There are the larger box versions of the game which have three scenarios, but there are also smaller ones that play with fewer cards. The story is also more focused as you work through scenarios. It’s more about busting up cults and fighting smaller monsters. And while the game has great old ones who are looming all around and are being summoned, it doesn’t feel like it’s about that. While the basic premise remains the same, the story of the card game takes place on a much smaller scale, and you are playing through cards, using abilities and investigating to solve smaller cases. The game is a much smaller profile and plays in a shorter time.

LCG stands for Living Card Game, and while Arkham Horror the board game is a beast with tons of pieces, the card game has fewer pieces and no game board. Image Source: Fantasy FlightĪlright, finally differentiated between the two Arkham Horrors.

Or at least that they didn’t get out of the sake of the game, so they were limited in what they could do. One downside is that some characters kind of got locked into a cycle of madness that was very tough to get out of. What I appreciated about it was that you could try and figure out things in different ways. It’s a pretty straight forward game as well but challenging. Now, I haven’t played this game with expansions, but the base game is a very long game by itself. The average Arkham Horror game goes on for a long time, too long for some, hence why Fantasy Flight made Eldritch Horror and other games to take it’s place. You investigate, fight monsters, travel to other realms and close portals to those realms. This is the epic big game as you work your way around the city of Arkham. Also, let’s just get this out of the way, that’s the description for all of these games to some extent. Akrham Horror is a massive game where you take on the roll of investigators trying to stop a great old one from bringing madness or at least doom upon the earth.

This is the first of the two Arkham Horror entries, and this one is set aside for the massive board game. However, I haven’t played that one yet, so let’s meet the contenders. In fact Eldritch Horror would have made a lot of sense as it is also a Fantasy Flight Games game. Now, there are lot more Lovecraftian/elder god games out there, including Eldritch Horror that could have joined the list. Yes, this is a four way showdown between the heavy hitters that I’ve played of the Lovecraftian world.

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