| Travel back in time to the "roaring twenties" with this cooperative adventure game, loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos! It is 1926 and the streets of Arkham, Massachusetts are in danger of unspeakable horror. While everyone else is jazzing it up at the local speakeasies, sneaking alcohol (prohibition has been in effect for six years by this time), smoking cigarettes, and generally having a good time while living in ignorant bliss, you and other gumshoes must fight the world of the supernatural to avoid impending doom. A group of alien entities known as the "Ancient Ones" lie in wait within the void (the world between ours and theirs), eagerly awaiting the portals to open - thereby procuring world domination. The only ones that can stop it are you and your teammates. Are you up for the challenge?
Players may choose from sixteen different investigators and attempt to upgrade their characters by accumulating weapons, items, spells, special skills, and allies. Characters work cooperatively to rid the streets of several types of monsters, while simultaneously (and most importantly) closing the dimensional portals that pop up throughout the city. If too many gateways are allowed to stay open, the Ancient One arises and a last ditch, herculean effort must be enacted to save the world!
Contents of Arkham Horror:
- 1 Game Board
- 16 Investigator Sheets
- 16 Investigator Markers
- 16 Plastic Investigator Stands
- 196 Investigator Status Tokens
- 189 Investigator Cards
- 5 Dice
- 8 Ancient One Sheets
- 180 Ancient One Cards
- 20 Doom Tokens
- 60 Monster Markers
- 16 Gate Markers
- 14 Miscellaneous Markers
- Rule Book
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