Interesting layout.
As far as the stats go, I'm curious about them in general...
I believe Jack mentioned once that his titles sell better if his games contain some sort of stat-raising aspect, or mini-game aspect. I'm wondering if you subscribe to that concept as well?
I mean in theory, if you want to provide a varied story to readers, you could accomplish that via branching. But I'm assuming a stat system catches the attention of the casual gamer more easily?