The Cats Of Ulthar

[phillos 1,518]

I must have died and gone to heaven.  That's the only explanation for this level of fan service.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/9/12/the-cats-of-ulthar/

This goes right in my Preston deck.  Just another way for him to never draw a token from the chaos bag.  That guy just keeps getting better.

 

 

Edited September 12, 2019 by phillos

[Allonym 954]

Hope is a great way to get rid of Patrice's weakness.

The fact that the Bonded cats are fast is incredible. I actually really like them for William Yorick - elect not to shuffle them back in, and instead play from your discard pile with his ability as an alternative.

The fact that Miss Doyle doesn't have any horror healing means that Carolyn Fern can't take these cards. Which is heartbreaking.

Look at how cute the art is thooooouuuughhh! I may never play a non-Survivor investigator again.

[phillos 1,518]

No she can't and it's a shame.

ADD: Ashcan can though and it's not a bad idea for him when your Duke activation are all used up.  never take a combat or investigation check with Ashcan's base int and str.

Edited September 12, 2019 by phillos

[CSerpent 520]

You could tech it with Teamwork, though.

Edited September 12, 2019 by CSerpent

[phillos 1,518]

Just now, CSerpent said:

Versatile only lets you take a Level 0.

You could tech it with Teamwork, though.

yeah I saw that and tried to take it back I got real excited for a hot minute.

[CSerpent 520]

Sorry.  Edited to hide it.

3 minutes ago, phillos said:

No she can't and it's a shame.

ADD: Ashcan can though and it's not a bad idea for him when your Duke activation are all used up.  never take a combat or investigation check with Ashcan's base int and str.

That's a fun deck for The Secret Name.  Dogs and Cats vs Rats

[Duciris 1,347]

Why are we getting so much spoilage/new articles, and how do we make it go on forever?

[rsdockery 537]

26 minutes ago, CSerpent said:

You could tech it with Teamwork, though.

Teamwork only means that somebody else gets to hold on to Miss Doyle while the other cats remain with their original player.

[Trialus 118]

Seems somewhat powerful, really fun and absolutely bonkers!  As someone who has been playing LOTR since the 3rd cycle, AH since launch and will likely be all-in for Champions it absolutely amazes me how well the devs manage to weave interesting theme with fun mechanics so deftly and consistently.  I don't know who the best investigator to play this with is from a technical standpoint, but I have a fantastic mental picture of Wendy or Agnes weaving their way through a scenario with a secret cat army ready to strike from the shadows.  

[Mep 2,291]

So, does this mean the encounter deck gets a Toxoplasma card which does horror damage to player for each cat they own?

[phillos 1,518]

36 minutes ago, rsdockery said:

Teamwork only means that somebody else gets to hold on to Miss Doyle while the other cats remain with their original player.

I'm guessing the same issue applies with A Chance Encounter and You Owe Me One.  If Ashcan has Miss Doyle in his hand and Jenny plays You Owe Me One I assume the other cat assets are not among Jenny's bonded cards...  Are bonded cards assign to the player or are they just a set aside area of the game?

I guess Wendy could play You Owe Me One on Carolyn's Foolishness and be the crazy cat lady and have all the cats.  Foolishness is Carolyn decks only, but I assume other players could still put him into play with things like You Owe Me One and A Chance Encounter.

Edited September 12, 2019 by phillos

[Carthoris 248]

41 minutes ago, phillos said:

Are bonded cards assign to the player or are they just a set aside area of the game?

Until the anchor card is played, the three additional bonded cards are "in the collection," not "in the deck" of any particular player.

[Carthoris 248]

My daughter and I are starting a run at The Circle Undone where she'll be playing William Yorick. I foresee Miss Doyle as an early purchase.

[Allonym 954]

3 minutes ago, Carthoris said:

Until the anchor card is played, the three additional bonded cards are "in the collection," not "in the deck" of any particular player.

 

This is incorrect. From the rules for Bonded (Before the Black Throne rulesheet):

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If your deck contains a card which summons one or more bonded cards, those bonded cards should be set aside at the start of each game.

In addition, cards that summon bonded cards read "search your bonded cards for...", not "search your collection for...".

It's not fully clear whether the "bonded cards" are a shared pool or whether each player has their own collection of bonded cards, but the use of "your" strongly indicates that these are specific to investigators, not shared (see RR, "You/Your"); a shared pool of bonded cards would be better worded as "search the bonded cards for...".

It also makes far more sense for bonded cards to be tied to specific investigators rather than a group pool, for situations where multiple players are running the same bonded/summoning cards (e.g. Hallowed Mirror/Soothing Melody) - the rules work far more cleanly if each investigator uses their own collection of Bonded cards to avoid issues like whose copies of Soothing Melody a player has added to their deck, what happens if players are using different card sleeves, etc.

[CSerpent 520]

I think it's neither a shared pool nor tied to an investigator.  They are Bonded to the anchor card, so they are controlled by whoever controls the anchor.

Definitely needs a ruling, though.

 

[phillos 1,518]

I will jump through hoops to give Carolyn all the cats.

[Soakman 987]

Welp, I am suddenly less concerned with Patrice's stat line. 

[rsdockery 537]

The best part is, Hope's discard ability is explicitly an evasion test that automatically succeeds, meaning Patrice can use it to discard her weakness.

[Sindriss 52]

Do we know if Luke can take these? Auger could really help with his weakness.

[Soakman 987]

49 minutes ago, rsdockery said:

The best part is, Hope's discard ability is explicitly an evasion test that automatically succeeds, meaning Patrice can use it to discard her weakness.

Zeal’s discard would work on Patrice’s weakness as well so you’ve got a 2/3 chance

[Mimi61 456]

3 hours ago, Duciris said:

Why are we getting so much spoilage/new articles, and how do we make it go on forever?

No kidding! It’s like Christmas is coming early. 

I read somewhere that there is a live play-through that could be watched of the first scenario, either coming up really fast, or maybe happened in the last day or two. (I have a terrible memory for dates). Maybe they figure the cards will be out on the table anyway, so why not spoil them. 

[Mimi61 456]

5 hours ago, Soakman said:

 

Welp, I am suddenly less concerned with Patrice's stat line. 

 

Yup. They pretty much save her. Maybe the concern expressed about Patrice’s investigator card was sensed by those incalculable felines and they leaked their prowess to save her from anymore shame! Such a kitty of Ulthar thing to do. I’m sure they are purring away, very self satisfied.

 

Edited September 13, 2019 by Mimi61

[redcapjack 29]

Good job.

[CSerpent 520]

1 hour ago, Mimi61 said:

Yup. They pretty much save her. Maybe the concern in Patrice’s investigator card was sensed by those incalculable felines and they leaked their prowess to save her from anymore shame! Such a kitty of Ulthar thing to do. I’m sure they are purring away, very self satisfied.

 

Until they find out what her violin is strung with...

[Mimi61 456]

9 hours ago, Allonym said:

Look at how cute the art is thooooouuuughhh

So what is up with the pumpkins? Because it is a Fall release? And I noticed that the symbol for Dreamlands is a cat. Could there be more mooning about...