This is one of the most honouring pieces of feedback I have received in a long time. Pure Massacre was a night that I spent by myself at my dinning room table trying to figure out how to encourage players to lean on the description of their fight more than the clink clink of the dice. Then I posted it hoping to come back to it. Play test it. Etc. Your feedback makes me want to do that even more and the fact that you cited some other systems that could do this better is super helpful. I am slowly leaving the DnD space and still out of my depth with how I want to proceed. :D
So thanks. I will attempt to have a look at it in the next week.
Also the expression "holding my thumbs" is one that I like without knowing what it means. What is it?
And thanks!!