you'll have to let us know how it works out! i'd like to play Sister Mary and Father Mat together, but i have the same concern, though I suppose building Mary's guardian deck might help balance it.

ha! i probably did the same thing the first time through because i had to walk the rounds back ~ i could just tell something was wrong because the gameplay wasn't making any sense as i wandered around killing alligators and leeches. i think it's that mashed up instruction on the agenda about shuffling the encounter deck, adding the Rougarou encounter cards, and spawning the Rougarou itself. it tells you to do three different things and it all runs together in teeny tiny print! nice! i am looking forward to playing Silas in this one! ha! welcome to the game! i had the same experience trying to learn it, having never played an lcg before. it literally took me four times through the first scenario to really grasp the mechanics and start to form a strategy. the good news is, it gets easier (understanding how to play, not the scenarios themselves; some of them are tough!). anyway, glad to know Wendy made it out alive at least! : D

oooh, i can't wait to take Wini and Mat through Forgotten Age! bwhahaha ~ the nastiest priest! mine's still on the right side of the Light, though he does have the Necronomicon a mean Shriveling going for him! and there was that incident in Dunwich where Wini didn't cheat because she didn't want to do it in front of the priest, but then later he had no qualms about sitting down at the bar and knocking back a drink (or two)! these characters are so much fun. wow! i don't know if i could keep up with all of that, though i am still sorely tempted to up my solo game to a three-investigator hand. and i am laughing so hard at Dexter setting himself on fire! XD i love Stella and had similar frustrations playing her with Nathaniel ~ couldn't get him to be useful for anything in Rougarou! i'll be starting Carcosa next weekend. like you, by the time i get to Innsmouth, quite a few packs might be out. i'm looking forward to replaying Blood on the Altar in the Return to version. I really enjoyed the Dunwich cycle a lot! this sounds awesome! Secret Name was one the last packs i had to get to finish out the collection. i haven't yet built a Seeker deck ~ thinking of going with Mandy Thompson, but Harvey Walters also sounds like a blast! : D

i can't wait to take Wini through the Forgotten Age! i think she'll be fabulous for that cycle, though my Wini has a mix of things in her deck since i brought her up through Dunwich already. i'm holding off on Innsmouth as well, but moreso because i have a lot of stuff to play before it. i'm hoping by the time i get to it, a good number of packs will be out. i had a lot of fun with Father Mat in Dunwich! i agree the Rogue/Seeker combo was big fun! i'm taking a gaggle of girls to Carcosa (Stella and Akachi), but i'm looking forward to playing Sister Mary down the road. my first outing with Nathaniel was a huge disaster, so i don't know who will be the better boxer in the end at this point ~ ha! ~ * ~ i just played through Curse of the Rougarou--twice (with Stella and Nathaniel). the first playthrough i botched so bad; there was so much to keep track of and i blew it every turn (sometimes in my favor, sometimes not). the first time i went after the Rougarou even though my heart wasn't in it (poor werewolf!). after i realized i had botched the playthrough, i decided to take a different strategy the second time through (though i feel like it was kind of cheating because even though i didn't know what the outcome would be, i had a sense of where i needed to go and what i needed to accomplish). hilariously, the different choices resulted in some unexpected impacts (spoiler below):

oooh, i'm so tempted to open the box to get Sister Mary, but i'm going to behave until i'm a few more expansions deep. : D

are you playing a campaign? just doing a single cycle, or going after that blob that ate everything? we need a check-in space to share our journeys! use the spoiler bars if you mention any details. i just finished the Dunwich Legacy cycle with Father Mat and Wini Habbamock and man, what a finale! barely made it out alive by the skin of my teeth after thinking things were going too easy. i had no trouble breezing through both Miskatonic Museum and The Essex County Express (which was super-fun; i want to play it again!). Blood on the Altar was great even though i did terrible on the objective (sorry villagers!). i didn't understand Undimensioned and Unseen at all and i don't think i played it right because it was too easy and felt kind of dumb. Where Doom Awaits was awesome ~ this and the train were my favorite. as for Lost in Time and Space, holy moly, the induced anxiety was really almost too much: i'm letting Father Mat and Wini take a break from the campaign for now. instead, i'm going to play Nathaniel Cho and Stella Clark through Curse of the Rougarou (so they can gain some xp, hopefully ~ and no, i'm not paying xp to play the side quests because that's just silly). ; o p so again: where are you at? : D

seems like there are plenty of stand-alones to play outside of your campaign if you're stuck somewhere waiting for a mythos deck. or you can get a return to box and replay some scenarios. or you can pick some new investigators and replay some of the more branchy scenarios. i dunno. i get wanting to play through, but not for $152. : o O

that's just obscene. i paid $23 for Thousand Shapes of Horror and cringed at myself for being lazy and impatient. i can't imagine throwing that kind of money away!

actually, everything came in except Innsmouth, which apparently was lost in the mail! i spent the week on the phone with the post office and filing for a refund. : o p the good news is that my LGS has it in stock, so i'll go fetch a copy after work today. i really lucked out with a lot of mythos packs and only overspent about $15-20 total on a couple of overpriced shipping charges throughout all my scavenging. p.s. my LGS is pretty well-stocked ~ no Phantom of the Truth or Thousand Shapes of Horror, but those of you looking for Miskatonic Museum or Pallid Mask and many others can find them here: https://chicagolandgames.crystalcommerce.com/ (shipping may set you back, though, so you'll have to check the rates).