What if you have a paradox

is that it depends on how "important" the thing that you want to ADD is. I think "theorizing" about games is good... But also MAKING the games is equally important. And that means at least a playable prototype. So if it's something that will break the game, I would not add it ... even if the end result is doing more research into how to remedy the situation.

But like I said, it depends on how "important" that addition is...!

From my experience there is usually a compromise that can be made allowing you to both preserve most of what you have and adding a "Feature" or "Functionality" that you feel is important to improve the game.

If it's too abstract, I would say "forget it". If it's something pretty BASIC and understandable, well then I would TRY to work with the idea and see HOW you can add it, without too much impact.

In other words, come to some kind of "compromise" between what you have and what you want to ADD... Maybe in a limited form or a very specific type of change that may impact a very local aspect of the game, etc.

Best!

Note #1: Like if you are trying to a HIT-PERCENTILE to your DAMAGE rolls, well that sounds like something logical. Even if it may be HARD to ADD, it is pretty BASIC and understandable to all. That's what I mean... You did not explain in the least so I don't know what it is that you want to ADD.

But instead if it's like a MOTION/MOVEMENT PENALTY to certain units like Marines or Soldiers that is affected when fighting against TANKS or other vehicular units (starting to get too complicated) well then I would probably NOT add such a feature because it's too remotely specific an NOT BASIC enough.

Usually nothing is set in stone, unless it is one of the Design's Fundamental Rules. What are those, you ask? Well usually when I am designing a game, I come up with RULES that must never be broken. The first Rule (#1) is the MOST important rule in the game's design. What does that mean, you ask??

It means for example on "Plains of Aria" (POA), the First Design Rule is:

This is the fundamental rule and is probably one of the FEW rules that must never be broken. In this particular case, the rule is about ensuring that there is a clear boundary between your game pieces and another player's game pieces.

That's usually how I start a design, figuring out the Rules that should always be obeyed in terms of the design.

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Everyone should cut back on their alcohol consumption...! But a beer here or there during the summer is reasonable. Or a cocktail like a Martini or a Sangria ... No harm in a couple of glasses of those too... It's summer, so you might as well enjoy the weather and some cool drinks too.

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I'm also glad that you "improved" upon you design making it more compatible to an earlier version (your public version). That too is great! Congrats.

Here is the Link/URL to the David Guetta video "Dangerous".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVr__5Addjw

Love this video... It's so cool! And you literally don't know WHERE to LOOK!

Cheers all...

Note #1: BTW to answer your question... Sure I would see if you could add more and see if it "breaks" things or not. If it DOES, well then you may want to see if you can SIMPLIFY what you want to ADD. If not, well then you can think about seeing HOW you can add it without breaking anything... And usually this has got to do with simplification. Cheers @Ramon!

Note #2: Do you think you can get this kind of crew to help with your Design they look like they would be good with MATH??? :-P Hahaha!