Arkham Horror: The Card Game

I love that an enemy engaged with an investigator will move with that investigator, which can create dramatic finales where an investigator goes tearing through the streets of Arkham getting the shit kicked out of them by some horrifying monster, leading it directly into an ambush by other investigators who put the beat down on the monster.

Winnie just ran from Hangman’s Hill, through Uptown, into Southside, with Annette Mason on her ass, where Harvey and Jim lay in wait. Harvey had a plan, and he and Jim blasted the heck out of Annette. Winnie survived with one hit point and one sanity to spare.

Had such an amazing end to The Circle Undone that I got a little teary eyed.

A bit of a spoiler -Before the Black Throne R2

Jim, the Jazz Man, Saves the World

We are hoping to start Machinations Through Time tonight or tomorrow. Yesterday we built our character decks, set up MTT and went over the rules/objectives.

Since Jim’s disappearance, Harvey has been grieving the loss of his friend. Dr. Milan Christopher has been deeply concerned about Harvey. Nate suggested that his friend Father Mateo might be able to offer Harvey some spiritual guidance through this rough time. Of course Harvey poo-pooed this idea, but agreed to meet with Father Mateo to please Milan. Surprisingly, Harvey and Father Mateo hit it off, and now Father Mateo has become a regular visitor to Harvey and Milan’s home. Winnie and Nate sometimes join them, but more often they can be found together at the Tick Tock Club.

Yes, Al chose him. We don’t have Innsmouth yet. Since this is just a one-off scenario, we are hoping that not having the Insmouth cards won’t be too much of a handicap.

Finished Machinations tonight. It was a lot of fun. It’s more of a pick-up-and-deliver with lots of little putz monsters.

I had read a lot of complaints from people who played with only one or two investigators that it was a super tight efficiency puzzle with no time to do the fun stuff on the locations, and impossible to beat. We played with 4 investigators, so we were able to take advantage of the fun abilities on the location cards - sending stuff through time to other investigators. I can see how it would be a real grind with less than 4.

We started Dream Eaters. We split up the team, with Winnie and Father Mateo in the dream world, and Harvey Walters and Nate in the real world.

This one is so much fun, with all the zoogs and cats.

Also, large amounts of Exp available to be earned in the early scenarios, allowing quick access to the fun investigator cards.