I really wanted to like this game, especially as a parent, but the mechanics made it difficult to immerse myself in the game.
- The PDF is much more difficult to follow in terms of flow than the printer-friendly document.
- I cannot figure out for the life of me what the purpose of the energy dice are supposed to be used for besides just...rolling them? Do they give bonuses to your tasks? I don't think I've played another Caltrop Core game, so maybe I'm missing something, but I personally think that should be explained in the document without me having to look something up. The lack of explanation on the energy dice was actually my biggest hurdle with this game.
- On the challenge table, I'm not sure whether my first roll should be for the column number or the row number. I suppose it doesn't matter as long as I'm consistent, but I did wonder.
- This isn't vital, but I think it would've been nice for the game to encourage taking some time at the end of each day to "reflect" in some way, whether by journaling about it or just imagining that kind of day.
I'm willing to play it again if I get some better explanations on things, though!