My husband and I just finished Approach to Thistletop, and it was probably the most exciting game we played yet. We defeated Gogmort on the very last card in the blessings deck!
We played Ezren, Valeros, Kyra and Merisiel. Here are a few high points:
1) The scenario mechanism of buffing all goblins made it much more challenging
2) We would have lost without Kyra's use if the Holy Candle - gave us 4 more turns
3) Having to defeat the Bandit on every turn at the Guard Tower really zapped our resources
4) The final encounter with Gogmort was in the Goblin Fortress after we turned over our final blessing. We rolled a 3 on the d4, plus the 2 for location made the final checks to defeat a 15 and a 17! Merisiel handled the first with her Deathbane Crossbow +1 and Ezren took the second with Lightning Touch (both buffed by blessings) The last die rolls were very stressful, but we were victorious
I had hoped the PACG would have the feel if the RPG. Today it sure did! We felt on top of the world. Now on to Thistletop Delve!
Good to hear. I think the PFACG does a great job of being something like a rules-lite GM-less RPG.