Year 2, Triassea 4th (game-day 67): whoops, I reached the end credits! I hadn't realized I was so few steps away from finishing the main story quest– turns out I needed to record some potsherds & talk to my favorite historian about them, aaaand... that's it. Strange to think I probably could have "beaten the game" in year 1 if I hadn't deliberately de-prioritized artifacts.
This has no real bearing on anything– my final Steam cheevo is still a loooong ways away and I'm happy to keep trudging there– but good job not-so-babysave!