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This has some really interesting concepts and ideas! I like that your faction uses paths in a way no other faction does. I like (in theory) that it doesn't have the usual limit of 5 cards in hand. I like the scoring of a group of connected clearings. And using revealed cards as crafting pieces for other revealed cards is really unique as well! So again, some very nice ideas in there, congratulations on those!

I do think some streamlining might be required - consecrated paths in particular is very wordy, perhaps Charity might break the flow of the game a bit (not sure). I'd be curious to see how a 30 warrior faction that seems rather limited on actions fits in the design space. And I imagine a guaranteed draw to 8 cards every turn would really affect the speed at which you go through the deck (and hoard cards from other players), so that could be something to keep an eye on. There are also some inconsistencies in the terminology between law and faction board, which I don't really mind and are very understandable, what with the time pressure of the contest, just wanted to point it out :)

Other that that, well done and some neat notions!

Thanks!

Consecrated Paths is definitely incredibly wordy, but at the same time it's interacting with the game in weird ways so it needs to have more text to explain things.

As for the limited actions, it's because your main actions all have recruitment tied together with the actual action taken, and placing paths in the right locations (like WA sympathy) can net you a lot of free troops, but it's probably a fair bit more fragile since path tokens can be hit in both clearings.

The 8 cards is deliberate to provide super high deck churning when combined with having to spend cards to take actions, so Charity is there to give other players some interaction with the mechanic rather than just watch a ton of cards get thrown away for no reason.

It could beak the flow if other players get AP, but maybe adding a "If a player can't choose, then the Believers choose which card to give them" to the Law could help.