Erik

When my wife and I play by ourselves, we both play two characters, keeping separate inventories. Then when the haunt is revealed, the other player takes control of the third good guy.

The way the box is designed, it’s super easy for all the cards to fall out of their slots. Make sure you’ve got 20 cards per faction before you start to play; I’ve lost games on a couple of occasions because some of my Ghost cards are mixed in with the Enchanter deck

It seems kind of odd that monsters would wander willy-nilly into a neighborhood of suspicious townies.

So: A) monsters can come into play in patrolled streets (assume they hide in a basement or something).

B) Human-seeming monsters — cultists, witches, The Black Man, Shadowy Figure, Wizard Whately (any more I may have missed? I’m going off the AH Wiki) can end a move in a patrolled street.
B1) Maniacs can enter, but their odd behavior gets them committed to the asylum if they end movement in a patrolled street; return to cup.
B2) Riots either don’t enter, enter but decide to think better of their behavior and are removed, or chase off the patrol and bump up the terror level by 1.

C) Fast monsters can move through a patrolled street, but not end movement there.
C1) All other monsters do not move into patrolled streets

Let’s admit it, a nun fighting eldritch abominations is just cool. And her “never Lost in Time and Space” ability is pretty handy. But her stats are a little on the weak side. So assume she has the Elder God(s)’ favor and have her skip the upkeep rolls and ignore Curse results.

It gives her more incentive to head to the Other Worlds (and use her ability) to shut down gates, or find her a Dread Curse of Azathoth and have her keep the streets clear of physically resistant/immune monsters.

On the first few run throughs of CotDP, the lose a Sanity each time a Unique Item is gained was a real killer. So to get a feel for how the expansion plays without spending every other turn in Arkham Asylum, you can A) not take the Sanity loss from your initial items, B) roll for a Will or Lore check to see if you lose the point, or C) make the loss against a straight up success/failure roll.

It’s very easy to win if you use that role in a two-player game since ambulances are always where they need to be. What makes it even easier, is being able to put out oodles of fires and smokes with 2 AP points. With more players, and more fire advances before the truck puts them out it might be more fun.

Loses a train.

In two-player games the odds of your opponent having a treasure are just to low, and they go down even farther if you’re playing with Lighthouse. Buy a silver and take the guaranteed 2 coins each time it comes up.

Plus, in the early game you’re doing them a favor by clearing out a copper if you do get a hit.

Each player takes two colors and starts with four villages and four roads. Resources pile up in hurry, so play to 15 points.