Very cute faction! I would definitely not want to attack those spiky hedgehogs. Then again, I'm not sure if I want a bear whacking me either!
I am curious how you've found the generation of blackberry tokens. It makes thematic sense that they grow where other blackberries are, but if the bear had a sudden surge of hunger and was able to gobble up multiple clearings in between your turns, does it become difficult to get grew new berries?
For now it seems to work reasonably well, if the bear had this surge of hunger and eat so many berries, then it would be very well fed. So the brambleberries can spend an entire turn (maybe even 2) not feeding the bear and making sure the bear is as far away from them as possible. Focusing on cultivating berries only. We are still playing around with the timing of cultivating: when can the communion spend a card to place a berry in a clearing? We noticed that it introduces quite some mental load to have to do it in birdsong, as you have to plan out your entire turn up ahead. Now we are playtesting doing this step in evening, but that makes it a lot more telegraphed how much the faction scores... Work in progress!
