First Impressions of Troika!

Troika! arrived in the post an hour ago.

I was happy to back the Kickstarter back when it ran; I was a big fan of Advanced Fighting Fantasy back in my youth, and to hear of something inspired by that game as opposed to D&D made me very curious. I've got a full plate of things to write and do for my day job, but a long series of train rides coming up when I might be able to give Troika! a proper read. So here's eight things I observe in my first five minutes of handling and browsing Troika!

1. The production values are high. Good hardback, nice thick-but-not-too-thick paper. Excellent printing.
2. d66 character classes is nice. It will take a while to read through them all, but first glance gives real variety from Burglar to Lonesome Monarch. Awesome.
3. Also: a piece of evocative art for each character class!
4. Reference tables on interior front and back covers: damage tables, spells and magical mishaps. Good to have them to hand.
5. Interesting to have only the d6 in play for rolls. Think I've only seen that previously when playing story games.
6. Some of the bestiary art is fantastic. Some is a little underwhelming. Again, just a first glance.
7. Nice to see a starter adventure present!
8. The cover is a bit of a mystery! I've no idea what is happening. I like the style, the wraparound-ness of it, but perhaps reading the character classes and adventure will make that clearer. It's cool but I don't know what it is.

I've not delved into the rules. I remember skimming the ruleset of an earlier edition and thinking it was neat. I'm sure that will be the case here too. I'm looking forward to spending more time with Troika! in the next week or so. Will share more thoughts then if that's interesting to anyone.