Ample Supplies

Ok lets talk about this a bit more. George Barnaby has become one of my favourite investigators and this card tends to be an early pickup for me. I generally run Lawrence Carlisle and Burning the Midnight Oil at lvl 0 and this is usually enough to get by but can feel just a little constrained on resources at times until I start getting my important asset upgrades like... Gift of Nodens, Cornered, Bound for the Horizon, and Scavenging.

to me the number 1 comparison card is Emergency Cache when it comes to resource gain. If George has any discard cards out then Ample Supplies essentially starts with 3 supplies on it. Instant 2 resources. Forced Learning is an auto resource on every upkeep so Ample Supplies is a 1 turn delayed Emergency Cache that gets stronger every turn. A 1 turn delay to me is nothing especially when it becomes more potent the longer you hold it. That to me is definitely an upgrade in my book...

BUT E-cache costs 0 xp. oof not as good... except no one would ever take Ample Supplies unless its a discard deck... and what kind of discard deck wouldn't have Resourceful or Do-or-Die in it? now you have recursable E-Cache++.

Now lets talk about the other comparison Nothing Left to Lose. solid comparison. 5 resources, 5 cards only 1 more xp. This sounds like a great deal! Thing is we gotta look at the fine print. You only get that much if you have 0 cards in hand and 0 resources. You're playing a discard skill deck 0 cards? Easy. but do you need the card draw? probably not. you're playing George Barnaby. you have Forced Learning and your passive. you draw 6 cards a turn consistently. And if you aren't you're trying to avoid drawing to not reset your deck. Resources? Well to get 5 resources you have to spend your resources the same turn you play it... that doesn't sound like a dire need. Ok well what about 4 or 3 resources? This is more likely for the immediate need people talk about when they say Ample Supplies isn't great because of delay but as previously discussed. this basically gets you 3 resources immediately. So you are saying for 1 more xp you are getting card draw you probably don't need and roughly the same resources immediately instead of a ton of resources over time.

Now don't get me wrong. when I run out of things I really want for george I'll still pickup Nothing Left to Lose but Ample Supplies is essentially E-cache if you need immediate cash and if you don't it solves all resource needs for the rest of your game when playing George Barnaby. And if you are planning on running Scavenging, You're gonna want those extra resources.

Having said all this George Barnaby and Patrice Hathaway are probably the only investigators currently in the game that would want this card... its very niche.

BakaWisdom · 6
Meat Cleaver

Why does this card cost 3 XP when all it does is give you 1 extra fight? Am I missing something?

The level 0 meatcleaver is a perfectly alright 0 weapon for those that want it at 0 XP but spending 3 on this thing seems like a waste of XP

countjondi · 21
It also costs 1 resource less and has more commit icons. If that is worth the XP is still debatable — AlderSign · 480
That +1 fight is worth more than you think. Compared to the M1911, the M1911(2) upgrade costs only 2 XP for the same bonus, but you have limited uses (ammo). On a melee weapon that does not exhaust, the uses are unlimited, so you benefit from the +1 fight much longer. In chapter 2 the devs seem to be cautious to balance melee vs firearms, so that the players have a reason to run firearms instead of always going for melee. I believe this is a good change, melee weapons have been OP for too long. Also, the 3 XP cost means off-class investigators cannot run this which makes sense as well, for the same reasons. — Ramun · 1756
Decoy Trap

The card says, "You GET GET +1 skill value for this evasion." However, in the arkhamdb text to the left, it says, "You GET +1 skill value for this evasion." Is the arkhamdb text the official errata? I prefer to get get twice if the designers are crazy enough to let us do it. Why get when you can get get?

tcrudisi · 57
At a Crossroads

If I draw this card as effect of a Symbol (e.g.: George Barnaby's Elder Sign) during step 4 of a Skill Check, do I interrupt the skill check and take the action from Crossroads? Among other things I would not put the drawn chaos token back into the bag?

Kayron333 · 1
Draw the card, make the decision. The draw option would happen before the skill test resolves but the bonus action would be deferred until after the skill test resolves (and the chaos token is returned to the bag). — Eudaimonea · 9
Leg Injury

I got this for Bob Jenkins and it was crushing! Rogues are not good at healing damage and lvl 0 survivor can't do much better than Bandages, which doesn't even heal by itself (you need to find a way to take some damage first) but still better than Painkillers.

I think spending 2 actions to get rid of a weakness is way better than dedicating precious slots in your deck to counter it, specially if that card is not even good.

Dimerson · 20
Well, both cards you mentioned are item assets, so not particularly bad for Bob either. — AlderSign · 480
Thermos might also an option if you and your group like in the thick of it. Otherwise the new hidden shelter is also an option, even if it's an event. — Tharzax · 2