I really really want to like AToE

[Wasteland Jack]

Following Up:

WisdomKnight, I can now understand why you may think it is fairly easy. The session I played this weekend was starting off to be a unconstested victory for the heroes. It was Sarah the bright witch, Liliana and the Scarlet Shadow versus the Necromancer.

My typical games are lots of hero KOs and not much investigation going around, however this session was much, much different. We were laying waste to all the walking dead as soon as they popped up. Plus any other minions running about the board. Halfway through the game my son, the Scarlet Shadow, had 25 investigation, my wife, Lilianna has about 18 investigation, and I would have had more but I kept paying to prevent wounds. So I can now see where your were coming from. I totally boosted my spirit and got the amulet from the town, the shadow had a rifle with silvershot and a padded jacket. Liliana had a jacket as well as she picked up some items that boosted spirit, I forgot which ones. So we were pretty darn powerful.

Problem, the shadow track. By the time we were al totally equipped and headed for the showdown, the shadow track was at 2. Of course we did have three mystery cards in play, The Horror (roll 2 times on the mystery chart), The Hour is Late (move shadow track +1 each mystery phase), and another card (can't remember name) which said every time the shadow track moves add an additional step so in essence 2 steps each mystery phase. Also we realized that only Sarah had cunning + spirit of 8 or more. So even if we did go into a showdown, we probably would have been clobbered.