Chances are you already know your own answer to this question, but for the sake of the format of these reviews, Ill answer the question: Play it only if youre already an established fan of the physical Pokmon Trading Card Game or the previous digital iteration, Pokmon Trading Card Game Online
Purposely Overpowered: All Barkham Investigators have insanely strong abilities and signature cards, balanced out by the fact players are only allowed to use them in this standalone Self-Parody: Each Investigator is more or less a satirical take of the role of each class, with overpowered abilities and signature cards and extremely narrow deckbuilding options that makes them good at only one specific task: Bark Barrigan the Guardian is an insane killing machine that can wield an absurd amount of weapons at once and tear apart any enemy with his BFG, Kate Winthpup is a non-combatant Seeker who can trivialise any skill check with her ability to sniff and has never to worry about enemies thanks to her signature instantly stunning them, "Skids" O'Drool is a Rogue with ludicrous mobility who can go run circle around the entire map without even worrying about enemies engaging him and can even deal damage to them by just running into them, Jacqueline Canine is a Mystic with supreme control on her deck through her ability to "burry" unwanted cards and Duke is a Survivor who is extremely hard to put down in spite of his low Health and Sanity thanks to Pete continiously healing him with treats
Let you stop worrying and focus on the game: Playing board games is fun
If you're looking for something with more utility, Number 23: Lancelot, Dark Knight of the Underworld can negate spells, traps, monster effects, and can even attack directly
He still looks kinda smug in that portrait
With 160 HP and a slimmer cost of three Steel Energy to start smacking away at your opponent, it can make dealing Steel damage just a bit faster
