Madness

[Cawalox]

Besides, why is that even in the game. It's not like fresh boards are a great trade off. They should atleast turn into dry ones if you would knowingly sacrifice a few madness levels to lick them >_>

You apparently don't know much about the devs.

Licking moldy boards is there for fun! Lets imagine that you are a griefer and you find a li'l noob. What would you do? Have some fun with him, that's what! So in exchange for his life and valuables you offer him a deal. If he licks clean 15 moldy boards in 2 min you leave him be. Now that will kill him anyway but you'll have so much fun laughing in his face, recording the deed and posting it on youtube! And if he somehow survives the challenge you kill him and rob him anyway.

It is a great game mechanics if you ask me. Family fan!

[Cawalox]

Oh, and to the OP.

Make an alt or two. So if you stay long hours you can play with one character while the other is having his 8h sleep.
This will also help you to unlock skills faster. Two brains are better than one especially when it comes to inspiration

[Procne]

The mechanic is pretty devastating to new players who haven't read the insanity announcement thread or haven't checked the wiki