Six bodies on the ground

Touch of Evil campaign continues with three games being played.

First Scarlet Shadow and Maria de la Rosa fight Elaine Bartlett, the Shadow Witch.

At the same time there is very little to tell about this game, and also something I believe to be record-breaking.

On turn six heroes had lost to Shadow Track.

Though there has been quick losses before, I don't think defeat has ever come this fast. Continuous murders doubled their influence by spawning spectres. Eventually heroes were drawing four mystery cards per mystery phase.

Since game was over so quickly, we played another game against the same villain.

Thomas the Courier and Adrianna, Foreign Traveler put up a far more exciting hunt.

Skilled Hand event card and Sacred Chalice combination on Thomas was what kept heroes alive. It offset otherwise bad luck quite nicely. But we had no luck in scavenging clues about Elaine's past. Thomas found two clues, Adrianna only one.

Shadow Track was relentless, and forced heroes to start showdown too early.

All the events and abilities combined, Adrianna was able to muster over 25 fight dice.

Sadly this was not enough. Or more accurately, the intensity of Elaine's wrath was too much. So many fight dice killed both heroes in one turn. Elaine went undefeated, though she was reduced to three wounds remaining.

Last, and least, Lucy Hanbrook and Harlow Morgan attempted to vanquish the Banshee.

Attempted.

This game was by far the most accessible of these three and heroes had their chance. Lucy mustered 16 fight dice with silver bullets, and Harlow Morgan had 31 investigation at his highest, and was able to launch 19 dice at the Banshee in showdown. But this was not enough against the ghost with 21 wounds, because heroes had no staying power in the form of wound prevention to themselves.

Heroes tried to go big and failed, and yet they couldn't go home either. They were dead. Banshee survived with six wounds.


Campaign statistics:

Villains defeated: Spectral Horseman, Vampire, Siren, Bog Fiend, Volgovian Nutcracker, Delion Dryad, Scarecrow, Krampus
Villains still to be defeated: 11, +1 investigation vs Werewolf and Shadow Witch

Heroes dead: Lucy Hanbrook, Harlow Morgan, Scarlet Shadow, Maria de la Rosa, Thomas the Courier, Adrianna, Valeria, Jack Fellows, Argot Blackwell, Inspector Cooke, Isabella von Took & Liliana, Lost Soul
Heroes remaining: 12

Stashed investigation: 7