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Year Published
1987
# of Players:
1 − 8
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players
(2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
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Language Dependence
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Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Arkham Horror
Alternate Names
Horreur à Arkham
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Arkham Horror is a cooperative adventure game themed around H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The game has players exploring the town of Arkham as they attempt to stop unmentionable horrors from spilling into the world. It's possible for everyone to go insane and lose in this game.

Re-implemented in:

Arkham Horror (2005)

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7 Free RETURN TO ARKHAM HORROR Expansion Collection
Includes pdf with rules and options for print to play expansion by original game designer, Richard Launius. Includes new gazette with double the Location Encounters, 21 other world cards to print, and a great new clear rulebook for the original game.
2008-07-20
1 Return to Arkham Horror 1987- Unpublished Expansion Ideas
Excellent resources, graphics and ideas to use to make your version expandable. 13 extra gate worlds with this pdf! by Launius and Herber.
2008-07-13
1 Arkham Omnibus Gazette (original plus expansion Gazette by original designer)
Roll a different color die and a regular die. Odd or Evens on the different color die determine which of the 2 Gazettes you use for location events! Highly recommended.
2008-07-13
1 Arkham Horror 1987 Rules that make Sense
From ~spookshow. Excellent Rules for this game. Highly recommended.
2008-07-13
1 Arkham Horror Rules Reference.
My reordering and combining the original rules in to a single reference for the original Chaosium version of the game. Version 1.2 - Monster attacking and sneaking from. Version 1.1 - Mythos stage - monster attack corrected.
2008-06-25
2 AH_ENG_Rules.doc
English Rules
2007-06-14
2 AHComp.txt
Component List (with card/counter breakouts)
2004-02-04
Statistics
User Rank: 1129
Num Ratings: 244
Average Rating: 6.68
Standard Deviation: 1.47
Num Views: 43239
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Fans: 1
Personal Comments: 94
Users Owning: 312
Users Wanting: 27
Users Trading: 17
Has Parts For Trade: 2
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 214
Plays This Month: 0
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