot of submissions seem only to talk about climate change in oblique ways (“ever since the Cataclysm” etc.).
The Authority options are interesting. I wasn’t totally sure how to interpret “Central” and “Regional.” Is the point that the area could be near to the centre of whatever power governs this territory, or it could be on the periphery of that territory? (I also wondered if you could showcase a greater variety of forms of governance. E.g. SYNDICATE, ELDERS, WORKERS’ COUNCIL, AI ALGOCRACY, DEMARCHY, CYBERSYNACY, DESPOT, CONTESTED, etc.? Or is the point more that this is just the name that people use for the Authority?)
I felt like I needed a little more clarity around some mechanics. I wasn’t sure what level everything starts at. I guess you have 1 point per facility? Could you really spell it out? There’s a little space on page 21 if that helps.
Minor typo: “able to take care of the mass influx of refugee” > refugees
Thank you for sharing this beautiful work!