Arkham Horror

Arkham Horror BGG ↗

Your rating: 5.0

My BGG Comment

We used to have big sprawling game nights around this. But these days I find the mechanisms to arbitrary and the whole Arkham theme with insanity and death is no longer to my liking. The expansions didn’t make this better just more convoluted.

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BGG Game Details

Year 2006
Designers Kevin Wilson, Richard Launius
Artists Scott Nicely, Brian Schomburg, Rafał Hrynkiewicz, Vlad Ricean, Henning Ludvigsen, Anders Finér, Richard Launius, Patrick McEvoy, Kurt Miller, Kevin Wilson
Publishers Edge Entertainment, Hobby World, Korea Boardgames, Fantasy Flight Games, Giochi Uniti, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Smart Ltd, Wargames Club Publishing, Arclight Games, Delta Vision Publishing, Galakta, Nexus Editrice, ADC Blackfire Entertainment
Players 1–8
Time 120–240 min
Status Previously owned
BGG Rating 7.2
Categories Novel-based, Fighting, Horror, Adventure
Mechanics Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers, Point to Point Movement, Cooperative Game, Events, Solo / Solitaire Game, Finale Ending, Role Playing, Lose a Turn, Stat Check Resolution
BGG Rank 486
Complexity 3.59 / 5
Language Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable

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Play History

Date Location Duration Qty Players Scores Winner
Arkham Horror 2009-10-05 – 1 – – –

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