I played the secret scenario from TFA today for the first time and we won!!! The two other players had already played it, and while they didn’t spoil me, they knew how to set it up so that it wouldn’t be as tough. I can see how harrowing it would have been otherwise.
I also played Read or Die, the Daisy Walker challenge scenario and it’s neat! It reminds me of the solo scenarios for Gloomhaven. They have more of a puzzle feel than regular scenarios and it’s the same here. We went in blind and on the second round we felt like we were totally screwed, haha. Through some good luck, we were able to prevail! I love the parallel investigator idea, especially if it always comes with a challenge scenario like this!
I’m playing Shattered Aeons tomorrow (I’ve been playing in two parallel TFA campaigns) with two players who are playing through TFA for the first time, so I’m experiencing some vicarious excitement. I’m also continuing TDE A with Dark Side of the Moon. This has been the scenario that’s given me the most trouble in both full campaigns I’ve played. I think we have investigators better suited for it, though.