Theoretically, when you add more players doesn't this just make the game more challenging? Certainly you add more powers and different skills, and are then able to handle more situations but doesn't this bonus get undercut by the blessing deck? For example my girlfriend and I started by playing with just each the two of us and our two characters. So 30 cards in the blessing deck and 40 cards to search through for the villain. Then we added another player with another character. Three characters with 5 locations, 50 cards to search through and still only 30 blessings. So on and so forth.. shouldn't the blessing deck somehow reflect the number of characters being played? Let me know what you think and if this is indeed balanced. Thanks everyone.
When you have more characters, at any given moment one or more characters will likely have a blessing they can give; and you can really pour blessings onto the big checks. (Even though it's true that with more characters you'll spend some blessings to explore.)
Also, with more characters, you are more likely to have one with just the right skills to close a particular location.
The game is challenging with six characters, but not overly so. One group of six I played in removed blessings from the blessing deck because we felt we needed more of a challenge.
Theoretically, when you add more players doesn't this just make the game more challenging? Certainly you add more powers and different skills, and are then able to handle more situations but doesn't this bonus get undercut by the blessing deck? For example my girlfriend and I started by playing with just each the two of us and our two characters. So 30 cards in the blessing deck and 40 cards to search through for the villain. Then we added another player with another character. Three characters with 5 locations, 50 cards to search through and still only 30 blessings. So on and so forth.. shouldn't the blessing deck somehow reflect the number of characters being played? Let me know what you think and if this is indeed balanced. Thanks everyone.
The short answer is know, because you are considering the blessing timer as your only resource.
Look at it this way. In a one player game you have to potentially survive for 30 turns. For many characters that requires an extremely conservative play style. In a four player game you only need to survive eight turns. You can afford to burn cards much more aggressively. You also have a ton more powers at your disposal. You will have substantial more bonuses on most cards and can generate more explores a turn.
I won't say that player number doesn't effect difficulty, but most players report that 3-4 players games are actually easier than games with 1-2 or 5-6 players.
It's funny how it worked out but you don't need to adjust the Blessings deck when you add characters. You need to adjust how you play. With 5 and 6 players you tend to not hold back and use a lot of cards each turn - you maybe have only five turns! It is more of a challenge probably but a lot of it is getting characters to work together and be in the right place at the right time.
