Also, a game of Arkham Horror 3rd edition with four players.
Scenario: Shots in the Dark, where Nyarlathotep threatens Arkham.
Investigators:
Minh Thi Phan, Secretary.
Tommy Muldoon, Rookie Cop
Marie Lambeau, Entertainer
Patrice Hathaway, Violinist
Starting display window revealed Thompson tommy gun, and since every investigator started at police station, well, three of us stayed there to get it. Patricia did get it, and it was given to Minh, who had to act as the team's discount gangster thug. She was appointed for "cleaning duty" by the O'Bannion's.
Investigators went along with O'Bannions, angering the Sheldon gang.
If it hadn't been for Marie's busted ability to give extra actions, the investigators' hilarious rolls would have spelled doom for the scenario rather quickly. They were kind of passing their checks, but only barely. Mostly they warded off just one Doom token from board, researched just one clue, did only a single success on Newspapers, etc. This trend was especially harsh for Patrice, who could have researched clues if she managed to roll at least two successes. I mean, technically it could've been done with just one success, but whenever she did, the re-roll just made the whole thing fail.
However, investigators managed to ward off just enough that no doom tokens really went to the scenario sheet. It wasn't until unstable location in the Sheldon stronghold exploded... twice. Three doom tokens went onto the sheet instantly.
Investigators tried to speed up their game, eventually finding out the culprit behind the waves of violence. While there weren't that many doom tokens on scenario sheet, the inept (if plentiful) warding caused too many locations to threaten exploding in doom. There was hurry. Sheldon and O'Bannion's both had to be snapped out of their madness, and who better to talk some sanity to possessed gangsters than the Rookie Cop? He talked at least six out of the required eight clue tokens to both gang strongholds.
All in all the game seemed to go fine, but there was a possibility that our attempt to broker peace would have been swept under the rug with the sixth doom token on scenario sheet.
Victory for Investigators.
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