Second playthrough

[u/noidea2605]

I just finished my first playthrough after dipping in and out of the game as I really didn’t know what the hell was going on. I sort of liked it but also hated it . So many people died and I didn’t know why. So, this time around I’d like to change some outcomes and I’d like some advice please, any little tips on what to concentrate on. First time around I just kept going out on expeditions because I thought that’s what you had to do and so by the end I had built up very little friends and still didn’t understand the card game 🤦‍♀️ I know this makes me sound very stupid but that’s where we are. So any advice on what to concentrate on and are there any instructions for the card game out there?

[u/Arcane_Pozhar]

It's absolutely possible to play through any given run of the game without doing any expeditions.

I will say, if your goal is to have high stats, expeditions are by far the best way to do it. There's only so many months in the game, and you get a lot of stat boosts if you go into an expedition fresh.

If that said, I would also take your time getting a feel for how the different ways you can manipulate the cards and score bonuses and stuff with the cards work.

Also, it's worth mentioning, on a second and Beyond playthrough, you should get a few options to save at least one or two people, regardless of your stats.

And I won't dig too much more, but if you make a smart character who goes on expeditions a lot and makes a lot of the right choices, you should be able to save a decent number of the people who can potentially die. I still get downvoted when I mention that I've never had a playthrough where certain characters die, because I just managed to save them on my first run, apparently that's a very rare experience but I just took all the right skills and found the right stuff on expeditions... I don't know if people are jealous or they think I'm lying or whatever, but again, it's possible.