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	== Setting ==		== Setting ==

	Ever heard of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]? If you have, then you'll fit right in. If not, consider polishing up your lore of the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. Ancient 'Old Ones', dark gods and strange cosmic creatures from a bygone age are returning to Earth, cultists everywhere are welcoming them with open arms and bloody sacrificial daggers, and you gotta stop them. With the game set vaguely in a between-World Wars period, you can have encounters in Rome where you have to flee from [[Secret Hitler\|fascists]] or attend a show by Houdini in Buenos Aires to learn how to perform real [[magic]]. The game contains quite a lot of period-accurate references to people who lived in that period, so you can attend a lecture by physicist [[wikipedia:Enrico Fermi]] so confusing you get [[Sanity\|sanity loss]], or dick around Arkham to engage in fisticuffs with Deep Ones around Innsmouth.		Ever heard of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]? If you have, then you'll fit right in. If not, consider polishing up your lore of the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. Ancient 'Old Ones', dark gods and strange cosmic creatures from a bygone age are returning to Earth, cultists everywhere are welcoming them with open arms and bloody sacrificial daggers, and you gotta stop them. With the game set vaguely in a between-World Wars period, you can have encounters in Rome where you have to flee from [[Secret Hitler\|fascists]] or attend a show by Houdini in Buenos Aires to learn how to perform real [[magic]]. The game contains quite a lot of period-accurate references to people who lived in that period, so you can attend a lecture by physicist [[wikipedia:Enrico Fermi\|Enrico Fermi]] so confusing you get [[Sanity\|sanity loss]], or dick around Arkham to engage in fisticuffs with Deep Ones around Innsmouth.

	== Mechanics ==		== Mechanics ==

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	== So... why the fuck would I want to play this?==		== So... why the fuck would I want to play this?==

	Come on, the prospect of being wrung inside out ass-first by a young and curious chtonian sounds fun, doesn't it? And afterwards you can take your turn [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/~~Awesome jamming six sticks up dynamite up one of its sixteen buttholes and blow it up!] It's all in the give and take. Good team strategizing is key, and doing so well can make the game a rollercoaster of awesome, as you make nail-bitting dice-rolls for the fate of humanity. The amazing flavor text in the encounters can pull you into the game as if playing D&D with a god-tier [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Gamemaster~~ GM]. Complex encounters with branching paths can lead to ruins or riches, and you won't known until you roll the dice. I hope you've save up with some focus tokens for extra re-rolls.		Come on, the prospect of being wrung inside out ass-first by a young and curious chtonian sounds fun, doesn't it? And afterwards you can take your turn [[Awesome\|jamming six sticks up dynamite up one of its sixteen buttholes and blow it up!]] It's all in the give and take. Good team strategizing is key, and doing so well can make the game a rollercoaster of awesome, as you make nail-bitting dice-rolls for the fate of humanity. The amazing flavor text in the encounters can pull you into the game as if playing D&D with a god-tier [[GM]]. Complex encounters with branching paths can lead to ruins or riches, and you won't known until you roll the dice. I hope you've save up with some focus tokens for extra re-rolls.

	With all eight expansions you'll have access to over fifty characters, each allowing for wildly different stats and play-styles, and with clever planning you can combo the abilities for hilarious near game-breaking exploits. But don't be fooled: ~~Outside~~ of outright cheating while playing the game, ~~then~~ everything is fair in the fight against the Old Ones. I don't care how many times you make the hobo chug that can of [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Magical_realm~~ 'dubiously recycled' holy water] you keep making him dig out of the trash, you will need it for that Blessed condition you keep losing every mythos phase.		With all eight expansions you'll have access to over fifty characters, each allowing for wildly different stats and play-styles, and with clever planning you can combo the abilities for hilarious near game-breaking exploits. But don't be fooled: outside of outright cheating while playing the game, everything is fair in the fight against the Old Ones. I don't care how many times you make the hobo chug that can of [[Magical realm\|'dubiously recycled' holy water]] you keep making him dig out of the trash, you will need it for that Blessed condition you keep losing every mythos phase.

	Also, for the love of all that is holy, NEVER TAKE A DARK PACT. This means you Jon, you unholy fucktard.		Also, for the love of all that is holy, NEVER TAKE A DARK PACT. This means you Jon, you unholy fucktard.

