r/finalgirl

Gail Simone, comic-book writer and social media antagonist, has been sucked in.

Was like “this time I am just going to dip my toe in and pick them up one at a time.” Left Gen Con this year with just season 1 and waited till I got home to play my first game.

Yeah….

If you want an easy win, it looks like Iris on the Konrad versus the Volkar is an absurd matchup.

I got 11 saves, turn 6 win, no damage taken.

I think Iris would be OP here against any enemy but the poor Volkar never stood a chance.

Oof, this is turn three!

The first organism was revealed by a test kit on turn 2. I then had two exposed victims hit by frostbite on their 2nd turn outside. One was safe (but died of the frost bite) the second was an organism.

I thought letting the bad weather expose the organisms would be a good idea but now I'm questioning this tactic 😆

Fully expecting to die but still loving it!

Couple of questions while I have you here:

1. I know I do all bloodlust actions when an organism is revealed. I'm assuming I follow the core rules and do each action as the meter goes up too? (It seems very busy so thought I'd clarify)

2. the way the dark power card is written ("this mutated organism") it sounds like its a power card per organism? So as one victim was not mutated, that last power slot is not used?

Now that I have Series 2 and 3, I decided to start playing each FF with their Final Girls till I win, unlocking all the unique items. First up, Into The Void. After a few failures, I was finally able to get the win! I was really excited to get Ellen's unique item. Can't wait to try it out! I love using the Series 2 mat with the Series 3 extension. So, should I run it back with Jenette or move on to Panic at Station 2891?

*Scooby-Doo is horror-lite and Monopoly Deal can become horrific 🫠

It’s the end of turn three and the pack now has 16 health thanks to 2 spawn-3 cards and an MDP that gives it one additional health each upkeep phase!

The MDP is adding health every turn health until I knock it off, right? Not only adding health to fill the two heart slots on the card?

Comic by Foxes In Love. Read this an immediately thought of some of my experiences with a new FF.

Hey everyone! I just wanted to share/ open for feedback. I painted my first ever mini. I really struggled with my hands shaking and how tiny these are but at the same time it was really rewarding. As someone with really severe ADHD (medicated) I was really proud of myself for taking my time! Can’t wait to paint the rest of them. Open to suggestions and feedback!

THANK YOU, trashcan lid, is the TL;DR here.

Gep wiped out everyone on the map on the 2nd terror card, including the sibling & fiancée. I wasn't going to be shocked if he offed the werewolf too, had it made an appearance. So that was a race to the bottom of the terror deck when the discarding started, but I had a plan to wipe out the puppets as close to the Finale as possible, and got it done fairly quickly. I also got Zappo which helped sneak in a search before the finale hit. (+1 trashcan lid)

I pot-shotted Gep at least once after I got the throwing axe well before the finale and he never added heath via terror cards or events. It came down to me v. him and retaliate + guard kept me in it. Then, just when my cards were taking a rest I realized I had the trashcan lid. Saved!

Critical Blow ended it, black dot for Gep, MASSIVE relief for me after so many fails.

That box is gonna collect dust for a bit while I bash away at the Intruders next. Ugh, not sure why people claimed Geppetto was weak sauce when the game usually starts weak but spirals impossibly out of control by the Finale. At least having a clean board (what with all the genocide) did weaken what he and the puppets could have done.

Yay Asami! Let's never speak of this again. I was never here.

Oh and all of that was off the record.

/walks into wall trying to make a hasty exit

I had to start with Shriek since it’s even older news to this community than the content actually associated with S4, which just goes to show how far behind I am due to waiting for the Kickstarter.

This set is on the more challenging side and is a combination of things I normally dislike in a set…but I think it all somehow comes together well enough that I don’t mind it as much as some other sets that try similar things.

I’m usually quite critical of sets that are heavy on RNG to the point where winning feels like pure luck, but although this set is RNG-heavy, I do feel like I have enough control over the outcome, and can pivot my strategy if I get screwed by bad luck.

I also tend to be critical of sets that are overly buried in complex rules, but…while I absolutely flubbed up rules from time to time due to being hopeless at this sort of thing, I didn’t find myself doing so more often than with most other sets, so I guess it all just clicked. There is an especially large quantity of small pieces, none of which I ever want to lose though, like more so than the average set.

This set is on the challenging side but I feel like it’s aimed at veteran players, so although I don’t think I would recommend it as a starting set, i think it is a good time for experienced players who love Final Girl.

Thematically, the set is right up my alley, and it’s a good tribute to past sets while also being free advertising for them plus other Van Ryder games. I haven’t been to a con entirely dedicated to board games but I could see myself doing that.

I always assess how I feel about a set in its default configuration by completing it with all included FGs, and I’m happy to say it’s a fun combination as-is. I also assess how I think it would be with other configurations and although direct experience will come with time, I could see Mort, the Mega BG Con and both included FGs being great with other sets.

All in all, I think this set just makes my top 5 (I included my updated rankings above). It’s definitely not perfect, but I think it hits the majority of the notes it’s trying to hit, and it’s a great time. I recommend this one to fans of this series.