Definition of Done

Required Criteria

• Rulebook stands alone. A first-time player with no video game knowledge can set up, play, and complete a full game using only the printed rulebook — no Chad present, no laptop, no supplementary explanation.
• All tiles are self-explanatory. Every room tile has text clear enough that a player encountering it mid-game understands what to do. Known clarity failures — Garage, Telescope, Music Room Special Key sequence — are resolved.
• Components are complete and stable. Tile set, token set, dice, Manor cards, Alzara Prophecy cards, item cards, commissary cards, dig results, constellation booklet, and campaign sheet are all in final printable form. No placeholders remaining.
• The mat is printed. Final Figma design produced and printed — zones labeled, No Roll indicator present, Outer Room staging area defined.
• Two solo playtests completed without you present. Not observed. Absent. Both players finished a full game.

Explicitly Not Required for v1

• QR codes on tile backs
• Physical item tokens replacing cards
• 2-player competitive mode
• Difficulty curve final decision
• Post-win content (Gift Shop, Trophy Room)
• Visual polish beyond functional clarity
• Mechanical Wing expansion
• Lore expansion

Why This Exists

This document exists because the punch list grows faster than it shrinks. Every playtest session adds items. Several design questions have been open for months. Without a defined finish line, a project like this can keep expanding indefinitely — not because anything is wrong, but because it's interesting and there's always one more thing to improve.

The criteria above describe the minimum version of this game that can be handed to someone and called finished. Everything outside this list is post-v1 work, and treating it that way is not a compromise — it's how the game gets made.