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Up front, I'm reading and rating this submission in between meetings while eating gummy bears way too early in the morning because it's already been a stressful one. I feel like the theme here is perfect for the moment I'm in right now. 

What an amazing premise. I love the prologue story at the beginning. I think this is something I absolutely need to do for my submission. I love the idea of adding a second, darker chapter to the classic Willy Wonka story. 

The five stats are evocative. I love Nonsense, Heart, and Wonder especially. I think Perspiration and Head could be just a little bit more silly to match those. What came to mind for me was Wiggles and Wiles, though Wiles would have some overlap with Nonsense I suppose. Just a thought though, they're definitely good as they are already. Also the Imagination resource cap being the combined value of a character's heart+wonder is very thematic. 

Flavoring the GM dice pool as a bag of candy/flavor pool is so good. I feel like you could also do the same thing with the team pool and call it a candy bowl or something, but that might be just a bit confusing. 

Weariness is a great "injury" system. Reducing dice pool is a great way to show the sugar crash happening at the table.

Putting something on the character sheet for your dice pool/ spend your successes is SO SMART. What a great way to help cut out some of the challenge in helping players remember what they can do with their dice. 

Great job!

I'm sorry about your stressful morning but happy you had gummy bears! 

The stats are all pulled from quotes from the movie, which I know isn't exactly practical, but does bring me secret joy. 

It's funny you mention the name of the Team Pool, because that's probably the 5th thing I've called it. I still haven't found something I love, but this was what I was settled on when it was submission time lol. 

I'm glad you liked the dice chart! I had made a little chart for Eat the Reich on how to spend dice when I ran it at cons, because that was always the hurdle for new folks, so I thought it made sense to just include it on the sheet, especially since I didn't have time to do any pretty layout stuff! 

Thanks for the great feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it!