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2005
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1 − 8
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Best with 4 players
Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(645 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
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14 and up
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Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
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Arkham Horror
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Horreur à Arkham
Horror w Arkham
Rettegés Arkhamban
Ужас Аркхэма
アーカムホラー
魔镇惊魂 (魔鎮驚魂 )
아컴호러
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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 gates between worlds. These gates have begun to open and must be closed before the Ancient Ones make our world their ruined domination.
Only a handful of investigators stand against the Arkham Horror. Will they Prevail?

Arkham Horror is a cooperative adventure game themed around H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Players choose from 16 Investigators and take to the streets of Arkham. Before the game, one of the eight Ancient Ones is chosen and it's up to the Investigators to prevent it from breaking into our world. During the course of the game, players will upgrade their characters by acquiring skills, allies, items, weapons, and spells. It's up to the players to clean out the streets of Arkham by fighting many different types of monsters, but their main goal is to close portals to other dimensions that are opening up around town. With too many portals open the Ancient One awakens and the players only have one last chance to save the world. Defeat the Ancient One in combat!

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More Information Edit | History

Revised printing in 2006; these can be identified by "revised printing" on the cover.

Remake of Arkham Horror (1987)

'See also: Arkham Horror Series

Home Page:

http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=6

Product information at Edge Entertainment - French version:

http://www.edgeent.com/v2_fr/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=127&enmi=Horreur%20%E0%20Arkham


Arkham Horror League

Fantasy Flight Games released Scenarios.

Season 1
Season 2 - Introduced Story Chapters with Scenarios.

Arkham Horror Spanish League

Edge Entertainment released Scenarios (Translated into English)

Season 1
Season 2

BGG Arkham Horror Play By Forum

Play-by-Forum Waiting List (Wiki)

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Components (Revised Printing):

  • 1 Rule Book
  • 1 Game Board
  • 1 First Player Marker
  • 5 Dice
  • 16 Investigator Sheets
  • 16 Investigator Markers
  • 16 Plastic Investigator Stands
  • 198 Investigator Status Tokens:
    • 56 Money Tokens
    • 35 Sanity Tokens
    • 35 Stamina Tokens
    • 48 Clue Tokens
    • 24 Skill Tokens
  • 189 Investigator Cards:
    • 44 Common Items
    • 39 Unique Items
    • 40 Spells
    • 20 Skills
    • 11 Allies
    • 35 Special Cards:
      • 8 Retainers
      • 8 Silver Lodge Memberships
      • 8 Bank Loans
      • 8 Blessing/Curse Cards
      • 3 Deputy Cards
  • 8 Ancient One Sheets
  • 20 Doom Tokens
  • 179 Ancient One Cards:
    • 63 Location Cards
    • 67 Mythos Cards
    • 49 Gate Cards
  • 60 Monster Markers
  • 16 Gate Markers
  • 3 Activity Markers
  • 3 Explored Markers
  • 1 Terror Track Marker
  • 6 Closed Markers

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Ужас Аркхэма
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Russian Revised Edition
Publisher: Hobby World
Artist: Scott Nicely
Year: 2012
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Russian
Release Date:  Apr 18, 2012
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Arkham Horror
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Fantasy Flight Second Revised Printing 2011
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Artist: Anders Finer, Henning Ludvigsen, Scott Nicely, Brian Schomburgmore»
Year: 2011
Product Code: VA09
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
3.00 pounds
English
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アーカムホラー
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Japanese edition
Publisher: Arclight
Artist: Anders Finer, Henning Ludvigsen, Scott Nicely
Year: 2010
Size: 12.00 x 12.00 x 4.00 inches
Japanese
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Czech edition
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Artist: Anders Finer, Henning Ludvigsen, Scott Nicely
Year: 2010
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
4.41 pounds
Czech
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Polish edition
Publisher: Galakta
Artist: Anders Finer, Henning Ludvigsen, Scott Nicely, Brian Schomburgmore»
Year: 2009
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Polish
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7 Arkham Horror - Phases reference card
Every time I play AH I need to remind myself of the phase order - so I designed this card to place in front of me to help. It is designed to be the same size as the Mythos cards fit the same card sleeves. *Version 1.1 - Update to correct a typo*
2012-04-30
12 Arkham Horror Flowchart w expansions
Flowchart showing how to play arkham horror including all expansions to date: Curse of the Dark Pharaoh (revised and original) Dunwich Horror King in Yellow Kingsport Horror Black Goat of the Woods Innsmouth Horror Lurker at the Threshold Miskatonic Horror
2012-04-25
13 Arkham Horror Flowchart
Flowchart explaining how to play the basic AH game.
2012-04-25
7 Mother Will Make it all Better!
Rules Variant for making "The Black Goat of the Woods" more interesting. So far, the "Cult of the Thousand" has not provided any appeal for players to join it, as it has next to no upside being a member. Also, being a member still does not prohibit avoiding the key locations. This Rules Variant tries to augment that - if you cannot make them choose it, you can force them to join... Use of artwork by permission of FFG. This is a non-profit fan-made variant. Version 1.1 (added some Errata)
2012-04-16
8 Reference Card - Standard American Size In English and Polish
If you want to work with the Scribus file, download this into the same folder. Image by Dominique Signoret
2012-04-11
12 Arkham Horror Monster Token List
A very handy and accurate list of all monster tokens arranged alphabetically by expansion and token count, for inventory purposes, includes all the tokens up to Innsmouth Horror V2 - Edited a few typos
2012-03-29
0 Spanish Official Rules (PDF)
Reglas oficiales publicadas en la WEB de Edge Entertainment, en formato PDF.
2012-03-26
3 Border For Investigator Sheets
A border for A5 sleeves, same size as the one for the Great Old Ones sheets. Elder Sign artwork designed by August Derleth.
2012-03-14
3 Border For The Great Old Ones
A border that I have made for The Great Old Ones Sheets for use with A5 sized document sleeves. Removes most of the awkward space that was left when not using it. Artwork by Dominique Signoret Azatoth http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azathoth.jpg Cthulhu http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cthulhu_and_R%27lyeh.jpg Nyarlathotep thtp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyarlathotep.jpg Yog-Sothoth http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yog-Sothoth.jpg
2012-03-14
5 Arkham Horror Combat Flowchart
I've only played the game once, so please excuse any errors, but I thought this would be a helpful thing for every player at my table to have for Combat. It's not the prettiest flowchart ever, but I think it gets the point across and helps people understand what to do, what to roll, and when to do everything. Hope you like it.
2012-03-12
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Average Rating: 7.56
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