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Cthulhu wins.

There, I said it. Are you happy, Great Old Ones? Are yah?

But I suppose I should start at the beginning. Essner was all like “We haven’t played Arkham in forever!” and I was all like “How about Wednesday?” and everyone was all like “That seems like an okay day to play!” So we played.

I ended up playing Mark Harrigan, the soldier. Normally, anyone who starts with a Flamethrower is going to be an asset in combat, but with Cthulhu as the great old one, Mark was really way too fragile with his 2 Sanity. Of all things, I ended up being the main sealer of gates. I got two, and almost had the last gate needed before Cthulhu was summoned to the table. It was kind of frustrating like that.
Everyone did a pretty good job holding their own, though. Spaeth was not completely useless, though he was probably the most! But no, he sealed a gate and did some stuff, no worries. Essner, strangely, barely got into any combat at all, and mostly ran around and sealed things as well, though he stalled on a gate at the Black Cave for like, 4 turns.
Jonathan, though… he got a Healing stone, took a beating, but kept on going and going. He got a madness and an injury, and still managed to kill over ten monsters and close (though not seal) at least 3 gates. He was a monster. Darrell Simmons had never done so much, let me tell you.

The weirdest thing, though, was Cthulhu’s stronghold at Miskatonic U. At one point, the Miskatonic U streets had 6 monsters on it. They just kept constantly piling up. It was a bit ridiculous. It took most of the game to clear them out and get to the gate at the Science Building which had been open the whole time.

In the end, however, we just couldn’t keep the damage up against Cthulhu’s healing ability, even with my Grapple skill. Me blowing 5 clue tokens without a success didn’t really help, either. So, you know, as I said, the world’s destroyed. Yay.

What’s more important, though, was a very significant loss. Molly got into the game box, which Jonathan was leaving on the floor for no reason, and managed to destroy several game pieces, most notably the piece for everyone’s favorite researcher with a nice rack, Mandy Thompson. It was a sad night. We will persevere, though. Somehow, we will continue to fight the forces of darkness.

Somehow.