Well, I’ve taken my simple MC stats and encumbered them with a complex system of interlocking story-related stats (morale, notoriety, anarchy, credibility, arms, etc.) in the hopes of making the battle in Ch 4 satisfying both for gamer-types trying to claim the difficult achievement of beating the Phalangites/Theurges in the field and story types happy for a more realistic outcome.
I’ve also made Ch 2 more elaborate to try to reclaim some of the original spirit of winter as a marathon of tough choices.
Time will tell whether this latter was a terrible idea that drags down the story, or merely an idea that has slowed my own writing down more than I’d anticipated. 