Lil' Guardsman Gate duty with consequences

Each visitor gets a few moves before you decide: talk, call one of your advisors, or reach for the toolkit. Truth spray, an x-ray, a metal detector, a decoder ring, a bullwhip. You get three actions per person, so the question is what to spend them on. A cyclops mother might be exactly who she says she is. The goblin at the gate might not be. Ask the right things, pick admit or deny, and move on to the next oddball in line. The tools run on limited charges, and gold you earn goes into upgrading them, so a well-stocked shed makes the job easier. It plays like a puzzle made of people.

Between shifts you wander the Sprawl, a city of factions and schemers, and the story builds toward a royal wedding and the siege that follows from whoever you annoyed along the way. The writing is the heart of it: consistently funny, fully voiced, and warmer than the gate duty suggests, especially the bond between Lil and her dad. Fair warning: the story runs on rails more than the choices-matter pitch implies, so come for the characters and the gate puzzles more than total freedom.