Review & Commentary On Cha'alt X-Cards (Free) By Venger Satanis For Cha'alt or Any OSR Campaign

As a player, have you ever wanted to influence the game to make it slightly more gory, tentacled, bizarre, ridiculous, or the kind of late-night movie where cannibal nuns start giving the Kool-Aid Man a lap dance? As a GM, have you ever wanted more player participation… and helpful suggestions to prompt spontaneous improv?" 

Cha’alt X-Cards aren’t for safety. They’re the next generation in fiction-first roleplaying tools. Use this FREE product with the Cha’alt campaign setting, something similar, or your own stuff!"
So Venger sent me a link to Cha'alt X-Cards (Free) but it was watching Brandon's video review on Cha'alt X-Cards (Free)  & followed by First Look at Cha'alt X-Cards by Venger Satanis from DM Bluddworth. Finally this was followed by the Red Room's Cha'alt X-Cards overview (get them at the Red Room store). What exactly Cha'alt X Cards. These are cards that players can draw and add interesting events, items, etc too your games with a Cha'alt theme. And I can definitely see using the Cha'alt X Cards with the Cha'alt Trilogy adventure/campaign books or even Alpha Blue. These are an interesting meta fictional OSR tool to add to an OSR style game. They certainly have merit but like about 90% of Venger's gaming supplements the Cha'alt X cards are optional. These cards do have merit the Wretchedverse and I can certainly see using them in any of the Red Room's games. 
The Cha'alt X cards certainly add in the gonzo to any OSR game. And the deck does work because I tried tonight with players. The X cards certainly work and work well for moving events during gaming along. 

My problem is this does Cha'alt X-Cards give the players too much agency during a game?! There are guidelines with the Cha'alt X-Cards but knowing players the Cha'alt X-Cards could well be abused by the players during a game. So I think that the DM and players should know what thier getting into so the game campaign isn't completely derailed by meta gaming with the Cha'alt X-Cards. 
So while the Cha'alt X-Cards are an awesome and rad idea. Uses these sparingly or they could derail a campaign even if the DM knows what he or she is doing. Cha'alt X-Cards are a powerful tool to keep the gaming moving along. They are incredibly useful and a well thought out idea. However they could be used by players to derail an entire campaign even Cha'alt. So have a bit of an understanding with your players before using them. 
We used them tonight with Wretched Space and they work really well. However I spoke with the players ahead of time to get them used to the idea.