Should you start carcosa just using core player cards plus the carcosa ones?
Starting carcosa
That's how my wife and I are playing, but that's not just to make it harder, it's because we didn't start this game until recently and decided to jump in with the current campaign (we also only have 1 core.) Looking through the Dunwich cards, there are some awfully good cards in there that help expand the pool. We had a pretty hard time in the first couple of scenarios, but now that we're up to Phantom of Truth, we have at least acceptable decks. If you want to limit yourself to core + Carcosa packs in order, I wouldn't recommend playing higher than Standard difficulty. If you'll go with all Carcosa cards, you might be able to go up to Hard. Skipping Dunwich hurts the mystic more than any other class, in my opinion.
You can use all cards at your disposal.
There's one card from the Dunwich cycle that even at the time seemed designed for Carcosa, and from what I've heard (I haven't started yet) it appears that's true.
There is no reason to limit your deck building pool. The pack the player cards are released in is completely arbitrary. The game is designed to use any cards for any scenario.
It seems to easy if you use all available cards and people take the same cards over and over.
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More options doesn't mean it's going to be easier. You're still limited by deck size and earned experience. You might have a card that's really good in a particular scenario, but you can't be prepared for everything.
59 minutes ago, CSerpent said:You can use all cards at your disposal.
There's one card from the Dunwich cycle that even at the time seemed designed for Carcosa, and from what I've heard (I haven't started yet) it appears that's true.
Which card?
Just now, Medread said:Which card?
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Almost required for the second scenario, But hasn't been a major part of the campaign since. For Carcosa would be a great way to initially build the deck, but an easy switch out after that scenario.
Carcosa seems a little harder then Dunwich, at least on Hard difficulty. With the exception of the third scenario which seems a little easy.
And yeah, I go out of my way to include "That card" in my deck for the second part of Carcosa, so good.
I'm overleaded on cores (for 3-4 player play) and got every expansion and play primarily hard difficulty, all the different options do nothing to detract from the game.
It should get harder every time, like a video game.
It also mitigates the growing card pool somewhat.
On 16-1-2018 at 9:30 PM, CSerpent said:Linking to avoid spoilers of either Dunwich or Carcosa:
Over half the current scenarios have a use for that card, especially Carnavale.