Johnstone Metzger​​ so…start by introducing SW (ensconced in their place of power, assets and authority on display) and then M (active, in trouble, being rebellious), and then just start setting up scenes relative to your chosen Fronts, I suppose?

I like that there are threats and villains outside the SW/M relationship. Initially I thought it was nose to nose at all times, but the frenemy possibilities and the obvious triangles (Lover, Mogul, etc) say otherwise.

I think right now I’m thinking about scenes that don’t feel contrived but I don’t know why that’s lodged in there. Like you’re totally right about running it like AW: the Other and the Mogul are just there together at the…whatever (Spice negotiations, secret police central command, whatever) because they’re framed that way.

Play-the-day makes no sense at all. I assume in actual play, players start proposing their own scene setups once they understand the fronts and likely settings?