In my mind, one of the most critical factors to make a memory palace work is essentially hijacking your very skilled spatial memory, and heavy expertise in some

In my mind, one of the most critical factors to make a memory palace work is essentially hijacking your very skilled spatial memory, and heavy expertise in some spatial location (e.g. your home). This allows you to use that location as a contextual cue to reinstate memories. Without tapping in to existing spatial locations (or structured things you are very familiar with) I'm not sure it will have much punch.