Tuesday 16 January 2024

Hemlock Vale Spoiler Season - Part 2


Spoiler season for Hemlock Vale has now come to an end, and we're now waiting for stores to confirm when they'll get their stock in of the new expansion. We've seen a whole host of new cards, including all five new Investigators, and I'm sure everyone out there has decks they're going to be looking to build and try out once the release has happened. There will, of course, still be surprises to come, as not every card has been spoiled before the set has arrived - which is a good thing, as who wants there to be nothing to look forward to when you buy the new box?

Before we look at the new cards, a couple of the questions I had regarding cards in part 1 have been resolved. While I haven't been provided with sources, it appears that Hand-Eye Coordination has been confirmed to only pay for a single action's cost if an ability - such as Sledgehammer - would use multiple actions to resolve something. That seems far more reasonable that making its major strike a completely free action. Also, adding Agility to Agility when using False Surrender on a Hatchet has been confirmed to work, which I'm sure is a relief for Rita.

I maintain that adding something to the FAQ to document these would be a good idea, but we'll see what does get covered in the next update.

Now we've gotten the admin out of the way, now to look at the remaining cards from Hemlock Vale's spoiler season and see what we think...

Tuesday 2 January 2024

Hemlock Vale Spoiler Season - Part 1

We're halfway through that time of year again - it is the spoiler season for the upcoming Hemlock Vale Investigator Expansion. As we're about halfway through the announced spoilers for this expansion, I figured I'd take a look at what's been shown so far through channels outside of Fantasy Flight Games' own site, and offer some thoughts on what we know so far.

So, let's take a look at what's been shown, class by class, and see where it takes us...