Roland Banks - Structure Deck Series ( Core Set )

Roland has only gotten more and more interesting over time as the Seeker card pool has grown. In my opinion, he is so much more interesting to play than Mark or Zoey, who are both rather one-dimensional.

@bricklebrite That's True! And on my Dunwich build, I tend more to seeker side :)

Nowadays, in campaign mode I would suggest to play Roland with The Dirge of Reason weakness arkhamdb.com , which is much more manageable.

@yepesnopes New players don't own the books (even myself as an old player) so I will stick with the theme of my series :). Keep in mind that in multiplayer games your fellow investigators can contribute their clues so Cover Up becomes more manageable as a weakness. Thank you for reminding me this because I forgot to mention it above :)

I'm really looking forward to the structure deck version of the investigators for the other cycles (Dunwich, Carcosa, etc).

@MorbidSM I'm glad you like it! I hope you will like the next one too :)

Great deck :) Why the double knife though? Is the 1 card + 1 action + 1 resource better than automatic with 4 bullets?

@finalattack hello my friend! I use 2x knives to deal with low health monsters (rats, ghouls). Automatic while you're ensured to deal +1 dmg at the same time is expensive (4) to play and it will slow you down for 1 round. For example, Opening hand: Knife/ Machete / Roland 38 can be played with a Flashlight and you have 1 action left to investigate. Automatic on the other hand you play it and you waste 1 action to gain a resource and then play your Flashlight = end of your round. It becomes even more difficult in midgame where you 're in high shroud locations and you need your resources for your events rather than playing your assets. That doesn't mean that Automatic isn't a good asset but still its an expensive level 0 weapon :)

Bud, this is exactly what im looking for, thanks!

Thank you so much for these decks @Uncle George the Farmer, I started a game with some friends yesterday and we REALLY enjoyed it. I'm using this deck and have 8 exp to upgrade and, as much as I'd like the shotgut, the Enyclopedia route sounds the better choice. As I'm new to the game I'm really not sure how best to approach these upgrades, would you trash the same cards as your shotgun route (e.g. 2 x Physical Training & 1 x .45) and then buy 2 Encyclopedia and 1 Elder Sign Amulet or would you just go for 1 of each and then look to upgrade the dogs further down the line?

And, without wanting to spoil things, I am the Lead Investigator so can choose to carry an ally across into the next scenario. Would you suggest doing that or would I be better served keeping my dog/guard allies?

@charlie4727 I'm glad you liked it!

@Killian This is a great game and its nice to have friends to play with! If you were playing solo I would suggest swapping Evidence since you find more locations with 1 clue on them. But you're playing multiplayer/more enemies and clues per investigator so keep it for autoclue. Guard dog for Beat Cop for sure. If you have another character like Daisy do the investigation actions Flashlight is your choice here. You can remove 1x Physical Training for the Elder sign Amulet. If your partner is not Daisy go for the Knife.

The resolution of Gathering says you may add that asset on your deck as the Lead Investigator. It doesn't count on your deck size if that is your question about your other allies so don't worry. This asset is great for Roland so enjoy it! :)

That's great thank you @Uncle George the Farmer. And yeah, my allies are Daisy and Agnes. So are you suggesting I trash 1 x Physical Training for the Elder Sign Amulet but what about Encyclopedia? I have 8 xp to use so I could upgrade the dogs now and skip Encyclopedia entirely but then I never actually played the .45 in the first round (I just ran rampant with a machete) so may trash that still for 1 Encyclopedia. How does that sound?

@Killian If you feel you need more the Elder sign now than Encyclopedia I'd say go for it since Daisy can go 1st for that encyclopedia upgrade. The Upgrade Beat Cop is great in the 2nd scenario. Keep the .45 for the last scenario cause you want a guaranteed +1 damage on some high health monsters and if there are two monsters engaged with you Machete won't be effective.

I hope i helped :)

You most definitely have @Uncle George the Farmer. Thank you both for your time and for putting these decks together for us beginners to the game.

Might be worth noting that this deck requires 2 cores, which many beginners may not have or want to invest in immediately. It's definitely possible to build a strong Roland deck from just the single core you start with, but you'd have more Seeker cards to offset some of the single Guardian.

Proxied this deck and the Wendy deck and has a blast playing the core set campaign which now feels much more balanced on standard mode. Thanks again! I only play at home so I proxied the cards with my inkjet copier, cut em out and stuck them to some old magic cards. A good option in Spain right now as we cant move or source another copy.

@Time4Tiddy True!

@charlie4727 That's a cool trick! Yeah, these decks are standard mode friendly for most newcomers to learn and play with.

Very nice indeed. I was wondering, when you say get the Encyclopedia and Elder Sign Amulet, you didn't say what to remove to get them. Any suggestions?

@Oddysee It's true, thank you for mentioning that. It was my first investigator overview and I wrote it fast and clumsy haha. I think i got better in details to the others :) I swap 2x knifes for encyclopedia and 1x physical training for the Amulet. :)

@Uncle George the Farmer Thank you so much for this! I'm playing through the campaign and I am using your decks for Roland and Daisy. Excellent work. Can't wait to see more.

@kev971 I 'm happy that you liked it :)

@Uncle George the Farmer Thank you for your articles. My question is: as you said in one comment," If you have another character like Daisy do the investigation actions Flashlight is your choice here. You can remove 1x Physical Training for the Elder sign Amulet. If your partner is not Daisy go for the Knife. " In my opinion, If my partner is Daisy, Roland should focus on fighting（to protect the lady）. So I need take the knife. But you chose the opposite way and bring a Flashlight with him（which is Daisy's mojor）.Why?

@Uncle George the Farmer

@Shen.CJ hello my friend! hmm I think you 're referring to killian's comment. I said if you have a Daisy partner then the card i swap for Encyclopedia is Flashlight. And I say that if your partner is not Daisy go for the knife(meaning swap knife for encyclopedia). Perhaps I should put a ( , ) over there to be more clear. If there's something else pls tag me again to explain it and forgive me because english is not my foreign language :)

Really appreciate these decks and the way you are moving through the campaign. I have just two core boxes right now and this is just what I was looking for

@artyzipp I 'm happy that you liked it! Have joyful gameplay!

Thanks a lot for this deck and strategy, your structure series really helps me learn the game and its subtilities! The description states that only 1 core set (i.e. 1 pack required) is needed for this deck though, but there are several cards that are unique in the core (e.g. Machete, guard dog, etc), am I misunderstanding something?

Indeed you need 2core sets

Very helpful for my beginning in the game. Thank you so much!

I'm very late, but all of your decks are incredible for not-quite-beginners, thank you so much for these they sort of saved this game for me.

нож? серьезно? как вообще с этим оружием играть

дедукция и предчувствие были взяты как я понял просто ради пона чтобы хоть какието желтые карты были, но они ему явно не идут, лучше бы хил разума взял

Hi @Uncle George the Farmer Thank you so much for the decks, been very helpful. My partner and I have just gotten in the game, We have 2 core sets and atm we are running Roland & Daisy, They both have deduction and Working a Hunch x2. How should I navigate around this as only one of them can get those sets of cards

machete cant be taken at begining, high payment cards, its fail

@Uncle George the Farmer thank you so much for the effort you put in creating these decks and writing up how to play them. I just picked up this game recently, and I think I speak for several others with just the core set that these decklists are amazing. Thank you!