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Gameplay

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	The game is setup with the large game board and picking an Old One as the big bad of the game. You can draft it or pick a specific one. Some are vastly more difficult than others, which can be seen by how many Mysteries you need to solve to win the game. Easy ones require 4 mysteries, average difficulty is 3 mysteries, the really nasty ones require only two - and do not make the mistake of thinking that the 2 mystery ones are quick and easy. Hastur, for example, have mysteries that requires the player characters to catastrophically debuff themselves with multiple madness conditions before they can be solved.		The game is setup with the large game board and picking an Old One as the big bad of the game. You can draft it or pick a specific one. Some are vastly more difficult than others, which can be seen by how many Mysteries you need to solve to win the game. Easy ones require 4 mysteries, average difficulty is 3 mysteries, the really nasty ones require only two - and do not make the mistake of thinking that the 2 mystery ones are quick and easy. Hastur, for example, have mysteries that requires the player characters to catastrophically debuff themselves with multiple madness conditions before they can be solved.

	With the expansions, some bosses introduce extra game boards such as the Mountains of Madness in Antarctica, the Eqypt board where you can enjoy tea time with mummies and dark ~~egyptians~~ horrors, or the Dreamlands board where you can truly learn how [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Anal_circumference~~ stretchy] your mind and body is as you journey to Unknown Kadath.		With the expansions, some bosses introduce extra game boards such as the Mountains of Madness in Antarctica, the Eqypt board where you can enjoy tea time with mummies and dark Egyptian horrors, or the Dreamlands board where you can truly learn how [[Anal circumference\|stretchy]] your mind and body is as you journey to Unknown Kadath.

	Once that's ready, you draw a Prelude card to set the stage for the game. This can make extra monsters appear at the start of the game, or offer players a choice at the start of the game to start with extra gear or stat buffs, often for a price. It might even require that you set up extra expansion boards, despite the Old One for the game not requiring it. With that done a number of portals and clues are spawned, scaled to the number of players. The game can have between 2 to 8 players, though you can easily play the game by having two or more characters helmed by one player, but you always need a minimum of two: You are not supposed to read your own encounter cards, because then you can see what the branching paths might lead to and cheese the game.		Once that's ready, you draw a Prelude card to set the stage for the game. This can make extra monsters appear at the start of the game, or offer players a choice at the start of the game to start with extra gear or stat buffs, often for a price. It might even require that you set up extra expansion boards, despite the Old One for the game not requiring it. With that done a number of portals and clues are spawned, scaled to the number of players. The game can have between 2 to 8 players, though you can easily play the game by having two or more characters helmed by one player, but you always need a minimum of two: You are not supposed to read your own encounter cards, because then you can see what the branching paths might lead to and cheese the game.
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	* Mythos phase		* Mythos phase
	This is the phase where all the characters and the players bend over, drop their pants, and recieve the [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/PROMOTIONS~~ tender love] of the Old Ones as they get their turn. The composition of the mythos deck of cards are unique to each Old One, and with enough expansions you'll never run into the same build of mythos deck ever. Some Mythos cards are marked with a white icon denoting it as an easy card that might actually see the players buffed or rewarded, while cards with crimson tentacles will easily molest your characters to the point that even Slaneesh would be like "Dude, chill" by introducing some decidedly [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress Dward~~ Fortress] flavors of [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Fun~~ fun].		This is the phase where all the characters and the players bend over, drop their pants, and recieve the [[Rape\|tender love]] of the Old Ones as they get their turn. The composition of the mythos deck of cards are unique to each Old One, and with enough expansions you'll never run into the same build of mythos deck ever. Some Mythos cards are marked with a white icon denoting it as an easy card that might actually see the players buffed or rewarded, while cards with crimson tentacles will easily molest your characters to the point that even Slaneesh would be like "Dude, chill" by introducing some decidedly [[Dwarf Fortress]] flavors of [[fun]].

	The game rules explicitly state that a way to control the difficulty level of the game is to chose whether or not you have any tentacle-level mythos cards in your game. These things can [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Rocks_fall~~,~~_everyone_dies~~ end a game in an instant]. Enjoy.		The game rules explicitly state that a way to control the difficulty level of the game is to chose whether or not you have any tentacle-level mythos cards in your game. These things can [[Rocks fall, everyone dies\|end a game in an instant]]. Enjoy.

