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Higher Education is completely bonkers and Preposterous Sketches is a great card to put in your 0xp deck and then replace with Cryptic Research down the line. I mean they both draw 3 cards, but for spending 4XP you get the following upgrades: 1. Costs 0 instead of 2 resources 2. No longer require a clue on your location 3. No longer require an action 4. Can target another investigator at your location The only drawback is losing the 2 skill icons. It's a pretty insane value upgrade. I also really like Prepared for the Worst as a way to cut down on XP you need to invest in weapons and Lone Wolf is great for anyone with a deck which can reliably investigate and fight on their own. I really like the way they're building Survivor as well, where you're going to just constantly be able to do things that you shouldn't be able to do at first sight. From that perspective Ashcan Pete is actually a bit of an odd survivor, as he can reliably do things he obviously can do because of the doggy. Survivors did get the worst permanent skillbooster of the lot though imo. Ofcourse on the other hand, between Scrapper and Dig Deep, they are the only faction to have boosters for all 4 stats in faction.
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Lichtenstein posted:I'm outright surprised how god the rogue permanent skillbooster is. I mean, I know it's Jenny's thing, but still, I'd expect some strings attached like other classes have. It's very flexible, but the +Agi rather than the +Com means Keen Eye might be better. In case anyone missed it, note Keen Eye is a boost until the end of the phase rather than the end of the test.
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Apr 14, 2017 07:50
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Oh, that makes more sense now.
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Blood On The Altar came out YESTERDAY and it's sold out everywhere except CSI. That's ridiculous.
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COOL CORN posted:Blood On The Altar came out YESTERDAY and it's sold out everywhere except CSI. That's ridiculous. Just find a place which does subscriptions. My FLGS didn't but I talked to the guy running it and now they do; I don't want to be bothered with chasing down packs, there are better things to do with my time 
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My FLGS had it, but they've started ramping the price up cos of demand - the gouging bastards! You know, I support local gaming and supply/demand economics etc., but that still leaves a bitter taste.
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Baron Snow posted:
Baron Fuzzlewhack posted:All aboard the Essex County Express! Here we go again, turn 1, loyal, furry kickball and concussion-riddled dropout ready to go. What could possibly go wrong this time? What sleeves are you guys using? I've used Fantasy Flight sleeves in the past for other games but find that they stick out above the top of the card a bit much for my liking.
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Apr 14, 2017 14:22
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lummawks posted:What sleeves are you guys using? I've used Fantasy Flight sleeves in the past for other games but find that they stick out above the top of the card a bit much for my liking. I've been using Dragon Shields clear matte for the investigator decks, and a combination of old leftover Dragon Shields clear (glossy) and FFG sleeves for the encounter decks. The FFG sleeves do have a bit too much extra room for my taste as well, but they're cheap as hell and I keep everything sleeved for easy mixing of the encounter sets on a whim, so I use up a lot of sleeves. COOL CORN posted:Blood On The Altar came out YESTERDAY and it's sold out everywhere except CSI. That's ridiculous. That is ridiculous and I'm sorry. My store was only able to get a hold of twelve copies, and it's been a similar story with the other packs (and other games--Destiny is just as abysmal). If I could send you a copy I would, but Asmodee licensing is dumb, so I can't. 
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Plavski posted:My FLGS had it, but they've started ramping the price up cos of demand - the gouging bastards! If these stores want to be stupid, then let them suffer. Let's say they mark it up $5 per pack, but then that causes a customer to not want to buy anything else for like a month because they were pissed. Was that really worth the $5 extra they made? I mean, how many packs do they even get assuming the packs are being heavily allocated? I have no sympathy for gaming stores like this. I wonder if FFG/Asmodee NA has some policy about something like this since they're so keen on supporting local stores? For sure, it looks bad for the company as well.
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Plavski posted:My FLGS had it, but they've started ramping the price up cos of demand - the gouging bastards! There's no point in supporting such a business. I thought FLGSes had a hard time already, without actively scaring customers off.
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Plavski posted:My FLGS had it, but they've started ramping the price up cos of demand - the gouging bastards! What were they charging?
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Apr 14, 2017 15:09
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Covenant has a subscription program and it's painless.
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Dr. Clockwork posted:What were they charging? Mine also started marking up the arkham packs, I wanna say they're like, $17.95? What's MSRP, $14.95? It's petty and inconsequential but it irritates me and now I just order them online assuming they're ever in stock anywhere at all.
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lummawks posted:What sleeves are you guys using? I've used Fantasy Flight sleeves in the past for other games but find that they stick out above the top of the card a bit much for my liking. I use Dragon Shield clear for encounter cards and Dragon Shield clear matte for investigator cards. Lets me tell them apart quick just by feel. Also Dragon Shields are just good sleeves in general. And the new investigator cards are all pretty good imo. The permanent skillboosters all have a place if you can afford them, and I really like what the non-xp cards do for each faction.
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Plavski posted:My FLGS had it, but they've started ramping the price up cos of demand - the gouging bastards! That'd be the end of the line for me, it's already more money and more work to get most things from my FLGS
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Yeah that's absolutely bullshit.
