Players hate wasting resources, and resources they cannot store make avoiding waste all the more urgent. Free actions are a resource that cannot be stored for later, since they are once-per-turn

Players need to feel that a game is moving towards a resolution. Framing your victory condition as a tug-of-war undermines this because one player's progress erases the other'

Table talk does not always improve a party game. Meaningful discussion requires players to make claims supported by evidence. As any improv performer can tell you, when the only response is "no&