I’ve just not had the excuse to look yet, my life is currently a bit too chaotic for a regular game, let alone one in another new system…
I am working on an open game setting over at https://ttrpg.network/c/Canyonlands but don’t have anything like a plan for actually running a game.
I need to read up on Pathfinder 2e.
I know the “joke” was that 1e was basically D&D 3.75… which was a bit too powergamey for my tastes, so I never even looked at 2e…
Mindustry is much closer to the tower defense side of it.
Or maybe the RTS side.
There are even attack modes, where you build up an army to take on a fixed emplacement of enemy units.
But, sometimes it’s more fun to let the players go. Especially if they keep the game and the table separated.
Cross lines in game, but keep the table clean? Then keep going.
Cross lines at the table, and the game ends until everyone has talked it through. And sometimes the game is just over.
This story sounds like it stayed in game enough, but may have been scratching at the table. Enough to pull back and talk for a moment, but not enough to kill the game.