This game as absolutely fantastic. The balance isn't perfect. The Tinker Vagabond is just a little bit too strong and if I had to say one faction was much stronger than the others I would say it was the Vagabond in general, the Cats are also a little bit on the weaker side and suffer quite a bit when they are the last in the turn order BUT I still see every single faction win about as much as each other.

As for the game. The game is fun. The gameplay is so deep, there are so many different things to consider and so many outcomes and twists that can happen in a game, the deck of cards makes it so it's difficult to determine what your opponents next move is. When the cat hits the birds, the birds hits the vagabond, the vagabond hit the alliance and the alliance hit the cat. It makes for an interesting and fun match.