So far I have talked to three different GMs whose groups instantly chose Explorer.

This reminds me so much of the thing that happened in our Urban Shadows game where everyone decided they were new to town. Which totally breaks Urban Shadows but I didn’t realize that until the first faction moves got rolled.

I wonder if there’s just kind of a common attraction to fish-out-of-water play? Like, it maps neatly to the players themselves, who also feel like those fish I’m sure. Pure speculation and I would not be surprised if there were a zillion other players who are all-in on building tightly embedded power players right out of the gate.