Arkham horror the card game in about 3 minutes

Arkham horror the card game in about 3 minutes

Designer,Nate French, MJ Newman
Artist,Christopher Hosch, Marcin Jakubowski, Ignacio Bazán Lazcano, Henning Ludvigsen + 3 more
Publisher,Fantasy Flight Games

3 minute board games theme Music by Vic Granell

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[MBG]

So yeah, Arkham Horror LCG. One of my favourite games and something a little bit different. A really rich and detailed experience. Now, we've only played the core and Dunwich campaigns. Any veterans want to share their favourite campaign and why, in a slightly non spoilery way?

[khyrodon]

Wonderful game, very atmospheric. Got it for my birthday, played solo during lockdown and loved it. Was hooked from the mystery of the first act, almost ran out of time during the second when I thought I’d visit the different areas instead of searching for the cult properly, and barely survived the boss at the end of the third act.
Got lucky and drew dynamite and then the shotgun. Eat that eldritch horror!
Think that’s why I enjoy this game so much: it tells a story with your actions as well as the narrative and choices you make.

[Xenu]

I enjoyed the core set scenarios but it was only when I played "Path to Carcosa" that I fell in love with the game. The inventive marriage of theme and mechanics and the extraordinarily suggestive storyline very much impressed me. I also preferred the classical, art-house horror vibe of Carcosa as opposed to the more campy take of other campaigns. But it's all very impressive.

[Majaiofdreams]

This sounds infinitely better than regular Arkham Horror on every level. I'm now very interested in it...

[darth-ludic-rous]

Very few games in my collection rated a 10/10. This is one of them. No game is perfect but this has been exceptionally fun for us. Glad you enjoy it, too.

[Ishtarru]

Who else loves reading flavor text in a spooky voice?

[derabkoemmling]

I just love it when I want to know more about a game and you have a 3 minute video on it!

[Halfdemon]

So I may have missed it in the review, but the most interesting part of the game in my opinion is building your decks from scratch. Rather than going in with the terrible starter decks, you spend time to decide what your investigator is going to be good at and how you will work as a team. The deck building sessions can even be their own game nights.

[justanerd]

I'm not much of a solo player but this one is good with someone else or on your own. Also... "go buy some stuff" made me laugh, best ad in a long time.

[hogger]

I own this game and yes the rules are complex. But it’s a great narrative game

[RobotShield]

Best thing imo is that losing feels good. You’re up against super powerful beings and it makes sense they’d wipe the floor with you. Thematically it works and just means a different end to the story

[hairydongle]

Your review gave me flash backs of the role playing game in the 80's...which was great. However, I do seem to remember numerous characters going mad from seeing things they should not have seen. Hope the 3 of you had a fab festive break despite everything you had going on.

[markusschmidt]

I disagree slightly, that the first time is always the best. True, the "blind run" always is somewhat special. But some campaigns get better appreciated on reruns. The Forgotten Age is particularly frustrating the first time around. Also, compared to other story driven games (most notoriously TIME Stories or any Exit Room game), this has tremendous replayable campaigns. The very different to build and play investigators are also a big factor, to keep well known scenarios fresh.

[lamossus]

nice review, but interaction at 2:36 seems incorrect (or maybe somewhat misleading). You can't decide to discard a knife after completing the check, you have to announce what action you take before resolving any of its effects

also a lot of people seem to place act and agenda decks like you do at 0:36, but if you place them the other way around they form a book, so I think the intended way is to place agenda on the left and act on the right. It doesn't effect anything really, just a small detail that a lot of people seem to miss

[Paul-ropy]

Great overview. Not for me, but do see the appeal for those interested in the genre.

[medoli]

"The closest a full role-playing game has come in card form and in a box."
The Storymaster's Tales says hello.

[joncardenas]

I want to start playing this game. Can you play the beginning campaign with investigators from later expansions? I would be interested in buying later expansions just to have access to more investigators from the start.

[Osstap]

Despite being story-driven game, we can't get in role, and were just using cards and resources. We've finished base campaign and got no desire playing more.
Thanks for review.

[qvogames]

Definitely a good game, and in my personal opinion, I actually prefer the card game over the board game. Probably my favorite "mytho theme" board game experience overall.

[nguyen]

Yay finally, I asked for this in your arkham horror 3rd more than 2 years ago.