Arkham Horror, General Discussion, Game Results, Ect. |
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Arkham Horror, General Discussion, Game Results, Ect. |
 Dec 1 2009, 10:37 PM
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 Puppet Master Group: President Eternal of D-ARGH Posts: 830 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Geelong Member No.: 2  |
Well, we've all had a go at Arkham Horror and it's been quite fun, and I have no regret in purchasing it.
So let this be the thread in which we discuss the game and keep track of game results, starting from the first officially scored game played earlier today. Game #1 Players: Sage, Lortarg, Nikiwu, Emily. Ancient One: Shub-Niggurath Game Result: Victory by Gate Sealing (6 Elder seals on the game board) End Score: 9 Recap: We were insanely lucky to gain a large number of clue tokens, and an elder seal card at the start which allowed us to seal the first three gates very quickly. I guess this is counterbalanced by us drawing Shub-Niggurath which made the monsters incredibly tough. (Kinda hard to win when you need 4 successes with 3 dice!) But we won in the end, and it was quite fun. -------------------- - TheHeadSage
"It has been revealed to me by the secret chiefs of the world that I am sexier than Buddha and harder than Jesus. I cannot die." - Spider Jerusalem SagesTower.com | Wish? | Manifest |
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Dec 2 2009, 09:12 AM
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 Need?s a life Group: D-ARGH Peanut Gallery Posts: 2,629 Joined: 7-July 06 From: Usually at work. Member No.: 5 |
I thought the score was 9?
-------------------- Some twenty years ago, the gods put down their feet, So firmly in to the ground that no man of sword nor pen, could ever change the rules upon which The very fundament of metal was made. --The Book of Heavy Metal Hold your head up high, Raise your fist up in the air Play metal, Louder than Hell! --Die for Metal |
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Dec 2 2009, 02:11 PM
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Puppet Master Group: President Eternal of D-ARGH Posts: 830 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Geelong Member No.: 2 |
Oops, my phone was upside down when I was referencing it
-------------------- - TheHeadSage
"It has been revealed to me by the secret chiefs of the world that I am sexier than Buddha and harder than Jesus. I cannot die." - Spider Jerusalem SagesTower.com | Wish? | Manifest |
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Mar 10 2010, 10:45 AM
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Need?s a life Group: D-ARGH Peanut Gallery Posts: 2,629 Joined: 7-July 06 From: Usually at work. Member No.: 5 |
This is pretty cool. But you'd have to make it yourself
http://boardgame.geekdo.com/image/683854/arkham-horror -------------------- Some twenty years ago, the gods put down their feet, So firmly in to the ground that no man of sword nor pen, could ever change the rules upon which The very fundament of metal was made. --The Book of Heavy Metal Hold your head up high, Raise your fist up in the air Play metal, Louder than Hell! --Die for Metal |
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May 20 2010, 01:48 PM
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Puppet Master Group: President Eternal of D-ARGH Posts: 830 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Geelong Member No.: 2 |
I now have all the Card only expansions.
So, I've now got:
Kingsport and Innsmouth Horror will be in the later months. The card expansions and Junta have blown my board game budget to bits. -------------------- - TheHeadSage
"It has been revealed to me by the secret chiefs of the world that I am sexier than Buddha and harder than Jesus. I cannot die." - Spider Jerusalem SagesTower.com | Wish? | Manifest |
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May 20 2010, 02:11 PM
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Need?s a life Group: D-ARGH Peanut Gallery Posts: 2,629 Joined: 7-July 06 From: Usually at work. Member No.: 5 |
Looking forward to playing with Dunwich.
What do the other card expansions have? Does one of them come with the personal stories (or whatever they're called, quests for each character I think they are) -------------------- Some twenty years ago, the gods put down their feet, So firmly in to the ground that no man of sword nor pen, could ever change the rules upon which The very fundament of metal was made. --The Book of Heavy Metal Hold your head up high, Raise your fist up in the air Play metal, Louder than Hell! --Die for Metal |
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May 20 2010, 04:02 PM
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Puppet Master Group: President Eternal of D-ARGH Posts: 830 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Geelong Member No.: 2 |
Personal stores are part of the Innsmouth Horror expansion, which is the next one I plan to get.
The first expansion, the King in Yellow contains alot of cards which alter the rules of the game permanently if they are drawn (Conditions have to be met first), like increasing the number of clue tokens needing to seal a gate. This set also introduces heralds, which create their own set of unique effects on the game world. The second set introduces difficulty cards which adjust the rules, either making the game easier or harder depending on what card we want in play. It also introduces corruption cards which to bad things to certain investigators. I can see why FFG recommend you only play with a couple of expansions, as if you combined these two expansions with CotDP and Dunwich Horror, the difficulty can become insane. -------------------- - TheHeadSage
"It has been revealed to me by the secret chiefs of the world that I am sexier than Buddha and harder than Jesus. I cannot die." - Spider Jerusalem SagesTower.com | Wish? | Manifest |
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May 21 2010, 01:51 PM
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Puppet Master Group: President Eternal of D-ARGH Posts: 830 Joined: 6-July 06 From: Geelong Member No.: 2 |
I was reading some of the cards last night, and the difficulty is defiantly increased significantly. The new items are pretty awesome, but one card is pretty fucking broken.
It's essentially, pay X monster tokens, and the ancient one is awakened with X doom tokens removed. So, if you play your cards right, you can fight the ancient one early on with only a couple of tokens and you're characters are at their strongest. -------------------- - TheHeadSage
"It has been revealed to me by the secret chiefs of the world that I am sexier than Buddha and harder than Jesus. I cannot die." - Spider Jerusalem SagesTower.com | Wish? | Manifest |
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Jun 3 2010, 11:19 AM
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Need?s a life Group: D-ARGH Peanut Gallery Posts: 2,629 Joined: 7-July 06 From: Usually at work. Member No.: 5 |
Been reading a Geeklist of mistakes made in games and one that came up twice in the list is from Arkham.
Apparently when you fail a sneak rule you take damage from the monster straight away. You might want to check the rules for that one. -------------------- Some twenty years ago, the gods put down their feet, So firmly in to the ground that no man of sword nor pen, could ever change the rules upon which The very fundament of metal was made. --The Book of Heavy Metal Hold your head up high, Raise your fist up in the air Play metal, Louder than Hell! --Die for Metal |
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Jun 12 2010, 09:03 PM
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 Pokemon Trainer Group: D-ARGH Member Posts: 37 Joined: 11-April 09 From: The Other side of the Line Member No.: 8,251 |
So when are we planning the arkham horror weekend?
-------------------- When Stephen Hawking guest starred on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Descent", he was taken on a guided tour of the set. Pausing in front of the warp core set piece, he remarked, "I'm working on that"
 I'm reminded of a D&D discussion on another forum, during which we questioned the number of level 0 children it would take to kill a level 20 fighter, given the scenario that the fighter is on the Plane of Infinite Homicidal Children. I believe the agreed upon total was just over 6 billion (fewer if they died in such a manner that the fighter would be covered in a pile of corpses that eventually suffocates him, I believe the number for this scenario was decided to be a mere 10000), before the discussion degraded into arguments about how the fighter should be best built to specifically survive as long as possible. The ability to sleep 8 hours per day, while still being constantly attacked by children, was involved. |
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