Dr. Zoltar said:
but off the top of my head, there is a character that won't allow anyone to win the game unless they have a conspiracy in their story pile.
Could you gives us the exact wording on this one? We railed against this in playtesting and it's even worse now that all the Conspiracies are piles of poo. If you have no Conspiricies and no removal in your deck, you can't win. If you have Conspiracies but Blackmore estate or similar makes you discard them, you can't win.
. "The power is subtle but is there" -talking about conspiracies- (M. Hartland) might be my favorite quote ever.