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(Never mind the infrequency with which I update this thing) Just submitted Birch Crown and D.I.E. Interceptor for a local Playtest day.  A little while back I had a private playtest night at my place, where I demo'd (poorly) Birch Crown, D.I.E. Interceptor, and Cowl & Mask.  My friends were encouraging, and even seemed to like the changes/options for the latest build of Cowl & Mask.  For D.I.E. Interceptor (which I also entered into the BGG 2p PnP Design Contest, and got incredibly useful feedback on), the winner liked it and the loser didn't, but even the one playtest I got in that night unlocked some useful trimming of the fat I can do to streamline it and open it up.  Everyone seemed kind of new-rules'd out by the time we ran Birch Crown, and I assumed they'd all have nice but lukewarm things to say since it was late once we wrapped and there were a lot of glazed eyes, but surprisingly Birch Crown was the one they said felt most like a real game, so what do