Arkham Horror: The Card Game

Gary Sax wrote: Out of the Void with all the alternate investigator signatures is back up on gamezenter. It's probably the biggest bang for your buck of these expensive pnp promo sets---it even has a promo investigator (Gloria).

Despite playing at least once a week, I’m not in deep enough to understand what you are talking about, other than it sounds like more ways to be tempted to spend money. So I guess I’m thankful that I don’t know anything about pnp promos or alternate investigators.

About halfway through Return to the Circle Undone (Al playing Jim and me playing Harvey Walters) and we decided to try playing two characters each. I brought in Winnie, and Al brought in Nate (both at starting level). It was so much fun.

With two inexperienced investigators on the team, we had a lot of close calls, and made it out by the skin of our teeth. On the last few turns Walters was down to a hand of crap, and considered resigning, but, changed his mind when he saw his friend Jim was in trouble. He threw himself into the fray essentially as a meat shield. Winnie (who we decided is Walters’ niece) tried to help, but arrived too late, finding her dear uncle in a near catatonic state muttering incoherently (defeated, permanent mental trauma). She came close to cracking herself, but Jim fortified her with a swig from his thermos, then took off towards the west to put the magical smack down on the last target. Winnie was able to keep the Spectral Watcher distracted by repeatedly evading it, while Nate held off a swarm of monsters to the south.

Playing two very different investors was really fun, though managing two at the same time did slow things down a bit, and I sometimes got a bit confused and forgot things. I was also willing to take more risks and consider resigning, since a defeated or resigned investor didn’t put me out of the game.Looking forward to the next scenario with our new team.

I really like Return to Circle. It has an alternative narrative that makes it feel like a very different story. The tarot cards add a fun twist.

I leaned in hard to niche/support build for Winnie. She essentially runs interference for the other investigators by engaging and evading enemies, so Jim and Walter can progress more quickly through the scenario, with Nate cleaning up the monsters behind them.

The Walters/Winnie combo also worked out well for playing two investigators at the same time because, the way I built their decks, Walters is most active during the first half of the game, while Winnie is most active during the second half. This made playing two characters easier to manage.

DarthJoJo wrote: Harvey and Wini have a nice synergy, too, as his draw passive can trigger on her commit to draw passive and keep her hand super full.

Yes! And I didn’t take advantage of that as much as I should have.

Played two fisted again. It went a bit smoother this time, although I feel I’m still very slow playing Winnie. I know the seeker cards so well I don’t need to read them, but still learning the rouge cards. Also, Winnie’s deck tends to create chains, which I am still working on sequencing correctly.

I’m developing an affection for this team, the way you do for characters in a book or TV series. I think Walters and Dr. Christopher may be life partners. Winnie sometimes calls her uncle Harvey “Colonel,” but neither will explain why. And why does Winnie have so many criminal connections? I will just have to wait and see.