Scenario spoilers ahead.

I just ran this scenario with a Mandy/Tony combo, and it ended up being a joke. I feel like I must have done something wrong, but this scenario seems to lack the teeth one usually expects from the final scenario in a campaign.

The first part of the scenario is a fairly straightforward "grab the clues, get to the end" - nothing worth writing about except that interestingly enough, you are not punished for leaving doom on locations. I would have expected it to maybe move to the agenda.

I really like the main scenario gimmick that pops up in the second agenda. I think it's really well designed, flavorful, and interesting. However, those legs are pretty darn weak when the act lets you spend 1 clue for half of their life (with two people). Add to that the fact that they can't AOO, and their fight averages around 3 or so, and they're more of a meat cushion than a challenge. Mandy and Tony were able to split the legs evenly, with Mandy gobbling up clues like a high level seeker does and Tony using his many actions and guns to fill the legs with lead. Side note - "The Spinner in Darkness" is totally meaningless here. Maybe leftover copies should transfer to Atlach-Natcha in the final act?

Atlach-Natcha itself in the final act is where things are supposed to get real, except that our investigators had a dearth of clues, so two clues plus a pistol shot is all it took to down an Ancient One. Definitely a hollow victory.

Maybe we just got really lucky with the Atlach-Natcha spins and the locations that were arranged in Act 2? Either way, lots of potential here, but definitely not what I would expect from a final scenario.

Four years on and Synisill's review is still all relevant in almost all cases, but there are two new investigators that can squeeze a little extra use out of poor, poor Aquinnah.

It takes some luck or surgical card draw, but Aquinnah can turn off Patrice Hathaway's signature weakness. The Watcher from Another Dimension is an enemy that attacks you, it just does it from your hand; thus, she can reflect the 3 damage onto an enemy at your location. The significant caveat is that you'd have to save up the whopping 5 resources and have it available during the window when she flies through your hand to play her. You'd also likely need some form of deck manipulation to make sure your deck runs out only when there's an enemy at your location, or else the reflect fails and you still take the hit. Her expensive upgrade makes her $1 cheaper, but her upgraded ability is a bit wasted because you can't reflect it back at the Watcher itself. You may fight or evade the Watcher as though it were at your location, but it's not actually at your location for other effects, such as Aquinnah's ; it's still considered to be in your hand.

More relevant is new kid on the block Daniela Reyes, whose entire schtick is goading enemy attacks. She synergizes with Counterpunch, Toe to Toe, Fend Off and the Bangle of Jinxes. Useful for dealing with enemies you don't want to engage, like the Innsmouth spoiler or Innsmouth spoiler, or enemies that are just plain annoying like everyone's favorite bird. Of course, she's still $5 and still competes for a slot against the perennially useful Peter Sylvestre, but there's always Charisma and Calling in Favors.

Could I use the bold printed "Fight." on "Get over here!" to trigger fight action on for example a weapon asset in play (Machete) I assume not. Just a question that came up in a latest round. ..................

I can maybe... maybe... see this card in a heavy-soak deck. (Non-Ally soak, to be more precise.) The problem is, it costs one card and a resource to play, so it's really only cost-efficient if you're taking three damage/horror at a time, something that most players try to avoid. Well, if money isn't an issue, you get a net benefit at 2 damage/horror, but nonetheless, it's hard to justify taking. It would be a good but niche card at 0 XP. I can't see it being worth 2 XP.

At level 0, Father Mateo now has access to Spectral Razor, which will put him up 6 to 2, which should be good on most campaigns on Standard, and will do the 3 damage necessary to take care of this on one action. And since you have a built-in way to deal with the Auto-Fail token, these snakes aren't so difficult to deal with.