Apparently, the "if able" clause on this card is intended to prevent it from fizzling as easily as similar effects like Smite the Wicked. At least, that's what I glean from this response from FFG:

Q: "Hello! I have a question about Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Hank Samson's signature weakness, "Where's Pa?" reads: "Revelation - Discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until an enemy is discarded. Attach 'Where's Pa?' to that enemy and spawn it at a connecting location, if able."

I am wondering what happens if there is no connecting location, for example if I’m in the Study in the first part of The Gathering or in Rainy Streets in the first part of Riddles and Rain. The “if able” clause is attached to a sentence with two instructions (attach the card and spawn the enemy), so what if I’m not able? Thank you."

A: "Thank you for your interest in Arkham Horror: The Card Game. To answer your question(s): If there’s no connecting location when you draw “Where’s Pa?”, you will spawn the enemy at your location instead. Feel free to reach out to us if any more questions arise!"

Note that the answer says "your location," and not "following its typical spawn instruction." Maybe an oversight.

Can Suzi devour the individual event cards attached to Crystallizer of Dreams, or would she have to devour the entire Crystallizer asset?

If the former, that seems pretty enormously powerful; it means you have a steady stream of event cards to devour and aren't likely to have to resort to eating your assets (or your teammates). Even better, you could use it to juggle multiple copies of Regurgitation back into your hand, healing damage and horror with every cycle.

If the latter, what happens to the attachments; are they devoured as well? Or simply discarded?

Unrelated: unless I'm mistaken, Suzi can benefit greatly from cards that cause her investigator card to be treated as blank (e.g. the Stubborn Detective weakness). If she builds up a healthy statline from Ravenous (Controlled Hunger), blanking her investigator card prevents her from being forced to devour one of the cards she draws during upkeep and switch back into Uncontrolled Hunger mode, but she still keeps the stat boots from Ravenous.

"Buddy, you're the one coming ahead here! Trust me when I tell you, you absolutely need this!" the salesman remarked. "Think of all the fine coats you'll be able to make! You're winning in the long run."

"I guess you're right," responded his customer. "Alright, deal!" Preston then handed over a beautiful watch that had been handed down by his family.

"Smart boy! Pleasure doing business, son!" said Bob with a grin from ear to ear and a firm handshake. For Preston, he may have just done the worst deal of his lifetime.

For Bob, it was just another Tuesday.

The more I look at this, the more excited I get to run this on my favorite salesman. Bob's looking to get his hands on only the finest selections the vendors have to offer. All these shiny cards are so expensive in experience!

But Bob is an experienced salesman. He's witty, charming, and most of all, adaptable.

You can't play this. So it's going to be eating up a spot in your hand, and shrinking your hand-size while you're at it. Not the greatest, but fortunately, Bob's capable of tossing this away if grabbed early and finding at some point down the road. He's got access to the right tools for this job. On his quest from rags to riches , there's going to be a lot of new cards Bob wants to take. The key here being NEW.

There's no denying that some of the recursion cards are better left targeting other great options. But in the event that you find yourself with this leftover and just cant seem to find where the hell you put it, why not? Gotta keep in mind that Bob here is greedy after all!

It's perfect. Load up with the shipments early in a campaign. Buy all of the shiny new goodies Bob deserves. And then you can even ditch it once you've made your fortune.

It's time for Bob to sell some pelts.

Okay, so befriending Ichtaca is impossible actually! Sending her to the victory display removes her from play. That means discarding all tokens from her, unless stated otherwise. And it isn't stated otherwise.

So when we advance, she doesn't have any clues on her. So it's impossible to go to the first outcome.

But we didn't defeat her either, we just sent her directly to the victory display. Sooo if you advance by parleying, you can't go to the second outcome either! Meaning, you get stuck in a limbo, and don't advance anywhere! Now your only option is to resign.

Ruled as written ruled as written ruled as written

Okay, so befriending Ichtaca is impossible actually! Sending her to the victory display removes her from play. That means discarding all tokens from her, unless stated otherwise. And it isn't stated otherwise.

So when we advance, she doesn't have any clues on her. So it's impossible to go to the first outcome.

But we didn't defeat her either, we just sent her directly to the victory display. Sooo if you advance by parleying, you can't go to the second outcome either! Meaning, you get stuck in a limbo, and don't advance anywhere! Now your only option is to resign.

Ruled as written ruled as written ruled as written