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This card could only be the correct costume to take under the most favorable circumstances, like if players were allowed to the 3 starting cards beforehand.

As it stands now, the clown is literally cheeks. Frustrating when you get unlucky picking between clown and cheer costume. The cheer card isn't great but it's especially bad when someone else has ghost. Like I'm saddled with a trash costume for the entirety of the game because I got unlucky to start. I get that luck is part of the game, but this is creating a bad experience for players. It's like being stuck with a permanent bad roll.

So this thread has been up for a while and no one has replied which likely means that no one has an argument against removing the clown card.

No one has an argument for removing the clown card because it is so clearly bad. It is a permanent, random, and stupid disadvantage before the game even starts.

Hello? How could the game designer have missed the fact that not only is it imbalanced and bad, it was pointed out by others that clown is even worse when opponents can change your roll. The Witch, which is in the same expansion, completely negates the clown. How in the world does someone miss this playtesting?? Such a terrible game design.

No one answered because it's not the publisher's forum.
In BGA, we just adapt the physical version, so if it's badly designed, it will be the same in the BGA adaptation.
I don't think the Halloween expansion was designed as a competitive expansion, it's just for fun. But BGA Gurus decided it should make its way to the Arena mode.

ZenVee wrote: ↑08 September 2023, 10:19Hello? How could the game designer have missed the fact that not only is it imbalanced and bad, it was pointed out by others that clown is even worse when opponents can change your roll. The Witch, which is in the same expansion, completely negates the clown.

Have a look at these bug reports:
https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=53082
https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=57635

Clown's power should come into effect before Witch's power. Then Clown would not be so imbalanced.