I thought this June event came up a little fast, tbh, given that the first hatching log was an event in itself that also covered several weeks of trying to establish characters. That’s essentially two events in less than a month of play time. But I understand why timing it might have been difficult: leaving it to the very end of June or the beginning of July might have felt like you weren’t giving players enough to engage with.

I definitely think having a plotting post a few days before an event would be helpful! Sometimes players over-plan and have spent so much time discussing it before an event that most stuff gets handwaved, but having advance info and some time to think can help people hit the ground running with top levels. Overall, it encourages threading.

Nonetheless, while I’ve been out of things due to illness, it does look to me like things are going well overall!

Edit: whoops, left out the TDM thing. That depends on how much you want to emphasize them or tie them into game events. I think some kind of reward for existing players participating in them is nice: even if not for AC, then perhaps for bonus?

Also, as far as tropes and concepts go: outside of exploration threads, the existing Leviathan camp is survivalist enough for my tastes (and it seems like there are mechanisms in the game design to keep it that way, like stuff that keeps a hypothetical Hermione from solving all the camp’s problems and scarcity with magic). What I would like to see is some psychic/psychological stuff that ties into the setting (i.e. explores some unusual effects that the setting can have on people’s minds), esp if it gives us a mystery to solve or etc.

Ultimately, “it depends what you want to emphasize” is probably my answer to most of these questions. 🤔