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Designed By	Charlie Krank Richard Launius Sandy Petersen Lynn Willis
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Published By	Chaosium Descartes Editeur
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	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Category	Adventure Horror Novel-based
Mechanic	Co-operative Play
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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Awards

1991 Games 100 Family Game Nominee.

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0	Variants Expansions -- Free download (playtested at GenCon in the 1990s)	2009-11-16	drexxell	0
0	Strategy What is cooperative about this game?	2009-10-15	tritiy	4
0	Rules 1987 Arkham Horror- Combat till your strength hits 0? Damage Hits attempting to Close a gate?	2008-07-26	Duglis	2
0	Rules 1987 Arkham Horror- Weapons only do 1 damage to monster- what does this mean?	2008-07-26	Duglis	2
0	Rules 1987 Arkham Horror- Can you gain Strength and Sanity over your starting levels at the medical centers?	2008-07-26	Duglis	2
3	Variants Free (for Arkham Horror 1987 Game) RETURN TO ARKHAM HORROR.zip in Files Section!	2008-07-21	Duglis	0
2	Rules Exiting an OTHER WORLD GATE- Monster(s) on that space- What Happens if you remain on that space?	2008-07-18	Duglis	9
2	Rules Attacks during moster movement.	2008-05-01	Sandman1973	8
2	Rules Encounter location/gate - after attacking monsters.	2008-04-29	Sandman1973	14
5	Sessions YOG SOTHOTH	2007-07-13	waferthin...	3

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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.

Duglis

2008-07-13

Arkham Horror 1987 Rules that make Sense

From ~spookshow. Excellent Rules for this game. Highly recommended.

Duglis

2008-07-13

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.

Sandman1973

2008-06-25

AH_ENG_Rules.doc

English Rules

Mugnaio

2007-06-14

AHComp.txt

Component List (with card/counter breakouts)

Bagherra

2004-02-04

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1162	That is illogical captain! - Logical inconsistencies in otherwise fine games	2007-01-10
311	The Best of Chit Chat 2008	2009-01-14
284	BoardGameGeek Chain of Generosity	2007-09-19
274	Arkham Horror - A Geeklist Game Review	2009-05-13
163	The complete Arkham Horror	2009-04-20
161	The Definitive Horror Game Geeklist	2006-05-08
134	Your Holy Grail	2009-03-23
127	Oops! I Bought the Wrong Game! (Games that Resemble Others)	2009-03-12
120	Which Edition Do You Prefer?	2009-04-22
94	Classics That Are Actually Worth Playing	2009-10-08

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Board Game Rank:	1207
Num Ratings:	262
Average Rating:	6.65
Standard Deviation:	1.50
Num Views:	48686
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.2
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	97
Users Owning:	342
Users Wanting:	30
Users Trading:	14
Has Parts For Trade:	2
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Total Plays:	223
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Summary of Places, resources and Gate misfortunes	http://spotlightongames.com/summary/arkham.html	2009-06-24
Expansions to the Original Arkham Horror	http://home.comcast.net/~drexxell/arkham/	2006-10-30

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