Semtex Charge

[Semtex Charge]

I agree, I think this card is best used when trying to delay other players, especially when you are ahead. It could be done either when escaping or delaying others at the start of the game to ensure they have to stay back and therefore the wouldn't have the time to continue deeper into the facility.

[w the long wait for it to come into stock localy.. Australia is slow and much cost to shipping!!]

Could you local game shop order then in for you? Generally if they don't ever get stock if it they general can order it specially. Otherwise, depending on what games you want (and how long you can wait for it) order it off

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/search?searchTerm=fantasy+flight&search=Find+book

It's amazing because they're cheap with free shipping to Australia :3

[Is it ever worth heading to the 2nd Floor?]

I love trying to get to the second floor! Even if I know that I may not get back in time (and most of the time I won't) I like taking the risk. I guess, though, it's very much based on how much you want to guarantee escape.

Depending on what items you draw can also influence how deeply you procced into the facility.

In the long run though, it does come down to your own personal playing style, but if everyone is playing safe eventually you may have to take the risks to try and get that little bit more of an advantage.

[Is it possible to lose the table top version?]

Yeah, we lose plenty of times, generaly because we're bad rollers (and the dice don't like us) More often then not you'll draw doom tokens from the Mythos deck and devoured investigators so depending how the cards are shuffled and how the dice fall, the Ancient One can come out quickly.

[Clarification: Claw vs. Industrialist]

I would probably say that the Claw couldn't use his power on any card in the Industrialist stack, purely for the reason that the Industrialist's card states: Your stack is not part of your hand and cannot be drawn from by other players or affected by other powers.

If it cannot be affect by other powers, the Claw wouldn't be able to use the card on the stack to try and gain a win/colony by using his own power.

Although the Alien powers don't really explain themselves perfectly all the time so a lot of them are open to interpretation. We've had quite a few arguments about how Alien powers interact and it does come down to how you think the game should be played.