Third scenario in a row where we’re on a boat! Could it be a coincidence? I think n.. err, yes, yes it was.

This time we have to get some crates out of a ghost ship. I think we agreed to this some time earlier (from an event). Did we? Anyway, this is the kind of stuff we do, boarding a ghost ship to strip it bare!

Characters

• Schlurkt the Deepwraith (David) lvl 4, a crab that goes stab stab stab
• Pantherius Octadine the Pain Conduit (Mathieu) lvl 6, loves the pain, shares the pain
• Pearce DeWalt the Metal Mosaic (Guillaume) lvl 6, the pressure is rising!

We have to Loot crates/objectives (the more the better) and then get out (get back to starting tiles).

Closing Comments:

• Went mostly well, was kind of a push-your-luck scenario with the numbers of crates picked-up being optional. We took them all.
• I’ve picked up 3 with my Deepwraith, with invisibility helping a lot.
• Guillaume’s Metal Mosaic going for the farthest/deepest crate was the real gutsy move of the session as going down 3 sets of stairs meant spending a lot of movement, just to be cornered by 3 enemies, all alone as it happened.
• I found annoying that the scenario rules were nerfing my teleports actions, that limited my movement a lot and meant that I could hardly go further than midway.

Third scenario of Pearce’s personal quest (Threat from the Deep), after:

Invasion of the docks (71) and A Giant block of Ice (72).

It seems like we’ve been sailing on the wrong waters, our boat has been sunk!

Characters

• Schlurkt the Deepwraith (David) lvl 4, a crabman assassin
• Pantherius Octadine the Pain Conduit (Mathieu) lvl 5, loves the pain, shares the pain
• Pearce DeWalt the Metal Mosaic (Guillaume) lvl 5, the pressure is rising!

All tiles are water (movement penalty) but we can embark on flotsam and bravely paddle forward…

Closing Comments:

• Fun scenario with the special rule of the flotsam movements. My Deepwraith’s many teleports were very useful and offered me freedom of movement on an otherwise difficult to navigate map, only fitting for a Lurker in a water environment.
• We had the leisure to loot almost all we wanted this time so, easier scenario than the previous ones.
• The Metal Mosaic was hit by several big attacks and was almost down but as soon as he got a little respite he managed to heal himself back quite nicely. He’s hard to kill for sure.
• The Pain Conduit put many, many curses on the monster deck and they did come in handy at the end of the scenario.
• We also had many curses on our decks because of the town challenge that we picked (one every rest) so we had to be careful on not being overconfident.

We take a break from the Lurker sub-campaign to help the Metal Mosaic further his personal quest. There’s an artefact trapped in the eponymous giant block of ice. Can’t get it out on the spot so we have to push the block itself out of the damn place WHILE fighting baddies…

Characters

• Schlurkt the Deepwraith (David) lvl 3, a crabman assassin
• Pantherius Octadine the Pain Conduit (Mathieu) lvl 4, loves the pain, shares the pain
• Pearce DeWalt the Metal Mosaic (Guillaume) lvl 5, the pressure is rising!

We have to bring to the block to the exit and kill one specific elite Steel Automaton in the last area in order to win the scenario.

Closing Comments:

• Interesting scenario, could have been easier with characters that have more push-pull options. The Metal Mosaic had one excellent card to do this, this helped a lot.
• The Pain Conduit did a LOT of damage to foes but trailed behind due to to depleted hps and lack of mobility.

We did The Jagged Shoals (14) scenario prior to this one and won but unfortunately I’ve messed up with the pictures and won’t be able to post it. As for now, we’re doing the alternative path that ultimately link at the same place as Jagged Shoals. We’re not very efficient travellers it seems. Oh, and I’ve got a new character, a Lurker!

Characters

• Schlurkt the Deepwraith (David) lvl 3, a crabman assassin
• Pantherius Octadine the Pain Conduit (Mathieu) lvl 3, loves the pain, shares the pain
• Pearce DeWalt the Metal Mosaic (Guillaume) lvl 4, the pressure is rising!

This is a Kill’em all! scenario featuring hitherto not seen monsters: Shrike Fiends.

Closing Comments:

• Okay the Shrike Fiends are now officially our Frosthaven’s most hated monster, dethroning the Icy Wraiths.
• Very hard scenario. This first room was crippling, particularly for me, having to lose SEVERAL cards just to survive.
• The fact that we’re now playing with TWO town challenges at the same time can be… well. challenging.
• I see great potential in my new character but it’ll take a while to get there I think. A few level ups, a better cards deck and he’ll be great.

Back to back characters retirement for Mathieu who’ll now be playing the Pain Conduit, an unusual character who benefits from having multiple negative conditions on itself. For this scenario we’re back on Algox territory as we have an objective to complete from a town event. So no seafood buffet this time!

Characters

• Thousand Teeth the Trapper (David) lvl 5, brings innumerable lethal or helpful contraptions
• Pantherius Octadine the Pain Conduit (Mathieu) lvl 3, loves the pain, shares the pain
• Pearce DeWalt the Metal Mosaic (Guillaume) lvl 4, the pressure is rising!

We arrive at an Icespeakers Algox camp to see a dreadful scene: the poor survivors (remember how we massacred this Algox faction) are now beset by evil as Frozen Corpses and Black Imps are attacking them from all sides. In order to win this scenario we must open all 4 doors (each with its own timer) and kill every enemies (not the living Algox this time) including the slain Algox who’ll rise up as Frozen Corpses…

A Kill All Enemies with a Timer scenario.

