Shhhhh. We dont talk about how ridiculously good this card is.

Just put it in your big hoarding deck that started with a 5 investigator, stock up on the best spells in the game and go hog-wild.

You did'nt hear this from me. shhhhhhh.

Disclaimer: She is a cog in an engine decktype that takes a LOT of time setting up and lotsa resources already, make sure you have a lean and focused deck built for getting the engine built ASAP.

Fast, can give you much more ammo then Extra Ammunition. Brilliant brilliant card.

The extra cost is no problem, characters have more money than most. The extra XP is perfectly worth the bonus ammo and saved action. Just ask Leo Anderson, he allways has some ammo in his supply pack, Mark Harrigan too!

Jokes aside, there's a variety of firearms so all the fighty dudes would do well to at least consider this card a bit.

Edit: wups, Mark cant take it! Still good tho.

Heads up, seems liek this think was a projected release intended for the upcoming lady Winifred. Yeah. It's gonna be cool.

Smack a variety of small/middling events with a variety of pips, such "You owe me one!" or Followed in there and then dump them on tests to score free cards.

This is one of those cards Wendy Adams, Rita Young, Silas Marsh and other 4+ characters use to dig themselves and/or friends out of trouble. It seems EXTREEMELY niche, but for that niche, it's very useful. The more players you get at the table the more likely the niche and more useful the card.

The kicker is that "another enemy at your location" clause, since it allows them to evade threats other than those engaged with themselves.

The reason Expeditious Retreat is in my opinion uniquely good is that it really delivers on it's intended task, like a Decoy or Bait and Switch as a means to keep pressure off a friendly fighter or clue-er and along with those other cards you've actually got a useful cardbase of mechanics to depend on.

This effect, "managing enemies" as I call it, is getting more and more useful.

Edit: more detail.

There is a slew of characters that can dependably land any sort of skill test they desire, often via judicious skill use and test manipulation like Lucky! or Live and Learn. For them landing a Brute Force is child's play, even from a startpoint of just 1 or 2 base . Its even easier for the characters starting at 3 or 4.

Silas Marsh particularly can thread the needle and land 3 damage on every Brute Force he plays.

Static buffs, skill cards or Cornered will greatly help land the bonus damage too. Also give extra consideration to it in latter campaigns, where 3 health foes are more commonplace.

Brute Force can be a brilliant backup or addition to a deck that fights with 2 damage weapons (most 1 hand weapons), if you cant find a weapon the punch can tide you over and you can use it to nail an odd-health foe in less actions then a 2-damage weapon would. It can save a bullet and it costs no resources!