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It might be a fun idea to have a thread about recent playing experiences. Reading about how others play the game might be interesting to learn new "formulas" for your own games.

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I'll bite the bullet. My last game was with a friend who's new to AH, so I decided to choose Azathoth so it wouldn't be too intimidating for a starter. I added in Tulzscha for some interesting flavour. We played with 2 investigators each.

The elusive cultists turned out to be a really fun mechanic. Before obtaining a Silver Key, it could take several turns to pin one down and eliminate him. We came close to losing a seal once or twice. It was both tense and exciting.

Early in the game The Stars Are Right (rumor) appeared. We didn't have any allies at that point, and the lower half of the board was blocked with some nasty monsters preventing us from cashing in trophies at Ma's Boarding House. Two doomers were added that way. But it was a good thing because we had 3 of the nastier rumors pop up while it was in play. At moments like that I'm really thankful for the 1-rumor-limit.

One little annoyance was that the game dragged a little in the end. The sixth seal took a long while to come because of that Environment that prevents gates from sealing. Thankfully The Story Continues... popped up and handed us a new environment after a dreadful 4 turns of hoping that a monster surge wouldn't occur.