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It takes the best bits of Arkham Horror 2nd edition and combines it with some of the mechanics from the card game. The storytelling is fantastic and it plays it a lot quicker than 2nd edition. Love it and can't wait for the inevitable expansions!
An interesting update of the classic table-eating game, the third edition is more focused, and more narrative driven than the previous version game. It comes with four scenarios, and 12 investigators (so there's plenty of replayability in combinations), and the scenario determines both the narrative (as is traditional, the game recommends starting with Azathoth, who bring wibbly-wobbly sanity sapping events), and the monsters which are like to appear (mostly cultists). The end of turn mechanism involves drawing event tokens from a bag, and only returning the tokens when the bag empties: this ensures that all the events will happen, both beneficial and terrible; it's just a question of in what order.
The narrative will make it easier with new players (as there are obvious things to do, rather than relying on experienced players to have a feel for efficient starting options), and considerably shorter playing time (3 hours or so). It'll be getting more table time than the bloated 2nd edition does (although 2nd edition will still come out for those special occasions).
The box includes a getting starting guide, so it's possible to start playing immediately after organising the components, without having to read the entire rule book (admittedly, we lost the first game, but it was playable. Replaying it added deliberation and understanding from our side, so we won the second time).
Obviously, FFG's production line will start churning out expansions by the truck load.
Collections: Board Games, Cooperative Games, Horror Games, Strategy Games
Type: Strategy Games
Category: Adventure Games, Cooperative Game, Fighting, Horror, Novel-based
The year is 1926, and it is the height of the Roaring Twenties. Flappers dance till dawn in smoke-filled speakeasies, drinking alcohol supplied by rum runners and the mob. It’s a celebration to end all celebrations in the aftermath of the War to End All Wars.
Yet a dark shadow grows in the city of Arkham. Alien entities known as Ancient Ones lurk in the emptiness beyond space and time, writhing at the thresholds between worlds. Occult rituals must be stopped and alien creatures destroyed before the Ancient Ones make our world their ruined dominion.
Only a handful of investigators stand against the Arkham Horror. Will they prevail?
Arkham Horror (Third Edition) is a cooperative board game for one to six players who take on the roles of investigators trying to rid the world of eldritch beings known as Ancient Ones. Based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, players will have to gather clues, defeat terrifying monsters, and find tools and allies if they are to stand any chance of defeating the creatures that dwell just beyond the veil of our reality.
The game is split into a series of rounds made up of four phases.
The Action Phase sees your investigators fighting back against the dark power of the mythos. During this phase, each investigator can perform two different actions.
It takes the best bits of Arkham Horror 2nd edition and combines it with some of the mechanics from the card game. The storytelling is fantastic and it plays it a lot quicker than 2nd edition. Love it and can't wait for the inevitable expansions!
An interesting update of the classic table-eating game, the third edition is more focused, and more narrative driven than the previous version game. It comes with four scenarios, and 12 investigators (so there's plenty of replayability in combinations), and the scenario determines both the narrative (as is traditional, the game recommends starting with Azathoth, who bring wibbly-wobbly sanity sapping events), and the monsters which are like to appear (mostly cultists). The end of turn mechanism involves drawing event tokens from a bag, and only returning the tokens when the bag empties: this ensures that all the events will happen, both beneficial and terrible; it's just a question of in what order.
The narrative will make it easier with new players (as there are obvious things to do, rather than relying on experienced players to have a feel for efficient starting options), and considerably shorter playing time (3 hours or so). It'll be getting more table time than the bloated 2nd edition does (although 2nd edition will still come out for those special occasions).
The box includes a getting starting guide, so it's possible to start playing immediately after organising the components, without having to read the entire rule book (admittedly, we lost the first game, but it was playable. Replaying it added deliberation and understanding from our side, so we won the second time).
Obviously, FFG's production line will start churning out expansions by the truck load.
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