- Requires Arkham Horror base game to play
- Includes content for every Arkham Horror Expansion
- 1-8 players
- 2-4 hours playing time
- Ages 13+
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| Main Language(s): | English unknown, English original, English published |
| Model Number: | VA70 |
| Number of Game Players: | 1 à 8 joueurs |
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A recent find at Miskatonic University has unearthed even more mysteries pertaining to the strange happenings in Arkham, Massachusetts. While the worshippers of the Ancient One grow in strength, the stalwart defenders of this sleepy town are put to the ultimate test. Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Miskatonic Horror, an expansion for Arkham Horror. The fight against the unknown forces of the cosmos is far from over, and those that thought they stood a chance against the mythos have a lesson to learn. Miskatonic Horror is a new type of Arkham Horror expansion that builds upon the materials found in the ample library of other Arkham Horror expansions. While the components and rules found in Miskatonic Horror can be enjoyed with only the Arkham Horror base game, the more expansions you incorporate, the more aspects of Miskatonic Horror you can enjoy. With nearly 450 new cards, Miskatonic Horror includes: • New Skill, Gate, and Mythos cards for the Arkham Horror base game. • Additional Exhibit Item cards for Curse of the Dark Pharaoh. • New Injury, Madness, Dunwich Location, and Dunwich Horror cards for Dunwich Horror, as well as an all new Dunwich Horror Herald sheet. • More Blight and Act cards for The King in Yellow. • New Kingsport Location, Epic Battle, Blessings of Noden, and Visions of Hypnos cards for Kingsport Horror. • Over 20 new Cult Encounter cards for The Black Goat of the Woods. • New Innsmouth Location and Innsmouth Look cards for Innsmouth Horror. • Additional Relationship cards and Reckoning cards for Lurker at the Threshold. • Plus new Player reference sheets and a new Institution variant!
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A recent find at Miskatonic University has unearthed even more mysteries pertaining to the strange happenings in Arkham Massachusetts. While the worshippers of the Ancient One grow in strength the stalwart defenders of this sleepy town are put to the ultimate test. Miskatonic Horror is a new type of Arkham Horror expansion that builds upon the materials found in the ample library of other Arkham Horror expansions. While the components and rules found in Miskatonic Horror can be enjoyed with only the Arkham Horror base game the more expansions you incorporate the more aspects of Miskatonic Horror you can enjoy.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Strong new expansion for Arkham Horror but not perfect
15 Aug 2011
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Overall this is a great addition to Arkham Horror and every other expansion set they've ever made. It's basically just more cards for everything. I understand that with the big board expansions (Innsmouth, Dunwich & Kingsport) Miskatonic actually increases the odds of drawing an open gate at these boards. That's good news as the biggest problem with those boards is that you could have potentially finished a whole game without ever visiting those boards. Um, this comment is for all you veterans.
If you're completely new to Arkham Horror, I DON'T recommend you buying this product. Why? Again, pretty much what this box does is expand on all the previous expansions. So if you don't have any of the old expansions or only half of them, this box is a heavy drop in the wallet for you. Buy this expansion last out of all of them and you'll feel your money's better earned. Or after you've purchased all three of aforementioned board expansion sets.
The box also includes some quick reference cards that tell you your limits based on # of players like monster limit on board, outskirt limit, # of open gates until the AO awakens. These cards are surprisingly useful. When I first looked at these I thought they'd be useless as you just remember this stuff anyways but with the cards it's a great quick reference for everyone at the table to glance at. So we use them all the time.
The last thing the box introduces are institutions. These are similar to Guardians except they're man-made and man-run organizations like the Miskatonic Univeristy, the Crime Organization and the FBI Bureau. Since we've played a few games with all of them, my players (and most everyone on the net) think these cards weren't thoroughly play-tested. All of them could have been tweaked just a bit. And this may be the most disappointing thing as I read the previews on these organizations I was pretty excited about seeing a semi-new mechanic being introduced but now, it's a shame that they just weren't play-tested enough.
Actually, my biggest disappointment was that they really didn't fix the Lurker herald. Sigh. They just added more reckoning cards and some of them are pretty deadly. But what they really needed to do was to fix and reprint the Lurker Herald card. Oh well, maybe next time.
