>Started working on "the best TTRPG idea ever" (tm) in a doc file writing down actual rules
>Started playtesting parts of it
>It's not what I expected
>redo parts
>re-test these parts
>now this affects other parts I need to redo
>way too much text to re-write overall
switching to mindmaps of ideas over rules as text saves a ton of time on iterating over ideas
>playtest part, it's not what I expected
>change one node and maybe some child nodes
>bubbles as a medium forces you to be brief
it's great

PS
The best idea ever turned out to be shit and I swapped most parts of it since