I hope this is an appropriate place to put this message (most threads seem to be rules questions), but I wanted to tell the game makers that I think you guys knocked this one out of the park. I played my first game last night, and I had a complete blast. It met and exceeded my expectations.
I have some friends who I have been wanting to game with for a long time, but our interests only sort of brush up against one another. A couple of guys really only play RPGs, and then there are a few board gamer types in my group of friends.
When I played this game last night with everyone finally gathered together, one RPG friend says, "I really like this game. It's fiddly enough for you board game guys, yet there are enough RPG elements here to make me happy as well." He was crafting his sorceress to like fame and fortune and entourage, collecting allies like Standard Bearer (to carry his flag), troubador (to sing of his deeds), and body guards to fit this narrative, while I was just crafting a deck to optimize my plays. It scratched both of our itches very well.
I love all the interaction among the characters the very most. I was a bit worried, when I watched/read reviews online, that each person would be a bit stovepiped, but we were in constant discussion about where to move, where we thought the bandit was, whether to trade cards around, whether we had cards that could help each other, etc., etc. It was great. We felt very much like a party, and we all had a great time.
I feel like I've been waiting for a game like this one for a long time, and I'm looking forward to getting a lot of playtime out of it. Thanks again.