Thank you for playing! I wanted to let you know that some of this stuff was improved for the 2.1 update. Version 2.0 was critical to push out ASAP since the prior version was missing things/had a few mistakes. Version 2.1 is what I'd consider feature complete, or the final product.
Anyway, I want to address each of your comments here:
- Using icons: This is a great suggestion, if I can find some nice color ones that would be an easy to do. Finding commercial use icons for playing card suits is actually really hard turns out. Main reason I didn't use them. That said, I'm very glad that the tables made play easier and clear. To address the mistake issue, I've now provided examples in the book so players can avoid any mistakes.
- Spring table links: I've double checked all the links on the Spring table (and the others) only to discover that some of the links became broken. Thank you very much for bringing that to my attention. When I streamlined the bestiary a few of them slipped by me. Should be fixed now though. Edit - I also noticed that the way I linked to my website was baking into parts of the doc, which was the main reason for the issue. However, the link thing was a problem on a few entries.
- Character Sheet: I'm glad this helped. I had extra time, and even though this was kind of an afterthought, I used that when I was playtesting myself so thought I should just make it available to everyone. You may like to know that I added even more tools for the player (like cheat sheets for weather and play order) alongside the character sheet.
- Music: That's a great idea! Anything to help you get more immersed :)
- Other Games: You aren't the first person to tell me that this reminded them of A Quiet Year! I do own this title, but have never played. It really was a happy accident that it draws that comparison. The other one you mention, Après l'Accident, I've never heard of. I'll have to check it out now. Thanks for the recommendation!
I really enjoyed reading your play report! It sounds like you had fun with the game, even if there were a few hiccups in the experience. Hopefully if you decide to pick it up again with the new version you'll find the experience all the better :) Thank you again for playing and providing the wonderful feedback!