Good to hear you had a good experience too, OTMT. You make a good point that Retro and DB are different methods with different approaches. You should not try to combine them. If you are doing Retro, then stick to their format, don't start adding in fear of pursuing or GAL if they conflict with what you have been taught to do. Retro is very effective because you have two people playing by the same rules. Don't bring new rules into it.
