Adaygrit

If you don’t want to mark up your cards as you level up your characters from game to game, Paizo provides free printable character sheets on their website that you can use instead.

They’re free, but you need to “purchase” them through the cart on their website to get them. They’re available at:
http://paizo.com/products/btpy914x

Legendary is a great game, even when playing solo. However, I’ve found that games with one player (and even two) seem unbalanced in the heroes’ favor, because the player are able to obtain powerful cards at a quicker pace than the villains. After 7-10 turns, the heroes reach a critical mass where you’re unstoppable.

To offset this, we’ve experimented with the following house rules to slow down the heroes’ “power creep” for games with one or two players.

1. Scheme Twists
When a Scheme Twist is played, all players also receive one Wound, in addition to its regular results.

2. Master Strike
When a Master Strike is played, in addition to its regular results, all players also receive Wounds equal to the number of Master Strikes that have been played. (Example: One Wound each for the first Master Strike, two Wounds each for the second Master Strike, and so on.)

3. Mastermind Strength
Masterminds require four successful fights to beat as usual. However, their strength is increased by +2 each time. For example, the Red Skull’s power starts at seven. Therefore, seven power would be necessary to fight him the first time, then nine, then eleven, and thirteen for the final battle.

These additions have made the game much more challenging when playing solo. I hope they can help add an interesting twist for other players as well!

I’ll admit it: I’m a bit of a “components snob”. While the paper coins in Libertalia are actually quite nice, in our gaming group we had everyone contribute a few of the Sacajawea dollar coins, which we use instead.

Those coins are gold, metal, and a bit thicker than quarters. They make a very satisfying “clink” when adding more doubloons to your stash; which the paper coins just can’t match. Better yet, if you can get them in your change, then you’re not technically paying anything extra for them.

So, if you can squirrel away enough Sacajawea dollars in your piggy bank to use in a game of Libertalia, I recommend it. It adds another layer of quality to the great components and art already in this game.

When playing a two-player game, we remove the following cards from the deck of powerups, since in a two-player game their effects will essentially never go off:

Eater of the Dead
(Gain stars when another monster is eliminated.)

Nova Breath
(Your attacks damage all other monsters.)