Using Tasks and Missions or not?

By pahapasi, in Arkham Horror Second Edition

thecorinthian said:

I always thought that Join The WInning Team was a sort of 'trick' card - it seems tempting to try to do it, but usually it will just waste all the traitor's time and he won't pass it before the AO wakes up anyway. You have to get really lucky in order to pass it, and even then, it seems like a bit of a cop-out.

JtWT is useful with Bain... get Bain discard to JtWT trade JtWT to another investigator...repeat.

MrsGamura said:

JtWT is useful with Bain... get Bain discard to JtWT trade JtWT to another investigator...repeat.

Except that way you won't be completing the mission. Trading removes all previous successes (Clues) placed on Tasks/Missions.

jgt7771 said:

Walking the Ley Lines is more trouble than its worth: by sacrificing four Gate Trophies, you can instantly allow every unstable Location to add more doom tokens to the doom track and wake the Ancient One, because I'm pretty sure you won't be claiming a Closing Victory after giving away all your Gate Trophies!

Depends how many Investigators you have. In a two-Investigator game, it's hardly unreasonable for the other person to pick up two gate trophies while WtLL is being done. (Or what about a four Investigator game with three boards? Then you still only need two extra gate trophies in hand)

Dam said:

MrsGamura said:

JtWT is useful with Bain... get Bain discard to JtWT trade JtWT to another investigator...repeat.

Except that way you won't be completing the mission. Trading removes all previous successes (Clues) placed on Tasks/Missions.

That was the whole point - you don't finish the mission, you just keep recruiting William Bain to remove doom. Definitely tricksy.