	== So... why the fuck would I want to play this?==		== So... why the fuck would I want to play this?==

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	You play a character, that character has stats. Combat with monsters and encounters revolve around stat-tests where you roll a number of D6s for how large the relevant stat is. For most tests, a single success will suffice no matter how many dice you roll, and a 5 or 6 is a success, unless you have a Blessed condition, then its 4 to 6 - or if you're Cursed, then its only a 6. If you have an encounter that says test Lore -1, and you have a lore stat of 3, then you roll 2 D6 and hope for the best. You can never have a stat roll reduced to less than one d6.		You play a character, that character has stats. Combat with monsters and encounters revolve around stat-tests where you roll a number of D6s for how large the relevant stat is. For most tests, a single success will suffice no matter how many dice you roll, and a 5 or 6 is a success, unless you have a Blessed condition, then its 4 to 6 - or if you're Cursed, then its only a 6. If you have an encounter that says test Lore -1, and you have a lore stat of 3, then you roll 2 D6 and hope for the best. You can never have a stat roll reduced to less than one d6.

	Equipment and other buffs your character can get can allow for a near endless mix of re-rolls, adding +1 to a dice result, having [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Exploding_die~~ 6s count as two successes] and so on. You want these.		Equipment and other buffs your character can get can allow for a near endless mix of re-rolls, adding +1 to a dice result, having [[Exploding die\|6s count as two successes]] and so on. You want these.

	Your character has a limited number of health points and sanity points. Your character dies or goes nuts if these hit zero - and it can happen fast. Luckily its possible to get spells that allow for casters to undo limited health and sanity loss, or boost recovery, or do pretty much anything else. Spells generally serve a supporting role in the game, allowing for casters to conjure up clue resources for to player characters, teleport people around the game board, buff stats and generally help out. Rolling badly when casting a spell is roughly as bad as crit failing casting a spell in [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/FATAL~~ FATAL], at least for your character, and can be just as messy. Protip: Equip your casters well for lore rolls.		Your character has a limited number of health points and sanity points. Your character dies or goes nuts if these hit zero - and it can happen fast. Luckily its possible to get spells that allow for casters to undo limited health and sanity loss, or boost recovery, or do pretty much anything else. Spells generally serve a supporting role in the game, allowing for casters to conjure up clue resources for to player characters, teleport people around the game board, buff stats and generally help out. Rolling badly when casting a spell is roughly as bad as crit failing casting a spell in [[FATAL]], at least for your character, and can be just as messy. Protip: Equip your casters well for lore rolls.

	Speaking of which, with the 50+ different characters you will have access to once you have all the expansions, you'll quickly realize that while all characters can basically do anything as long as they're tooled up for it, then there are some basic [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/~~Class character archetypes] that makes each character lean towards a specific area of specialisation. Indeed, all characters have a unique action ability and a unique passive ability.		Speaking of which, with the 50+ different characters you will have access to once you have all the expansions, you'll quickly realize that while all characters can basically do anything as long as they're tooled up for it, then there are some basic [[Class\|character archetypes]] that makes each character lean towards a specific area of specialisation. Indeed, all characters have a unique action ability and a unique passive ability.

	* The Warrior		* The Warrior

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	== Setting ==		== Setting ==

	Ever heard of [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/H.P._Lovecraft~~ H.P. Lovecraft]? If you have, then you'll fit right in. If not, consider polishing up your lore of the [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Yog-Sothothery~~ Cthulhu Mythos]. Ancient 'Old Ones', dark gods and strange cosmic creatures from a bygone age are returning to Earth, cultists everywhere are welcoming them with open arms and bloody sacrificial daggers, and you gotta stop them. With the game set vaguely in ~~some pre~~-~~ww2, post ww1 time~~ period, you can have encounters in Rome where you have to flee from [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Secret_Hitler~~ fascists] or attend a show by Houdini in Buenos Aires to learn how to perform real [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Magic~~ magic]. The game contains quite a lot of period-accurate references to people who lived in that period, so you can attend a lecture by ~~physisist~~ [~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi~~ Enrico Fermi] so confusing you get [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/~~Sanity sanity loss], or dick around Arkham to engage in ~~fisticufs~~ with Deep Ones around Innsmouth.		Ever heard of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]? If you have, then you'll fit right in. If not, consider polishing up your lore of the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. Ancient 'Old Ones', dark gods and strange cosmic creatures from a bygone age are returning to Earth, cultists everywhere are welcoming them with open arms and bloody sacrificial daggers, and you gotta stop them. With the game set vaguely in a between-World Wars period, you can have encounters in Rome where you have to flee from [[Secret Hitler\|fascists]] or attend a show by Houdini in Buenos Aires to learn how to perform real [[magic]]. The game contains quite a lot of period-accurate references to people who lived in that period, so you can attend a lecture by physicist [[wikipedia:Enrico Fermi]] so confusing you get [[Sanity\|sanity loss]], or dick around Arkham to engage in fisticuffs with Deep Ones around Innsmouth.

