Expeditions: Viking makes choice matter through failure

After spending my life playing games where failure is never an option, it is difficult to adjust to a game where it is a viable way of progressing.
Expeditions: Viking is that game, and it’s available now for $30 on Steam from the Logic Artists studio. It’s a new tactical turn-based role-playing adventure set in a world of thralls (slaves) and thegns (the king’s chosen governors) without any fantasy creatures or magic spells. If you’ve played Fire Emblem or XCOM