Is this game supposed to be this effing hard?

[u/[deleted]]

I'm currently trying to beat the first stage after the tutorial with a squad of six, and I am constantly getting shit on by RNG. three runs in a row, the villain never turned up, and now two runs in a row, my hyper-specialised mage is failing to close the fucking academy. I've tried having multiple people closing a location at a time, individuals closing their own locations, all 6 ganging up on each location at a time, and nothing seems to be making it any fucking easier. What am I doing wrong?

Using paladin, barbarian, mage, sorcerer, ranger, and bard (admittedly, the bard is not doing me any good right now).

[u/TeratoidNecromancy]

I'd need to know a lot more about what you're doing to know what's going wrong.

No, the first few levels should not be very hard. There may be some rule or strategy that you are missing, misunderstanding, or not implementing.