Closing Comments:

• Well that was an hard one! Took every bit of stamina out of us to win it. The Pain Conduit was even exhausted at the end (we’ve permadeath on, he could have died with a couple of hits).
• It was a slog too with 4 hours of combat! A victory nonetheless but very demanding.
• Did the fact that we chose the « bad ending » of the Algox sub-campaign led to a tougher, unrewarding scenario maybe?
• Of course our allies were mostly useless, as usual, getting cards that did nothing good every frikkin time.
• Mobility was important to open the doors fast enough for the timer. This we could do with our team.
• However, we felt that the ability to move allies around (like the BannerSpear could do) would have been really helpful.
• The Snowdancer would also have been a great asset now that I think of it.
• Reminds me what we said me and Math that the Haven games would greatly be enhanced with a Troupe or Jazz Band style of play, whereas each scenario you can choose to bring whomever you want as a character. Would add a great strategy element. Just a thought.

We’re now an impressive tech-heavy team with the newly addition of the Unfettered Hive character among us. And we’re finally starting the Lurkers sub-campaign, with a more aquatic theming throughout.

Characters

• Thousand Teeth the Trapper (David) lvl 5, brings innumerable lethal or helpful contraptions
• 4h the Hive (Mathieu) lvl 3, has multiple robotic bodies, « jumps » from one to the other
• Pearce DeWalt the Metal Mosaic (Guillaume) lvl 3, the pressure is rising!

Straightforward, linear scenario, dotted with many traps (hooray!). We must find the Coral Corpse mini-boss and kill it.

Closing Comments:

• Cool array of gadgets (and mashed-up star wars minis) from the Hive’s character. Unfortunately, we won’t see him for a while as he’s retiring already! His personal quest, with a stroke of luck, has been quite easy to achieve.
• The Trapper and Metal Mosaic have a very good synergy between the two characters with the latter being able to spring traps into enemies.
• Traps are great against shielded enemies as they go right through.
• An effective use of traps and pushes trivialized the mini-boss but it was fun.

Yet another new companion in our party after the retirement of the Pyroclast. We welcome Pearce DeWalt, a sentient metal being of large size and a drill for an arm. We’ve seen weirder than that, no worries.

Characters

• Thousand Teeth the Trapper (David) lvl 5, brings innumerable lethal or helpful contraptions
• Britney the Bannerspear (Mathieu) lvl 9, a great leader, might be related to Bruce
• Pearce DeWalt the Metal Mosaic (Guillaume) lvl 3, the pressure is rising!

This scenario happens inside of the Frosthaven outpost. There’s something going on on the docks, mermen and crabfolks Abael and Lurkers are fighting each other and a desperate dockmaster seems to be caught in the middle. It’s an Escort the NPC and a Timer scenario.

Closing Comments:

• Impressive scenario but a bit cumbersome to manage all the fighting going on.
• Nice to see new enemies and aren’t the Piranha Pigs the most charming?
• We finished the scenario in 6-7 rounds. We were kind of too efficient this time I would say as we could have lingered a bit more for loot & xp & fun.
• Retirement of our lvl 9 bulwark, the Banner Spear. Very useful and versatile character. That’ll be a big change on our team for sure.

Following our success in the previous scenario we managed to get in front of the Orphan and were forced to make a tough decision: try to eliminate him and his fellow Unfettered or try to convince him to make peace with the outpost of Frosthaven. This time (unlike with the poor Algox) we chose diplomacy and much to our surprise, managed to be convincing as of our good intentions. Might be that he doesn’t know many adventurers ha!

Characters

• Thousand Teeth the Trapper (David) lvl 4, brings innumerable lethal or helpful contraptions
• Britney the Bannerspear (Mathieu) lvl 8, a great leader, might be related to Bruce
• Solkan Innis the Pyroclast (Guillaume) lvl 3, the Floor is Lava

Of course it won’t be that simple. The Unfettered, contrary to what we could think, are not hive-minded and many choose to attack us and our new-found ally.

Thus, this is an Escort the NPC scenario featuring Infinitely Spawning adversaries to boot.

Closing comments:

• An Escort the NPC scenario featuring Infinitely Spawning adversaries could have been very annoying but I thought it was a nice and fun scenario.
• It must be said that our team composition was uniquely well-suited for this one I think. It could have been a LOT harder on other circumstances.
• Crowd-control from Trapper and Pyroclast was quite useful. Movement-allowance from the Bannerspear was also crucial, saving us several turns of discomfort.
• We all played very well to our characters’ strengths I will say.

Penultimate scenario of the Unfettered thread and the difficulty is ramping up!

Characters

• Thousand Teeth the Trapper (David) lvl 4, brings innumerable lethal or helpful contraptions
• Britney the Bannerspear (Mathieu) lvl 8, a great leader, might be related to Bruce
• Solkan Innis the Pyroclast (Guillaume) lvl 3, the Floor is Lava

Onward in the rusty halls of the Orphan, this is a Capture the Objective scenario with many, many foes. But we’ve been provided with powerful machines-killing/EMP bombs to help us.

Closing comments:

• We’ve wasted way too much time on the first room but once we were out things worked out surpringly well for us. Math was confident that we could and should cleaned it out and we mostly did in the end (his Bannerspear doing most of the job), but it drained a lot out of us to the point that I think it almost compromised our mission.
• I gotta say, I’m quite satisfied with myself with how I did some nice combination of initiative-weaving and pulling, all while being invisible, so that I’ve managed to maximize the effect of my first bomb (it was decided that I was the one bringing two).
• I feel like it could have been stun bombs instead of insta-kill ones and it could still have been a feasible (if harder) scenario.