No other game I've played captures the stress of managing limited resources as well as this one does, which is all the more impressive given that despite the volume's size, the rules aren't even a little more complicated than they need to be. A lot of the tension comes from the balance between acquiring resources used for character advancement and saving for retirement against the ticking clock that is inevitably depleting sanity which is great for campaign play but I wouldn't recommend playing this as a one shot since it would drastically undermine the stakes that make this game so engaging.