2nd Scenario Completed!

Isnt an ally chosen at random when you buy them?

No, Allies are chosen when "buying" them at Ma's. And Mandy helps make friends.

Yeah, you can select characters at Ma's (read the text on the board). Hrm... As for getting Legrasse in this scenario, just make sure you have Mandy for a reroll ;') or plenty of clue tokens with the guy getting Legrasse, or both ;'D

If you're not playing competitively, I wouldn't go back and replay the scenario, why waste several hours? Unless you really want to :') but you should still change your decks to normal for the rest of the games.

oh yes i fully intend to toss those old cards right tin the trash first chance I get.

We have always played random draw of allies, Isnt there an encounter that says you can choose any ally you want? This is probably why we always assumed it was random otherwise. I dont believe the Ma's Text makes it clear one way or another, maybe it does though. I will have a look at it this weekend also.

So this begs the question then for Leo: Does he get to choose any ally he wants to start with? or is this random? Geez, now Im all confuzzed!!

Only allies bought in the boarding house can be chosen - in other instances it's still either random or a specific ally, as stated on the card (Leo's Ally is a random possession).

Great. Thank you everyone for the clarifications. This game has alot of rules to figure out on your own and its great that we have this resource to be able to get rulings on things you either miss or dont understand.

::laughter:: I've been playing this game for two years and I still learn rules nuances ;') and sometimes more than nuances. It is my entirely unprofessional opinion that the manuals could have been written better.

the manuals could have been written better.

QFT.

::laughter:: Yeah, well... I actually moderated my opinion of the manual because, after all, I do enjoy this game very much and on the off chance that a game designer pops into this thread I'd rather not be terribly insulting ;') I will say that it's somewhat problematic that one can spend days reading a fairly small instruction manual and still have rules problems years afterwards. It's madness! Sheer madness! Lovecraft would approve ;'D

I've been playing for a couple of years casually at a friend's house. After reading the maual in my shinny new set, I'm having to teach my friend a bunch of the rules, and he's a smart guy and has read the rules several times.