Despair Dilemma v0.4.0: Narration Update

Hey y'all. We mentioned this earlier in our Discord, but as we've begun partnering with Backerkit for their upcoming Pocketopia campaign, we'll be investing more time in getting Despair Dilemma ready! That means more frequent updates and some choices based on more significant internal playtests by our team. As with the previous update, this version has a lot of fairly big changes and it's worth not taking for granted anything you read previously!

Major Changes

• Players Now Take On the Role of Narrator: Instead of taking turns doing one action at a time, players vie for control over being "The Narrator" and being allowed to affect the story. The Narrator follows the perspective of one character, but other plays can steal the role away by playing matching cards.
• Flags have been Replaced: Putting flags on characters didn't do much at this point in the game, so we've replaced it with a central pile. The chapter mystery still gains flags.
• Character Creation has been Simplified: Instead of selecting an archetype, now you just create a character by selecting a Gimmick describing what makes them different from everyone else.
• Chapter Endings have been Unified: Instead of a specific End Number, now chapters end whenever a specific conditions have been met.
• Plot Books, Death Game Sheets, and more have been updated: To match with the new updated mechanics, options and actions have all been updated to match, as well as balance them, and make them more exciting.