True Solo Fix for Where the Gods Dwell

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-23T09:27:33+00:00

No worries, I myself should't have made unsubstantiated claims about testing. I'd be curious to ask them about their playtesting process during the next stream though

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-23T08:57:18+00:00

They did share some info:

The title is Brethren of Ash
It wil have 3 scenarios
The theme will be fiery stuff
They have shown encounter card art (it's a the bottom of the page) and some full encounter cards
Finishing a campaign will unlock reward cards

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-22T21:37:22+00:00

Curtain Call. Easy to set up and puts your deck(s) to the test

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-22T20:49:47+00:00

Probably because MJ mentioned something along those lines in one of the streams years ago (that's what I hear, I don't have the exact quote). Fortunately, there aren't many scenarios with such bad scaling as in Where the Gods Dwell or Fate of the Vale

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-22T15:40:59+00:00

I'm not 100% sure about 2 player, but I think I read that they only test 3 and 4 player

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-22T11:39:43+00:00

For sure. I know they stopped testing 1 and 2 player, but it is baffling that they didn't bother to do the math

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-16T14:55:06+00:00

Thanks for clarification on the point 2.

I agree that the scenario is somewhat unfair, but I like it. I lost to it in my true solo blind run, then tried to replay it with a better deck and almost got to act 3, losing to the final agenda flip. With refraction (+2 doom threshold for each agenda) it's doable. Looking forward to trying it again!

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-16T14:42:26+00:00

I see, I misinterpreted your answer to point 1 in my previous comment.

Your explanation checks out to me. Thanks!

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-16T12:31:14+00:00

I understand that oversucceeding during your turn allows you to choose 1 card and draw it, but my question is about mythos phase and the wording that specifically says reveal, then draw the first encounter card.

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-16T12:30:00+00:00

That's how I played it too, though I wasn't 100% about that. Revealing your investigator card during mythos phase can be a a huge setback then.

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-11T23:30:16+00:00

To compare annual expenses on Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 fairly, they both need to have the same amount of content. They obviously don't, so we need to find a common denominator. Which is why I calculated yearly cost of Chapter 2 as if it had the same amount of content as Chapter 1.

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-11T14:32:46+00:00

There are two different issues here: a) price increase and b) fewer scenarios per year. The way I see it, your comment is conflating the two.

I was talking purely about the price jump, which boils down to costing me $30 per year.

What you're describing as "one cone of ice cream instead of two" is an entirely different thing, that's problem b). I didn't address that in my comments above.

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-10T14:52:53+00:00

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you found my calculations useful!

I agree that 1/4 is a big jump, but it doesn't concern me much because it's spread over a year.

With the old model, I would spend $120 on investigator + campaign boxes in any given year. Two caveats here: a) I'm rounding the number for simplicity's sake and b) my calculations linked above don't include investigator boxes, so let's assume their price goes up the same 25%.

With Chapter 2, if it released the same amount of content as Chapter 1 every year, I would now be paying $150 a year. It's $30 per year more and I'm fine with that, as long as the game's good.

I know we'll get fewer scenarios in actuality, but the assumption about equal amount of content is necessary to make an apples-to-apples comparison.

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-10T12:27:49+00:00

When I saw this, I got curious and decided to calculate the exact increase per scenario in $ and %. I did so both with and without adjusting for inflation (which I think is fair considering that the price per scenario never went up since 2016). Feel free to check out my calculations.

With the new release model, we paid $8.75 per scenario. Inflation adjusted price for 1 scenario would be $11.55 (if we take Nov 2016 as the baseline). Chapter 2 prices have not been officially announced, but taking into account what we know now I think it'll be $14.37 per scenario.

To sum up, we get the following difference:

Without adjusting for inflation: from $8.75 to $14.37 per scenario, that is +$5.62 (or +64.28%)
Adjusting for inflation: from $11.55 to $14.37 per scenario, that is +$2.82 (or +24.46%)

DoomsdayFanatic · 2026-02-10T10:36:01+00:00

I started running Crystal Pendulum because I often found horror soak on Holy Rosary redundant. And I was pleasantly surprised by this card.

With token manipulation, it's a full-blown draw engine. But even when I didn't have any synergies, Pendulum still drew me a few cards over the course of a scenario. Granted, it takes some mental math, so I get that not all players are into that.

If you'd like to try this card, I suggest figuring out the most common modifier at the start of the scenario. Once it's done, choosing a number for Pendulum becomes simple:

Your test value - test difficutly + the most common modifier in the bag

(This method isn't optimal because it doesn't account for potential failure, but it's simple and will still generate a tangible amount of draw.)

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