There are always good choices mechanically, but frankly you're playing it wrong if you're not prioritising skills that suit their personality. When you level up, you choose one skill out of a random four from a far longer list. Think like a hero who helps their youngers, not a tosser who hogs all the best gear. Items you replace can't be redistributed, which seems illogical but means you differentiate everyone over being efficient, and give good items to weaker members who need them more. It's satisfying growing your fragile starters to champions, but it's using those old hands to protect and teach the young ones that's key. At its hardest it's a bloody, desperate war across multiple generations. The middle is a perfect blend of tactical and character-driven decisions. Lower difficulty levels are a robust roleplay with the drama in your hands.

Wildermyth integrates all this wonderfully into its design. My latest retired to become a judge, imparting her wisdom to the daughter of the friend who died saving her life. A hero might fall in love, take up painting, or walk off one night, and return months later withdrawn and sad.

Another group won fourteen years of peace between chapters. By the finale the world was saved, but permanently marred. I was too slow in one chapter, and never unravelled the enemy plot.

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