I had the pleasure to test Tony Morgan on the day of his release with two friends playing Tommy Muldoon & Mandy Thompson by playing Return to The Gathering and Return to The Midnight Masks in standard difficulty.

I choose the "guardian" side of Tony Morgan because the available XP-events are all related to weapon supply or capacities, and I felt it was the more "natural" way of playing him.

Feedback after two games

• Leo De Luca is really expensive, and considering Tony's capacity already gives him a free attack if needed, I'm wondering what the alternative could be (because you need something to tank some horrors). Could Smoking Pipe be a good idea? The Ally choice in neutral / rogue is really limited…
• Without Leo, you normally have everything to pay what you want to play…
• In multiplayer, the bounty system is not the greatest, because you need to be the one finishing the monsters, and it's not always the best way to use actions of everybody.
• With guardian (or seeker) events, and the base-3-intellect, you can investigate / find clues.
• Considering these two points, I'm thinking Tony Morgan is a good solo investigator, and can be played in duo with a cluer, but, although he's a great fighter, his power has a diminishing return the more players you add to the game.
• It's possible I may need more weapons, since most of my weapons need ammo.
• I single-handedly defeated a ghoul priest in one turn in a 3-player game (Leo de Luca + Tony capacity, 2 guns, and Lita Chandler in the room), so I'm confident in saying Tony Morgan is a really great fighter ;-)
• Interrogate could maybe be used for some scenarios / campaigns ?
• Tennessee Sour Mash ? I find this card too expensive, but who knows.
• In Solo, I probably would take the new rogue accessory (I don't know the english name yet) because being able to commit all the two-intellect icons events would be a huge asset, and having a monster in the deck would make me sure than I could play Scene of the Crime / Evidence! with more regularity.
• Tommy Muldoon is a huge tank (maybe more than William Yorick) and Mandy Thompson seems a little bit too powerful, I think… We managed to find 6 cultists in Return to The Midnight Masks, with almost improvised decks and no knowledge of our investigators…

Return to the The Gathering

6 XP:

• 2x Leo De Luca
• 2x Scene of the Crime => 2x Ever Vigilant
• 2x Adaptable
  • 2x On the Hunt => 2x Steadfast (I felt very powerless against the encounter deck in the first scenario). I could (should) have replaced Double or Nothing with Guts as well, but I hadn't all my cards with me at the time. It seems I agree with https://www.reddit.com/r/arkhamhorrorlcg/comments/da5yok/tony_deckbuilding_guardian/ ;-)

The 10-limit card of guardian pool is harsh, because I wanted to take Vicious Blow (hence the 2nd Adaptable), but I didn't want to take out something other than Delay the Inevitable (in The Midnight Masks, you need to find the clues as quick as possible…

Return to The Midnight Masks

6 cultists! & 9 XP.

Initial Upgrade plan

• Elusive ! (for going after the weakness)
• Evidence! => Ever Vigilant (same icons)
• Extra Ammunition
• Reliable (especially in solo, with the "Lockpicks combo") + Well-Maintained
• Contraband?
• Marksmanship?
• .45 Thompson?
• Upgrade Rogue Weapons