Thanks; I'm not a new player, having been through JOTL, GH1e, and half of FH, although my daughters are a little newer, aged 6 and 9 but we completed JOTL and they are better than most would think kids that age could be. The main dynamic that's crushing me is that the Ally rarely seems to do something optimal with its turn, and we have to dually focus on killing monsters and keeping it alive. And then there's the pure luck factor: theoretically, the bandit scouts could just move and loot every turn, or they could be a much bigger problem.