	== Mechanics ==		== Mechanics ==

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Basic Info

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	== Basic Info ==		== Basic Info ==

	So ya, as you might have figured from the above, then the game is basically a more advanced version of [[Arkham Horror]], another game by [[Fantasy ~~Flights~~ Games][. It has a buttload of tokens and a total of eight expansions, easily requiring several pack mules to haul everything around. That said, the insane amount of content in the game makes for near infinite replayability, as the different old one boss monsters, wide array of assets you can acquire and fearsome array of demons and cultists you can fight will mean that you'll never play the same session twice.		So ya, as you might have figured from the above, then the game is basically a more advanced version of [[Arkham Horror]], another game by [[Fantasy Flight Games]]. It has a buttload of tokens and a total of eight expansions, easily requiring several pack mules to haul everything around. That said, the insane amount of content in the game makes for near infinite replayability, as the different old one boss monsters, wide array of assets you can acquire and fearsome array of demons and cultists you can fight will mean that you'll never play the same session twice.

	You play the game via a whirlwind of globe-trotting, mystery-solving, gate-closing and monster slaying, all the while trying to make your character stay alive and at least mildly not-too-insane.		You play the game via a whirlwind of globe-trotting, mystery-solving, gate-closing and monster slaying, all the while trying to make your character stay alive and at least mildly not-too-insane.

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	== Basic Info ==		== Basic Info ==

	So ya, as you might have figured from the above, then the game is basically a more advanced version of [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Arkham_Horror~~ Arkham Horror], another game by [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Fantasy_Flight_Games~~ Fantasy Flights Games]. It has a buttload of tokens and a total of eight expansions, easily requiring several pack mules to haul everything around. That said, the insane amount of content in the game makes for near infinite replayability, as the different old one boss monsters, wide array of assets you can acquire and fearsome array of demons and cultists you can fight will mean that you'll never play the same session twice.		So ya, as you might have figured from the above, then the game is basically a more advanced version of [[Arkham Horror]], another game by [[Fantasy Flights Games][. It has a buttload of tokens and a total of eight expansions, easily requiring several pack mules to haul everything around. That said, the insane amount of content in the game makes for near infinite replayability, as the different old one boss monsters, wide array of assets you can acquire and fearsome array of demons and cultists you can fight will mean that you'll never play the same session twice.

	You play the game via a whirlwind of globe-trotting, mystery-solving, gate-closing and monster slaying, all the while trying to make your character stay alive and at least mildly not-too-insane.		You play the game via a whirlwind of globe-trotting, mystery-solving, gate-closing and monster slaying, all the while trying to make your character stay alive and at least mildly not-too-insane.

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	Some blessed person in FFG's otherwordly cult decided that the city of Arkham wasn't enough for their Lovecraftian adventure games, and as a result, they released Eldritch Horror in 2013. Instead of surveying the dank streets of Arkham, Eldritch Horror takes you to the entire world in an Indiana Jones-esque quest to stop those pesky unknowable entities from beyond space and time from using your reality as a fleshlight. Eldritch Horror uses a lot of the same mechanics of Arkham Horror, only the scope is much, much larger. Gates encompass entire cities, a productive turn of moving around can take you from Cape Town to Mexico City and, as always, the game will heap atrocious amounts of hate on you.		Some blessed person in FFG's otherwordly cult decided that the city of Arkham wasn't enough for their Lovecraftian adventure games, and as a result, they released Eldritch Horror in 2013. Instead of surveying the dank streets of Arkham, Eldritch Horror takes you to the entire world in an Indiana Jones-esque quest to stop those pesky unknowable entities from beyond space and time from using your reality as a fleshlight. Eldritch Horror uses a lot of the same mechanics of Arkham Horror, only the scope is much, much larger. Gates encompass entire cities, a productive turn of moving around can take you from Cape Town to Mexico City and, as always, the game will heap atrocious amounts of hate on you.

