Their other game - Household - is similar with the basic combat rule being face one foe at a time, ie the biggest. But they come out and state you can use the lesser foes as hindrances until they are dealt with. And they also suggest you can do just what you recommended - just divide up the...
I bought the game and I hope to play it in the near future. Of the games they acknowledged their appreciation - I have Wildsea and pretty much a complete Cypher System & Invisible Sun library. Speed reading thru the book it jumps out very CS-esque. The Hope/Fear are akin to the Gm...
My Cypher System library takes up most of my gaming shelves. My 5e game running over 2yrs will continue (we don't use DDB) and it is a Homebrew. Most of my 5e library is actually 3rd party books. Looking forward to Mothership, as well.