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Arkham Horror 3rd Edition
fightcitymayor wrote: Agreed, the hexagonal modular puzzle piece boards are a turn-off.
I think that the hexagonal modular puzzle pieces are a great idea for some other game. Like Mads said, Arkham Horror did a great job of conveying the sense of a place. These puzzle pieces are completely at odds with any reasonable sense of an early 20th century town, but they would be ideal for a space station, or underwater installation, or a supervillain lair.
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Michael Barnes wrote: I can’t believe people are asking for upgrade kits. Yeah,
There is one. It’s a $64.95 purchase.
I don't understand how anybody could look at these components and think that an upgrade kit would somehow bridge the significant differences between 2nd and 3rd editions. It would be like asking for an upgrade kit from the very modest 1st edition to 2nd. This is effectively going to be a brand new game that is going to recycle the FFG interpretation of Call of Cthulhu.
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MattDP wrote: Lots of things to love, except for the Lovecraft. It's just so over-done.
Yeah, but overdone poorly. There are very, very few truly Lovecraftian games, and while Arkham Horror was a fine game, it wasn't that truly Lovecrafty. Eldritch arguably did it better with conditions and hidden information, but it still missed the dread part because the hidden information isn't that bad.
I don't know if I've ever played anything that really, truly got the theme right. Setting, sure, a lot have been done well, but I'd argue that the Thing game or even Dark Moon did Lovecraft better. The idea of a hidden force out to assimilate you, total paranoia, trusting no-one...that's what makes Lovecraft, Lovecraft.
If Nikki put a traitor role in this, it may well be THE Lovecraft game.
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I’ve never understood the demand for “upgrade kits.” Maybe for games that have been out for all of a year and they seriously fucked something up, but publishers do not owe you a lifetime of support.
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Josh Look wrote: I’ve never understood the demand for “upgrade kits.” Maybe for games that have been out for all of a year and they seriously fucked something up, but publishers do not owe you a lifetime of support.
Maybe blame D&D for the expectation of upgrade kits. When 3.0 came out, they were giving away free booklets that helped convert 1st/2nd edition stats to 3.0. And then when 3.5 became necessary to patch over all the issues that were found in 3.0, they offered another free upgrade book.
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It seems to be saying less "prepare to enter a world of cosmic nightmares" and more "let's find out what wacky adventures those Arkham investigators are up to this week! <cue Duke's of Hazard theme>."
FFG used to be really good at enticing players with smart aesthetic choices regardless of the the contents of the actual games and I wonder if some of that has been lost.
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Shellhead wrote:
Josh Look wrote: I’ve never understood the demand for “upgrade kits.” Maybe for games that have been out for all of a year and they seriously fucked something up, but publishers do not owe you a lifetime of support.
Maybe blame D&D for the expectation of upgrade kits. When 3.0 came out, they were giving away free booklets that helped convert 1st/2nd edition stats to 3.0. And then when 3.5 became necessary to patch over all the issues that were found in 3.0, they offered another free upgrade book.
I blame Sirlin (spit).
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You're totally right. But ever since Cthulhu became peddled as cutesy geek culture on everything from plushies to onesies then any remaining harrowing psychological darkness kind of flew right out the window. So now you get Cthulhu as millennial Scooby Doo.John Myers wrote: It seems to be saying less "prepare to enter a world of cosmic nightmares" and more "let's find out what wacky adventures those Arkham investigators are up to this week! <cue Duke's of Hazard theme>."
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If they get rid of having to remember fucking monster movement I’d be far more interested
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Arkham Horror is based on Call of Cthulhu RPG not based directly on Lovecrafts work. So really people should be blaming Sandy Petersen.
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