Overall a great buy if you're a vet and have every expansion set but if you're a newbie, hold off on this one.
If you're completely new to Arkham Horror, I DON'T recommend you buying this product. Why? Again, pretty much what this box does is expand on all the previous expansions. So if you don't have any of the old expansions or only half of them, this box is a heavy drop in the wallet for you. Buy this expansion last out of all of them and you'll feel your money's better earned. Or after you've purchased all three of aforementioned board expansion sets.
The box also includes some quick reference cards that tell you your limits based on # of players like monster limit on board, outskirt limit, # of open gates until the AO awakens. These cards are surprisingly useful. When I first looked at these I thought they'd be useless as you just remember this stuff anyways but with the cards it's a great quick reference for everyone at the table to glance at. So we use them all the time.
The last thing the box introduces are institutions. These are similar to Guardians except they're man-made and man-run organizations like the Miskatonic Univeristy, the Crime Organization and the FBI Bureau. Since we've played a few games with all of them, my players (and most everyone on the net) think these cards weren't thoroughly play-tested. All of them could have been tweaked just a bit. And this may be the most disappointing thing as I read the previews on these organizations I was pretty excited about seeing a semi-new mechanic being introduced but now, it's a shame that they just weren't play-tested enough.
Actually, my biggest disappointment was that they really didn't fix the Lurker herald. Sigh. They just added more reckoning cards and some of them are pretty deadly. But what they really needed to do was to fix and reprint the Lurker Herald card. Oh well, maybe next time.
Overall a great buy if you're a vet and have every expansion set but if you're a newbie, hold off on this one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
An expansion for expansions
4 Nov 2011
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Mistkatonic Horror is a different kind of Arkham Horror expansion. It is an expansion for the expansions, so to speak.
Does that mean that if you just own Arkham Horror this set is useless? No, there are some parts that can be used to expand just the base game, however if you don't own any of the expansions you will likely be very disappointed by the price of the set for very little value.
One of the things that I find infinitely helpful are the cards included that detail "if you have this many people playing, monster limit is X, gate limit is X" and so on. They should have included these in the original set and have corrected that oversight with this expansion. It isn't worth buying for these alone, however.
What it is worth buying for is if you want to add cards or a hand full of variants to your game IF you own other AH expansions. ALL of the expansions (minus the original Curse of the Dark Pharaoh set) have new cards added with this set. While none of the cards add anything jaw dropping amazing, they do definitely add to the difficulty and fun of the expansions and the main game itself.
If you go in to buy this set as a normal AH expansion set, be prepared to be disappointed. If you approach it as an expansion of the expansions you already own, then you will likely be happy. There is roughly an expansion set, one of the larger expansion sets, worth of new cards. There are no new game boards, however, which makes the $50 MSRP seem a touch high to me.
I really like what it adds to the sets I own, but since there isn't a new game board I don't think the MSRP is completely justified.
Does that mean that if you just own Arkham Horror this set is useless? No, there are some parts that can be used to expand just the base game, however if you don't own any of the expansions you will likely be very disappointed by the price of the set for very little value.
One of the things that I find infinitely helpful are the cards included that detail "if you have this many people playing, monster limit is X, gate limit is X" and so on. They should have included these in the original set and have corrected that oversight with this expansion. It isn't worth buying for these alone, however.
What it is worth buying for is if you want to add cards or a hand full of variants to your game IF you own other AH expansions. ALL of the expansions (minus the original Curse of the Dark Pharaoh set) have new cards added with this set. While none of the cards add anything jaw dropping amazing, they do definitely add to the difficulty and fun of the expansions and the main game itself.
If you go in to buy this set as a normal AH expansion set, be prepared to be disappointed. If you approach it as an expansion of the expansions you already own, then you will likely be happy. There is roughly an expansion set, one of the larger expansion sets, worth of new cards. There are no new game boards, however, which makes the $50 MSRP seem a touch high to me.
I really like what it adds to the sets I own, but since there isn't a new game board I don't think the MSRP is completely justified.
A great add...if you're already invested in other Arkham expansions
25 April 2012
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This one expands the previous expansions of Arkham. If you haven't already purchased a number of the expansions (at least 4) it's probably not worth the money, but if you have almost all the other expansions and are looking for a way for them to all integrate together better...this is a great way to do it.
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