@WelshAdventurer You probably want @rowyn who has played an incredible amount of it! You can also read the stories (and illustrations!) Rowyn made playing it on the #Apothecaria tag.
@vicorva @WelshAdventurer 600+ entries and still not done yet 😅
Do you have questions about it?
@WelshAdventurer So, obviously I love it or I would've quit 595 entries ago. 😂
If I only used the base book, it would've gotten repetitive, but not enough to be a real problem. There's a ton of expansions, tho, and you can get the, all by backing the creator's Patreon, so I did that.
I reduce the timer
* with every card draw that gives me a chance at finding my selected reagent
* if the prompt says to reduce it further
* if I change search areas after the first one.
So, for instance, it's the start of the week and I just drew an ailment. It doesn't have a time limit so I set the timer to the default of 13.
I go to Hero's Hollow to search for a reagent with a target of 5.
Draw my first card and drop the timer to 12. Card is an Ace. I don't find the reagent. The prompt includes "reduce the timer by 2", so timer is now 10.
Draw another card. Timer goes to 9. Get a jack, so I find my reagent. I leave for the Loch. Timer goes to 8. Etc.
But if a prompt says something like "you find a map showing you the location of a reagent. Draw a card and take a reagent of that value", I wouldn't reduce the timer additionally for that extra drawn card. Likewise, you draw a new card when you get a joker, but I only reduce the timer for the joker, not for the replacement.
@rowyn it was an interesting story! i’m glad you managed to fit it in
@Satsuma *purrs*
@Satsuma Yeah, I'd decided what had happened to her a long time ago and I figured I ought to work it in at some point. 😅