It's a combination of my own lack of skill, the awkward clunky controls, and the fact that the only other person I ever see playing Verminion is my boyfriend. And he's quite good at it, compared to me. He also has a few minions that I don't have, like the Lesser Panda, that help him even more. (I am very unlucky getting minions from dungeons and refuse to pay inflated market board prices for them.)