Sergeant Monroe
Two Days Until Retirement

Atut. Ally

Ally. Police.

Cost: 5.

Neutralne
Health: 3. Sanity: 3.

Sergeant Monroe may be assigned damage and/or horror dealt to any investigator at his location, even if he is uncontrolled.

When Sergeant Monroe is dealt any amount of damage or horror, exhaust him: Deal that much damage to a non-Innocent enemy at his location. Any investigator at Sergeant Monroe's location may trigger this ability.

Clark Huggins
Morderstwo w Hotelu Excelsior #8. Morderstwo w Hotelu Excelsior #8.
Sergeant Monroe

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Edited you can use all of his health, to deal 6 damage. Thank you Death by chocolate!

I have done this scenario....what... a dozen times, and I always have a blast with it. So many different ways of ending the game, the way each mechanic crosses in a different way. It's also a lot easier to beat compare to the other standalones, plus you can earn your exp back and more easy. I,therefore, and surprised that no one has made a review on this card. I'll take a Crack at it.

You have to be a pretty convincing Liar, or have a ton of evidence to prove your innocence, to have him on your side. Once he's on your side tho, he will be a blessing, dealing damage as good as taking it. You will probably be taking a weakness, which it's not the worst, but pretty annoying, like most weakness are.

Please note that while I'll list some stuff, he rocks the banner of a neutral card.(as do all standalone assets) so anybody can take him. There are some ouchy stuff to address before I dig deeper.

  1. 1 Ally slot/1 per deck- this is pretty obvious. He takes an ally slot. You can't necessarily build for him, along side other ally assets. Typically when I build a deck(like others) you have allys in your (or splash) class that you want (or need) to take. As you have to complete MatEH to obtain Sgt. Monroe, you'll find it easier with some exp in your deck. Some exp that you've spent on a ally already. You can buy charisma with exp you earn in the Excelsior, but really....paying 3 exp to use one card is hard because....... drumroll you can ONLY have one copy. You better get lucky with your opening hand/mulligan, or have decent card draw/card tutor to get it out.(that's what calling in favors is for)

  2. 5 resources. YIKES expensive. I think for what he does, the price is abit fair. But that's not pocket change. Especially if you use the above method with charisma, two ally assets is alot of money, so you better have ways of filling your coffers, because he won't help you there. Every class has ways of obtaining money,(some better than others of course.)

Those are alll the biggest downsizes I can see, but let's see what he is good at.

  1. Tanking- 3/3 is nothing to sneeze at. Especially since other players can put damage/horror on him as long as they are at his location.

  2. Testless Damage- this is amazing. Once per turn, any damage/horror you deal to him he dishes back to an enemy at the location, you can deal up to 4 (actually 6) damage before he is killed. Other players can Trigger it, and the best of all. It doesn't matter HOW he is dealt damage/horror, from enemies, AoO, or treachery cards from the mythos, it doesn't matter.

The above points are fine, If you can handle the slot, drawing him, and paying for him. He will preform.

                  CLASS TIME

Guardian- They are usually fighting, which means engaging enemies and taking damage(and horror) he can do both of these things for you, with cards like trusted and the star , this will keep him alive longer, and emergency aid to heal damage and first aid(lvl 3) to heal horror.

Seekers- they are the best at drawing cards and searching the decks, you can draw him, put him down and not have to worry about enemies bothering you. Seekers can also help get sgt. Monroe out for other players.

Rogues- which class can pay for every card? That's right. Rogues have ways of paying for everything and Sgt Monroe is no exception. They also dip into fighting rolls so it will help them in the Frontline.

Survivors- The tanking/damaging bit is nice, but they are usually a poor class, but that's what a chance encounter is for. Fighting classes should always consider.

Mystic- Same as Survivors, they are a poor class, spending mostly on spells, and events. But they are still considered general support class, so you can for sure use it here.

That's about all the general uses I can think of, but let's talk per investigator real quick, I'll won't name everyone mind, but a few that stand out. I can really only think of guardians at the moment.

Tommy- My man can recur this bad boy all the time,but he might want more exp required friends.

Leo- he makes him cheaper, and a free action to play. Pretty good.

Mark- pretty decent, since he wants tanking for his poor sanity and Sophie. Pretty decent card draw at that.

Zoey- with her engaging everything that moves. She can afford it, and be queen of testless Damage.

Daniela - if enemies attack her, she can put damage on him and Trigger her ability for a bunch of extra damage.

That's about it. :) pretty neat asset.

ps you can commit him for nice icons

You can deal 6 before he dies (not 4). The ability triggers ‘when’ damage/horror is dealt (not after), so it occurs before all of the consequences of being dealt damage and horror, including being defeated. — Death by Chocolate · 1440
Oh sweet! That's makes its alot better! Thanks — Therealestize · 69
You can also heal him with Soothing Melody to reflect even more damage. A super guard dog. — suika · 9389
Just finished MatEH with BOBBBBBBB Jenkins, who was packing Bandages, and discovered they work marvelously with Sgt Monroe as they can be used on Allies, and they permit the damage trigger to occur (thus triggering Monroe's reaction) and then instantly heal it back. — HanoverFist · 712
I'm linking a thread on BGG where Nicholas Kory, the designer of this card and now one of the main desginers of this game, explained how he intended Sgt. Monroe to work: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2737451/article/38647795#38647795 — Killbray · 11474
Basically Sgt. Monroe is only meant to convert either horror or damage from a single instance into damage against an enemy. He's not supposed to let you combine horror and damage together and deal that whole amount as damage, you must choose one. — Killbray · 11474
Where is he discarded when he dies ? — Ayoross · 1
Sgt Monroe is a story asset with a player card back. For those cards if you simply gained control of them during a game they are removed from the game instead of being discarded. If you own them because they became part of your deck (usually through a resolution) then they are effectively just like any other of your cards and you simply place them in your discard pile as normal. — Killbray · 11474