Arkham Horror (1987)

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Designer	Charlie Krank Richard Launius Sandy Petersen Lynn Willis
Artist	Tom Sullivan
Publisher	Chaosium Descartes Editeur Hobby Japan
Year Published	1987
# of Players	1 − 8
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 players (3 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]
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Category	Adventure Horror Novel-based
Mechanic	Co-operative Play
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Family	Cthulhu Mythos
Primary Name	Arkham Horror
Alternate Names	Horreur à Arkham アーカム・ホラー
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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.

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Arkham Horror (2005)

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1991 Games 100 Family Game Nominee.

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Publisher: Chaosium

Artist: Tom Sullivan

Year: 1987

Product Code: 1050

Size: 8.00 x 5.00 x 1.00 inches

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0	Rules List of Gate Cards	2011-09-27	OpalGames	2
1	General Been looking . . . Compare/Contrast FFG vs. Chaosium.	2010-09-23	pippinite	5
1	Rules Arkham horror (revised printing edition) questions.	2010-08-08	Trianor	3
2	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
5	Variants Free (for Arkham Horror 1987 Game) RETURN TO ARKHAM HORROR.zip in Files Section!	2008-07-21	Duglis	7
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

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A Gnome's Ponderings Gee, there's an awful lot of Cthulhu games out there

by Lowell Kempf

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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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711	2009 Edition of Look what my Secret Santa sent me...	2009-11-16
436	The Mountains of Madness - 1P Adventure	2012-01-04
371	Arkham Horror - A Geeklist Game Review	2009-05-13
359	BoardGameGeek Chain of Generosity	2007-09-19
312	The Best of Chit Chat 2008	2009-01-14
248	We're still thrifting for you in 2012!	2012-01-09
208	The complete Arkham Horror	2009-04-20
189	The Definitive Horror Game Geeklist	2006-05-08

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Board Game Rank:	1774
Thematic Rank:	226
Num Ratings:	331
Average Rating:	6.49
Standard Deviation:	1.61
Num Views:	77784
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.3
Fans:	9

Personal Comments:	129
Users Owning:	471
Users Wanting:	45
Users Trading:	20 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	2
Want Parts In Trade:	1
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Total Plays:	292
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English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/a.html#ark...	2010-03-02
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