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Arkham Horror
Madness and mayhem abound in this bestselling game of Lovecraftian horror
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'Curse of the Dark Pharaoh' not playing nicely with its bretheren.
by AMBusam
Published on 29 November 2008 - 08:31:51
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Reply #16 | Published on 04 December 2008 - 14:40:19

Tibs said:

Dam said:

 

"Cursed Relics" is pretty much the only card that really needs EI.

 

 

Don't forget everyone's favorite environment card, Clothing Drive!

Heh...  You know, the mummies do have +1 evadibility, it's actually pretty fun trying to dash through the streets while dodging them :'D

 

Also, re: exhibit sissification

::Shrug:: I don't think it would be *too* unfair to allow people to draw exhibit items on a roll of one instead of a unique item (when instructed to draw unique items outside of shopping scenarios).  That would make the exhibit deck slightly more used (and frankly, I'm annoyed how little it's seen these days with all expansions mixed together, so I'm considering adding this as a house rule) but still fairly rare and hence, not guaranteed salvation even against something like clothing drive or cursed relics.

Reply #17 | Published on 04 December 2008 - 21:20:54

I have never played with all of the expantions at once because those that I play with do not want to because they think it will take to long.  Could anyone inform me as to how long a game like this lasts?  Our usual is about 3 to four hours with four to eight players with one board expantion.

 

Reply #18 | Published on 05 December 2008 - 02:45:16

sertaff said:

I have never played with all of the expantions at once because those that I play with do not want to because they think it will take to long.  Could anyone inform me as to how long a game like this lasts?  Our usual is about 3 to four hours with four to eight players with one board expantion.

I'm not sure if it's possible to generalize the effect of mixing expansions on the time a game takes. I've had one game using four expansions that was over very fast because of an unlucky combination of mythos and encounter cards. After the first turn four gates were open and I didn't manage to close them fast enough to avoid awakening the AO because of too many open gates. Then I've had a game with just the basic set that seemed to drag on forever.

Using the King in Yellow herald can speed up gameplay if you opt to place the yellow signs on the doom track. But you'll not always want to do this. I think, if you're happy to let the game end with final combat, you can accelerate the game easier when using more expansions.

 

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Reply #19 | Published on 05 December 2008 - 06:33:41
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Give the Library the special ability: Warehouse Storage: Instead of having an encounter at the Library, you may choose to pay $4 to draw one Exhibit Item.

Lovecraft Country Horror: A COMPLETELY FREE "big box" expansion for Arkham Horror, exploring the minor locales of Lovecraft's fiction, including a new board, 16 Investigators plus their corresponding Personal Stories, 4 Ancient Ones plus their corresponding Sinister Plots, 10 Generic Plots, 16 Skills, 32 Common Items, 24 Unique Items, 10 Spells, 10 Cults, Guardians, Heralds & Institutions, 16 Music of Erich Zann cards, 76 Leads, 4 Allies, 32 Monsters, a selection of Miscellaneous Cards, 24 New Injuries / Madnesses, 84 Tokens, 54 Mythos Cards, 41 Outer World Encounters & 52 Location Encounters
 

Reply #20 | Published on 05 December 2008 - 08:31:51

sertaff said:

I have never played with all of the expantions at once because those that I play with do not want to because they think it will take to long.  Could anyone inform me as to how long a game like this lasts?  Our usual is about 3 to four hours with four to eight players with one board expantion.

 

As long as you keep up on maintaining the effects of all the boards (rifts, dunwich horror), it does not take much longer than the base game at all. A lot of the expansions serve to make the AO awaken faster, which would make the game shorter.

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