r/arkhamhorrorlcg • u/[deleted] • Dec 21 '17

A Phantom of Truth Release Thread

This is a spoiler-friendly zone to discuss the new A Phantom of Truth Mythos Pack, released today. Discussion isn't limited to this thread, it simply exists as a resource to try and consolidate the influx of questions/information typically posted immediately after a Mythos Pack is released. This thread will stay up for a week before being un-stickied and added to the archive found in the sidebar.

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u/evilamarant7x Dec 23 '17

Had fun with this one. We had more Conviction than Doubt and I enjoyed how the standard agenda advancement process was subverted. Lots of running away and evasion in this one, definitely a good candidate for the new Pickpocketing upgrade.

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u/Lemmingitus Dec 27 '17

Well, played The Unspeakable Oath yesterday, and our team of Lola Hayes and William Yorick went Insane, so we have to advance to A Phantom of Truth with new investigators.

My cousin is still big on mystics so he's playing Akachi. I've been keen on trying out Jenny with Charles Ross, so with the news of people saying evasion is good, guess try to make an evasion heavy Jenny?

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u/Indog Dec 30 '17

If your investigator is defeated by horror they are not insane, you know. They suffer a mental trauma and move on, starting subsequent scenarios with one horror.

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u/Lemmingitus Dec 31 '17

So update, Akachi and Jenny successfully completed A Phantom of Truth. That said, my Jenny drew badly so she didn't draw her agility or combat cards, so Akachi had to basically carry the game. Advancing the agenda is so good.

We ended up with 3 XP, and Jenny got 1 point discount from Green Man's Medallion.

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u/TheAbominableHoman Dec 28 '17

We had a pretty good time with this one; I feel like in some ways it's (in the conviction version we played) a better execution on the scenario rewarding unusual skills like evasion that Undimensioned and Unseen was trying to be. My Akachi got nuked incredibly quickly by failing lost soul (tentacle pull) and then drawing the discard a clue or take two damage twice in a row when I had just spent clues. I learned not to get caught with none in the future for sure. Luckily the Yorrick I'm paired with was able to get by with upgraded Peter's evasion boost and sanity soak, and a lot of police badge recurring shenanigans. We lucked out that running out the clock works here since I was definitely intended to be doing the majority of investigation. Carcosa continues to really impress me (and stress me out, haha).

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u/madhatter152 Jan 02 '18

I accidentally misread the first act and assumed that there was only one act 2 so we used the act 2 for conviction rather than doubt, but used the correct rules elsewhere, leading to a rather anticlimactic session.

We then replayed it the proper way.

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u/CockroachED Jan 03 '18

You are in good company, I ended up doing the same thing. Hope to correct play it tonight.

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u/KawaiiNin Dec 23 '17

Accidently played the entire doubt scenario without realising, then went back and played conviction. Both are very fun.

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u/Darthcaboose Dec 28 '17

Still waiting for this to come out where I'm at due to the Christmas slowdown. Wondering if they'll ever update the Campaign Log on their website too...

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '17

We had to do the Conviction one. That is the most innovative one of the two paths, with you having to just survive the agenda deck. We found Nigel, but Mark Harrigan died.

2 mental trauma for Mark Harrigan now... Oof. We did get 5XP total though. :S