Gregor Vuga yeah, S&V feels different than BitD in some important ways. The big one is that it’s not nearly so claustrophobic. It also feels less face-stabby, in that the Scum factions are all kind of doing their own thing on their own clocks. It’s much more of a sandbox than Blades, where at least in our game you had to defend your tiny bit of turf right out of the gate.

The heat/wanted system in Scum, I think, is good for letting the crew buzz around with impunity. At least in our game, there always seems to be enough time or money during downtime to “lay low” and back down their wanted level. There’s generally quite a lot of heat everywhere but Wanted is quite easy to get rid of.