Hey, thank you for your inquiry. To be honest it is mostly chance. I did this as a mostly chance game to ensure there's the slide back and forth on the paths. If there's a lot of agency players can rig it to where.they never slide to the other path. I included verse memoring and discussions to it where you can use it to start a conversation.
As you draw cards there is no limit to how many you hold on to. So you could hold onto the cards you draw and use them later.
Thinking about it if I limit the number of cards in a hand it could add some strategy ie you can only hold 5 cards then you have to pick and choose. :)
Regardless if you try it or not thank you for your interest and thoughts.
Best,
Karen