Dr. Milan Christopher

As a new player and play through each campaign from the beginning without T list, I would say before Fingerprint Kit is accessible, Dr. Milan just boost the price-performance ratio of one investigating action for a seeker. Just compare Deduction and Vicious Blow, it shows that 1 clue has the same value of 1 damage. But comparing Seekers and Guardians, while they are both doing their duties (seeking and guarding), what can a seeker (Rex away!) get while a Guardian has dealt 2 damage and earned 1 card with 2 actions and nothing else paid (.45 Automatic in play) ? Only 2 clues and nothing! And what if seekers have Milan in play like .45? For 2 actions, seekers can get 2 clues + 2 resources, which is finally equals to 2 damage + 1 card. Dr. Milan in the early campaigns is not that broken.

Edit: Simply thinking, are you willing to change Beat Cop's trigger ability into 'Attack. After you successfully attack: Gain 1 resource.'. It's definitely better than Beat Cop (0), but considering its upgrade and all the weapons, the answer may be yes, but never will be absolutely yes.

DCY · 1
Btw, can anyone teach me how to blue my key words and add symbols? — DCY · 1
Yeah, you write # and then get suggestions. For the symbols I am not sure, but you should be able to create a decklist and look at the commands in the textbox there. For some reason it's more helpful then the one for reviews. — AlderSign · 447
Nevermind, symbols are written with $. — AlderSign · 447
As written, he's the best moneymaking card in the game. 1 action, then $2-3 a turn a game for doing what you were going to, at +1, with soak. — MrGoldbee · 1512
Bum's Rush

I received a rules forum response confirming that the final sentence (letting you move the targeted enemy) happens regardless of whether you succeed or fail the evade test:

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Hello [Voltgloss],

Thank you for your interest in Arkham Horror: The Card Game.


The final sentence of Bum’s Rush is not dependent on the previous sentence; regardless of if you succeed the test, you can move a non-Elite enemy with the effect.


Feel free to reach out to us if any more questions arise!

Sincerely,

Alex Werner, FFG Game Rules Specialist

Voltgloss · 395
Like Iron Maiden already sang: "Tell me why I had to be a Powercreep" — AlderSign · 447
George Barnaby

George Barnaby: Upkeep Phase
Hint: I want to go into the upkeep phase with the same number of cards in hand and in the boat.

According to the April 2025 rule, the maximum number of cards in George Barnaby’s boat is 5. If I have X cards in hand and X cards in the boat at the end of the investigator phase, then during the upkeep phase I draw 1 card and go 1 over my hand size limit. I then discard one card down to X. I trigger my ability and place that discarded card into the boat (not into the discard pile) and draw another card. At the end, I have X+1 cards, as would normally happen, but I also have one extra card in the boat, ready to be committed.

Big problem: If I do this and the second card I draw during the upkeep phase (the one from the reaction) is Cast Adrift, since checking hand size is a process that is still resolving, I discard my entire boat, and my hand size limit becomes 0, causing me to discard my entire hand in the Upkeep phase.

Small problem If the first card I draw during upkeep is Cast Adrift, while checking handsize and discarding to 0, I can still use my ability and keep one card in the boat and one in my hand.

MarcMF2 · 8
Doppelgänger

There's enormous flexibility here. For example, you could tuck one of these on the same location as the clue-ver and immediately pop in when an enemy shows up to menace them. I think the best value here is if all of the options could potentially be useful.

That said, Easy Mark is more generically beneficial if you are looking for a Myriad Trick to put on Bewitching and trigger a few deck-thinning searches.

Lahsbee · 28
I think the move effect is awesome: Bait an enemy to come towards you from a location you want to go and reappear behind them. — AlderSign · 447
Katarina Sojka

She probably doesn't work with Eyes of the Dreamer or Breath of the Sleeper to increase their chances, because they need you to choose one chaos token to resolve, while she forces to take the first symbol. Even if you ignore a matching token, there is no "chosen token" to match it with.

stefeef · 6