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Bounty

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5/21/26

fishingbrogl · 21

The TV series From answers your P.S. question. At some point, at least. — AlderSign · 469 5/21/26

Lol. Those are two very different kinds of men in yellow suits. So it seems like men in yellow suits fall under one of three archetypes: children's book characters, rich folks with more money than sense(though honestly he pulls it off), and cryptic horror villains. That's quite a range. — fishingbrogl · 21 5/21/26

Who really knows which one of those the guy here is? — AlderSign · 469 5/21/26

The Gold Pocket Watch

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5/21/26

fishingbrogl · 21

There's got to be treacheries that trigger during (begin/end) the investigation phase and discard at the end of the round, though I can't put my finger on it. Still not worth for everybody to lose all actions, I'd argue. — AlderSign · 469 5/21/26

Oh, no, what I meant for this is that it's directly sabatoging your team. I don't think there is ever a case in which you want to skip the investigation phase in a multiplayer game. — fishingbrogl · 21 5/21/26

I got that - good card for the pvp version of the game :D — AlderSign · 469 5/22/26

Faustian Bargain

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5/21/26

fishingbrogl · 21

Another Day, Another Dollar

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5/21/26

fishingbrogl · 21

Overzealous

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5/21/26

fishingbrogl · 21

For those interested in looking up the Call of Cthulhu LCG cards for yourselves it's going to be difficult to do so without navigating this Google Drive folder. There are plenty more cards that share art that I didn't cover here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dqooB5JZNNyoNxs__R2TmBYrqXJ8Z9kA?usp=drive_link — fishingbrogl · 21 5/21/26

I am not sure why you Indebted as a "brutal" weakness. In my opinion it's a nothing burger most of the time. Yes losing 2 resources at the start is far more brutal than later and it is guranteed to hit you no matter what, but even if you need to gather resources twice, countering that weakness is the same as any "2 action to remove" weaknesses, it's extremely predictable and can't randomly screw you over mid scenario like Amnesia, Paranoia or Overzealous can. — HeroesOfTomorrow · 95 5/21/26

I agree with pretty much the whole review except for the point raised above. Indebted is, to me, one of the most mild weaknesses out there. — Eudaimonea · 9 5/21/26

Sorry, I'm not sure why I included it. it seemed bad to me at first? I don't know anymore. — fishingbrogl · 21 5/21/26

I could just edit the review if it makes sense to do so — fishingbrogl · 21 5/21/26

*why you listed — HeroesOfTomorrow · 95 5/21/26

@fishingbrogl I mean, it's fine. It's a review, a matter of opinion, which inevitably is different compared to the opinion of other people; it's just that me and Eudaimonea don't consider Indebted that bad. There are some nasty aspects to it, like the fact draining your starting resources is really bad compared to taking away later on, or that it is guranteed to hit you no matter what, while other weaknesses you have a chance of not drawning. But it's still something that you can just counter with any economy card, even something as simple as Emergency Cache, so it's not that bad imo. But at the end of the day, it's your call — HeroesOfTomorrow · 95 5/21/26

I do agree though that the core campaign has some really headscratching balance choices. For something that is supposed to be an entry point for new players, it just kicks them nice and hard with some crippling weaknesses and one of the nastiest damage treacheries in the game, in the form of "Fire!". I am really afraid stuff like that can cheap shots like scenario one second act (oh, you defeated the boss? Good job idiot, he fully heals), is just gonna alienate newcommers. — HeroesOfTomorrow · 95 5/21/26

*... stuff like that and cheap shots... — HeroesOfTomorrow · 95 5/21/26

On a different topic, I wish we could use || for spoilers and such. — fishingbrogl · 21 5/21/26

Maybe another character since people started using "||" for the parallel investigators :/ I wanted to add that Indebted does not waste your draw and thins your deck, which are another 2 upsides. — AlderSign · 469 5/22/26

Also, unlike other "2 actions to remove" weakness, you can take the two actions to gather resources separately to "remove" indebted, which gives you more flexibility to catch up. — HeroesOfTomorrow · 95 5/23/26

Plus: Regaining those 2 resources only costs 2 actions in the worst case. Such a good card, wish I could take it every time. — AlderSign · 469 5/23/26