	It's not quite as difficult as Arkham Horror but it is in many ways better than its cousin game - It plays faster, is less fiddly and has even more flavor than Arkham Horror. The mileage-may-vary issue is that the game is fucking stupid, like a Lovecraft-inspired B-film. Your characters may kill mobs of Zombies, two Deep Ones and a ~~Baykhee~~ with a single stick of Dynamite, the encounters are entirely random and makes it sound like the evil cults are on literally every street corner, and best of all, you characters gets so fucking mangled, indebted, tortured and generally ruined that losing them feels like a mercy. On the other hand, some lucky card draws can make the game much easier and make you feel like [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Sly_Marbo~~ Sly Marbo] outfitted with the Necronomicon, a .44 Winchester, several packages of Whiskey and a raging hard-on for the destruction of the abominations beyond space and time.		It's not quite as difficult as Arkham Horror but it is in many ways better than its cousin game - It plays faster, is less fiddly and has even more flavor than Arkham Horror. The mileage-may-vary issue is that the game is fucking stupid, like a Lovecraft-inspired B-film. Your characters may kill mobs of Zombies, two Deep Ones and a Byakhee with a single stick of Dynamite, the encounters are entirely random and makes it sound like the evil cults are on literally every street corner, and best of all, you characters gets so fucking mangled, indebted, tortured and generally ruined that losing them feels like a mercy. On the other hand, some lucky card draws can make the game much easier and make you feel like [[Sly Marbo]] outfitted with the Necronomicon, a .44 Winchester, several packages of Whiskey and a raging hard-on for the destruction of the abominations beyond space and time.

	This section was [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Category:~~Copypasta borrowed] from the wiki page on [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Arkham_Horror~~ Arkham Horror]. It's an apt summary, but why not give it its own page?		This section was [[Copypasta\|borrowed]] from the wiki page on [[Arkham Horror]]. It's an apt summary, but why not give it its own page?

	Indeed, imagine a game where you're basically playing a Scooby Doo Gang of random 1920s archetypes, trying to prevent motherfucking [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Cthulhu~~ Cthulhu] from trying to bust in and wreck Earth. If you're lucky you'll end up with a gang consisting of an almighty [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Wizard~~ wizard], a mystery solving clue-sniffer akin to Sherlock Holmes and a blood-drenched ~~murdur-hobo~~ who'd make even Ash from Evil Dead blush. Of course, if you're unlucky the player characters will constantly be at deaths door, on the run from evil cultists (Not the [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/~~Cultist-chan fun kind]) and cthonic horrors trying to destroy the world.		Indeed, imagine a game where you're basically playing a Scooby-Doo Gang of random 1920s archetypes, trying to prevent motherfucking [[Cthulhu]] from trying to bust in and wreck Earth. If you're lucky you'll end up with a gang consisting of an almighty [[wizard]], a mystery solving clue-sniffer akin to Sherlock Holmes and a blood-drenched [[murderhobo]] who'd make even Ash from Evil Dead blush. Of course, if you're unlucky the player characters will constantly be at deaths door, on the run from evil cultists (Not the [[Cultist-chan\|fun kind]]) and cthonic horrors trying to destroy the world.

	In fact, don't imagine it - because that's what this game is about. And lets face it, you likely being a fine and [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/~~Dickgirl well-cultured] Intelligen/tg/entleman, the idea of playing a dapper 1920s Indiana Jones kind of guy, armed with a whip and a .45, going up against [~~https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Demon demons~~] for great justice should be all you need to hear. I mean, who wouldn't want to do that?		In fact, don't imagine it - because that's what this game is about. And lets face it, you likely being a fine and [[Dickgirl\|well-cultured]] Intelligen/tg/entleman, the idea of playing a dapper 1920s Indiana Jones kind of guy, armed with a whip and a .45, going up against [[demon]]s for great justice should be all you need to hear. I mean, who wouldn't want to do that?

	Welcome to Eldritch Horror, where good characters go to die screaming as tentacle horrors from the great beyond eat their bodies and minds.		Welcome to Eldritch Horror, where good characters go to die screaming as tentacle horrors from the great beyond eat their bodies and minds.