The usual response when I receive yet another parcel in the post!



Sunday 31 July 2011

Arkham Horror - The King in Yellow

Great Old One - Shub-Niggurath
Investigators - Joe Diamond , Sister Mary - Aaron Sibley
                    - Bob Jenkins, Kate Winthrop - Rebecca Smith

Played with the Tattered King Herald and treating the King in Yellow play as a touring performance. This means that the intial encounters and mythos are exclusively based on the King in Yellow expansion. This makes for a tough game.


Arkham takes up alot of table space, and the time taken to play the game is extensive. This one took nearly 6 hours to play. Rebecca and I played two investigators each, as 4 investigators is the optimum amount.


Shub - Niggurath was within one space of activating, the play was in its second act (if the third act is seen, the investigators lose the game) and the citizens of Arkham were being terrorized. However the last gate on the board was closed for a tight, but satisifying win. Rebecca became the First Citizen of Arkham and our overall score was 16.

I was intending to do this solitaire, but Rebecca asked to play and as it is a cooperative game, she did not need to read any rules. She seemed to enjoy the game, got into her characters and played well. Looking forward to doing this again.

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