I'm not sure if the ability to mantic save-and-reload is that bad. If a player wants to, they can never save (in this case until they leave a scenario) and still play the game. What's wrong with giving casual gamers the option to just stroll around? As you're just showing, no one has to use the Quicksave/load if they want to.
But anyway, good luck. Let's see how far you get.
The Last Archon