In-Depth Deck-Building: Fighter Silas Marsh | ARKHAM HORROR: THE CARD GAME 

These deckbuilding-videos are one of the best, because I really get a good clue of what you are doing and especially why! 😊

Played Hatchet Silas through Hemlock Vale and it was chef’s kiss. Silas attacking at base 8 with it made it a perfect target for quick thinking commits.

Hemlock Vale was insane for boosting fighter Silas. Long Shot and Strong Armed add what he was otherwise missing, extra damage from skill cards, and Strong Armed does it while also providing protection from the tentacle for your "commit entire hand" attacks at a cheaper XP cost than Eucatastrophe (but without the elder sign bonus). Also, Drawing Thin for economy. Because +4 difficulty doesn't matter on a harpoon attack when you are committing your entire hand of skills, and the money you make will pay for replaying your harpoon after you return it to your hand, allowing you to get multiple attacks with all those skills per turn.

PlayingBoardGames could become a [Silas Only] channel and I wouldn’t miss an episode.

Awesome deck idea and series. More, please!

That Rotting Remains scale is interesting and can probably something that can be discussed more in-depth for this series. Like in terms of defensive stats, failing foot tests usually mean physical damage and failing willpower tests are mentai damage. How many cards to you invest in defending against these tests? For someone like Silas, who leverages skills and has a slightly lower than average brain stat, we probably just need some teddy bears and go hard on wildcard skills. But how about 1 brain rogues? Like at what point do we try and go to win the test vs giving up and eating damage to the face. If its the latter, how much soak do we need to invest in? I've definitely ran into the problem a few times where I couldn't decide if I should go for a Guts or go for a soak.

Why is brute force good in general? Not in Silas, in general? If you have 4 fist, like Yorick, or Tommy. You fight for 7, but you need to succeed by 2. If you use a simple weapon with +1, like machete, or fire extinguisher, you get to 5 fist, but you don't need to succeed by two.

Love this series! I was thinking of going with Silas on my blind run of Forgotten Age (4 player)… What’s your view on Dark Horse in him?

First time Silas player running through hemlock for the second time. Kinda scared to not run Big Man on Campus for the horror soak... I guess once you have hunting jackets you're OK?

Me starting this video knowing damn well i will cry for not having dream eaters and Hemlock