I managed to pick up my copy
of the 1st scenario pack of the Dunwich Legacy campaign a couple of
weeks ago and as with the Dunwich Legacy expansion box itself, I couldn’t wait
to give this a try. Since I was playing this as a standalone game, I built the
chaos bag as instructed by the scenarios set up guide and once again opted to
pilot Aschan Pete for this outing, I have found from playing him in the other
Dunwich Legacy scenarios that he can handle most situations with a relative
level of competiveness on his own, making him my go to deck for testing these
scenarios.
With the game set up and ready
to go, I started my journey to locate the Necronomicon within the exhibits of
the Miskatonic University museum.
Act 1a: Finding a Way Inside
I opted to swiftly move
through this act and discovered the clues required to gain entrance to the museum
instead of trying to break down the door.
Act 2a: Night in the Museum
This was the act which my resolution
of Act 1a directed me to, had I broken down the door a different act would have
been selected instead. In order to resolve
this act I needed to gain access to the Restricted Hall, to do that I needed to
spend 6 clues as actions to draw the top card of the Exhibit Hall deck and then
try to discover which one was the Restricted Hall. However I ended up advancing
the Agenda deck and had to fight off an annoying recurring enemy for the
remainder of the game. Eventually I managed to locate the Restricted Hall to
advance in the scenario.
Act 3a: Searching for the Tome
Now I was in the Restricted
Hall, I could continue my search for the Necronomicon in peace and it did not
take long to trigger the resolution of the act and in turn the scenario.
I quite enjoyed this scenario
and it really didn’t take too long to play, I would imagine with more players
this would change dramatically especially with the pesky hunting bad guy
chasing us down! I really don’t want to note too many spoilers for the scenario
but I was lucky and his forced ability never actually hit, this aided me in
keeping him at bay. The standalone chaos bag also threw a spanner into the
works for me with having more negative tokens in than the campaign chaos bag
would have.
The negatives for me would be
the ease of getting through part 1 and 3 of the scenario, however act 2 will be
more challenging with more players, so I am imagining that won’t be such an
issue during a multiple player game.
I am looking at starting the
campaign soon and kicking that off with a campaign day to play through the
original core campaign along with the two stand alone expansions to bulk it up.
Will be writing a report on how well that day goes too and as soon as we start
the campaign off again I will be writing the reports for that also. Really excited
about getting started and seeing what the Dunwich Legacy holds for the 4 man
play through.
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Horror core set and expansions from your friendly local gaming store. If you
are in the Crewe area then please check out Watchtower Games on Nantwich Road
in Crewe.
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