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Dr. Clockwork posted:What were they charging? €15.50 for MM, €16 for Essex, €19 for Blood. I'm not exactly crying over an extra 3.50 a month, but packs are a fiver cheaper on chaoscards now, so I don't think I'll bother with there any more.
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I love supporting B&M stores, but sometimes their pricing is absurd. One of my local shops has a game for $110 that I can get online for $64.99, and it's not out of stock anywhere or anything. Completely absurd.
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Picked up Dunwich Legacy, but all the good builds I've seen use 2 core sets.  Guess I'll have to pick up another core set! Anyone else out there only using 1 core + Dunwich? How's it going for you? Any decklists to share?
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COOL CORN posted:Picked up Dunwich Legacy, but all the good builds I've seen use 2 core sets. I just proxy anything I need that I can't do with one core.
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Got incredibly lucky in our Blood on the Altar run and were in the endgame on turn 3. In and out in less than 30 minutes. It looked like a really cool scenario, but we walked right to the endpoint without breaking a sweat or even visiting most locations. Daisy got Pathfinder and Encyclopedia out and pulled the key and the hidden chamber on her first two locations, Zoey had nothing to do so set herself up with a shotgun and Leo de Luca. We went into the chamber on turn 3 and killed Silas with zero trouble. I know luck's the nature of the game for both good and ill, but I wish there was a little bit more balance to rule out extreme cases of success or failure. That said, I'm still having a blast, and we ran Carnevale afterward, which we hadn't done yet in our Dunwich campaign. That scenario still might be my favorite so far.
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Preview article for the Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/4/17/the-path-to-carcosa/ Nothing terribly new for anyone who looked at the leaked spoilers earlier in the thread, but the new "hidden" mechanic on some of the encounter cards is an interesting design space to explore. Also really looking forward to giving Lola Hayes a shot. I hadn't realized she could use level 0-3 from any class, so that will open up a whole host of options for interesting builds, moreso than the original level 0 only that I thought she was restricted to.
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Baron Fuzzlewhack posted:Preview article for the Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/4/17/the-path-to-carcosa/ This is going to add some weird multiplayer interactions. "Okay so just use Pathfinder and you can get out of there" "Nah, I'm not going to." "What? Why not?" "I'm just not, OK?"
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Baron Fuzzlewhack posted:Preview article for the Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/4/17/the-path-to-carcosa/ I'm not sure how you can really hide cards in this game since they usually go in a specific place. Also playing two handed.
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COOL CORN posted:Picked up Dunwich Legacy, but all the good builds I've seen use 2 core sets. I've just been proxying, but if you do turn the difficulty up a bit. We can faceroll through 'normal'
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Just played through Blood on the Altar on my solo run. That was... one concussion too many for Ashcan Pete's forgetful football friend. While Duke was busy gnawing on monster bones, Peter wandered off with a "friendly local nutritionist" who offered to show him, "this fabulous new diet to make you big and strong! Just come down to my cellar and I'll show you..." Peter Sylvestre, I hope you're throwing a pigskin with the elder gods in the afterlife.
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Haha, I just realized that Sylvestre forgets about the horror he's seen because of concussions, that's why the mechanic is what it is ...now I'm sad. edit-- Have a 2nd core set coming to me, and I have all 3 mythos packs being set aside for me when more copies come in to my FLGS tomorrow. Woohoo, I'm gonna be caught up!
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COOL CORN posted:Haha, I just realized that Sylvestre forgets about the horror he's seen because of concussions, that's why the mechanic is what it is Also why his health is so low.
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bobvonunheil posted:This is going to add some weird multiplayer interactions. This sort of thing happens in the Mansions of Madness 2nd edition game with the insanity cards and it works as awkwardly as you describe and it's not great. Honestly the effect here will end up being "you can't do [X]" which other players won't be aware of until you have an opportunity to do [X] and can't instead of just being public knowledge.
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That kind of thing is sometimes what I do to really aggressive quarterbacks. Just do the opposite to teach them not to play out my turn for me. Collaboration in a co-op game is great, but some people get really extreme with the QBing.
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Chairman Pow! posted:When I spend XP to upgrade a card, is the XP cost per copy of that card, or per playset of the card? Per copy. You don't have to upgrade all versions of a card at once.
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Hey, is there an image pack for the OCTGN module? Trying to play with a friend but its a pain to have to remember what slots things take and the like
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If there isn't one readily available, you might have to take the time to just go through arkhamdb.com and grab the images yourself.
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Yeah I downloaded all the images but have no idea how to put them into an art file for OCTGN. If anyone makes a pack, let me know!
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COOL CORN posted:Yeah I downloaded all the images but have no idea how to put them into an art file for OCTGN. If anyone makes a pack, let me know! If you have premium or wherever it's called, you can just drop the pictures into OCTGN itself for each card.
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I think you have to be a subscriber to make image packs
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Actually, looks like you can while unsubbed but its a pain in the rear end
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StashAugustine posted:Actually, looks like you can while unsubbed but its a pain in the rear end Yeah you have to make a folder for each card using its long UID string and it's just... ugh. Not worth it.
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