Is Geralt supposed to be ridiculously over powered?

[Pothocket]

This isn't really a 4 player game. More like 3 player, and an extra character that first time players can use to make it fair.

Every aspect of this character has advantages that others don't. Take 'Brew', for example. Other characters need to choose specific developments in order to improve their unique action. Like Triss needs a special card in order to put two tokens down from preparing a spell instead of just one. Geralt does not. Every time he chooses a potion development his Brew action automatically improves because he gets yet another token at no cost. Meanwhile Triss is stuck with only one token per a Prepare action until she gets that specific development.

Of course the biggest advantage Geralt has is in combat. His Witcher Sign developments alone make it pretty easy to ace most of the monsters in the game without spending any resources. Even a relatively low developed Witcher can tear through silver enemies and collect those 2VPs very easily. And it's a free action fighting monsters too! He can pick up VPs without even trying turn after turn while focusing his actions on collecting leads.

This is a numbers game and, as far as I can tell, Geralt has every advantage over the other characters when it comes to spending resources and gaining leads.

[Necrius]

1) It's frikkin' Geralt, of course he's supposed to be OP.
2) I find Dandelion OPer.

[Indrid]

Remember that Geralt's potions start with no tokens whereas Triss' spells do.

But yes, he is very strong in combat. Triss though has a spell to ignore all Obstacles and another to remove all Fate tokens from her character card, which I found incredibly powerful and allowed her to beat Geralt. Geralt tends to have loads of Foul Fate to contend with on his actions and canot avoid those obstacles.

Not tried the other two characters yet.

[Gomer]

I actually find Yarpen to be the most versatile character. He's got a 5 to 1 conversion rate for all colors, can farm gold, move mosters and foul fate tokens to adjacent regions, can convert leads to any color, and has a multitude of development cards that boost his combat, wound, and vp management.

[xTheMrGeorge]

Geralt does seem overpowered at first because he can kill bronze and silver monster early game.

I too find Dandelion and Yarpen to be more capable when they are in the same regions as either Geralt or Triss since they can manipulate the map.

Geralt and Triss are basically the monster killers , while Dandelion and Yarpen are the manipulators. After fully developing any character , nothing can really stand in any character's way.

You can however, take any character and rush to win by completing the quests as fast as possible by traveling.

[Whispers of Winter]

I always play Triss and she can keep up with Geralt easily :)

[Geraltjim]

when you know how to play every character you can find that destroy bronze, silver and gold monsters are easily. If you notice each opinion in this thread has their own opinion about who think is more powerful. Right now I don't think we can see who is the OP in the Game sincerely.

[toksik66]

he is a witcher......

[Artemis]

Geralt is only OP in a 1 quest game. In a 3 or 5 he gets left in the dust once everyone is able to kill any monster they encounter.

[Pothocket]

And Geralt can finish the game before the others gain that momentum. Let's compare notes because just the other day I ended a game on turn 18 with 38 points. How well can the other characters do in that same time frame?

[Physicaque]

I tried playing 5 quest game with a single character:

Triss: 94 VP in 47 turns
Geralt: 112 VP in 45 turns
Yarpen: 113VP in 44 turns
Dandelion: 97 VP in 51 turns.

Dandelion suffered in a single character game because he gets VP from other characters.

Balance seems mostly ok. Though I have to say that Geralt is the least annoying and the most straightforward character. You click brew and get charges on every potion, no need to select it manually. You can go to any region and battle monsters instead of avoiding them.

Yarpen is definitely the most irritating one. Commanding dwarfs gets annoying really quickly. Command--> select the character that charges equipment+1other--> place charges--> Dwarwen banner--> select the character that charges equipment again--> place charges.

[Physicaque]

Originally posted by ANCRON:

I thought this game would be somewhat simple. I don't understand any of it, which is sad, I wanted to have fun. :|

There is a Tutorial section in the main menu with videos.

[Pothocket]

Or just search the web for the rules...

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/TWAG/support/VA90_Learn-to-Play_ENG_web.pdf

[Physicaque]

Digital version performs rule checks automatically, it is much more comfortable than the board version.

Play an offline game with just one character (I recommend Geralt). Spend a few turns travelling+developing then start investigating.

[Twilight Demon]

geralt gets weighed down extreamly quickly once he starts taking damage and getting FF. triss and dandilion can shovel the FF off of them.

[Pothocket]

If you're taking damage as Geralt than you're doing it wrong.