Hello all, I just bought the game and read the rules. I haven't played yet. I did have a couple of questions which the FAQ addresses (thanks, Eric!), but couldn't find the answer to one:
One of the options to lower the difficulty even below the starting assumptions is to skip the initial Explore step during setup. But as near as I can tell from a reading, wouldn't that mean the spirits win instantly? Without that, there are no invaders of any type on the island, and at fear level 1, that's the win condition. What am I missing?
Yeah, every board starts with a Town and a City - the Town is always in an Inland land and the City is always the middle of the three Coastal lands on each board - all four boards are laid out in such a way that there will always be two Explorers added per board in the initial setup.