I had a similar experience that Mason had. I remember the snow forts / battles clearly since they were the best part of a snow day. I can see being a multiplayer aspect. Perhaps, one person (a captain) can challenge another person (another captain) to a snow ball fight. These two people can recruit members to form a team. When the snowball fight starts, both teams begin building their forts by any means in any location on the map. Attacking is prohibited until a certain time elapses (say 3 - 5 minutes). Members of the team could enhance their forts with upgrades (pouring water on snow to form ice) or try to expand their fort. Each build technique would be strategically different. After the certain time elapses, “war” begins; both teams may begin attacking. Members may continue building and improving, but it will mostly be snowball fighting and fort destruction at this point. The winners could be rewarded with a territory gain or some other valuable possession. Overall, this game mode i think would add a very pirate-y feel to it (recruiting members, fighting for territory, pillaging )without all the parrots, bad hygiene (well, i suppose kids poop their pants), and fluffy shirts. This would be just one element of the game. I think the snowmen crafting, ice skating and sledding are just important activities as the snowball fights. Not everybody wants to play “war games”.

Though, I’m not sure about the whole game being one giant snow day. Wouldn’t the game end as the sun goes down? Since it’s a sandbox game, there needs to be some logical explanation for the continual snow day(s).

As a side note, I thought of a more grim idea called “Snowed In” which would be largely inspired by the The Shining. Creepy…