Arkham Horror Tutorial (PART 2) SCARY SOLSTICE SPECIAL! (S01B05.2)

-=-=-Content Shortcuts-=-=- (Don't worry, you're almost done!)
- Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LN5dsq5i54
- Example Turns 1: 24:25
- Example Turns 2: 8:31
- Final Remarks:14:54

Have a very scary solstice everyone; it's the best-worst time of the year! With the nights getting longer, the evil is stronger, and there's much to fear!

Ken and Jason are finally doing Arkham Horror in time for Christmas! But how'd they get out of Hell since their Halloween episode? Well, I guess you'll just have to wait til season 2 to find out...

Also, all the music (and some of the blurb in the notes here) is actually from the HP Lovecraft Historical Society's "Very Scary Solstice" album! If you enjoyed the music you can buy it here: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso (or if you're like me, here: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/storeDetailPages/solsticecombo.html) Or, if you're just interested in checking out their awesome society, you can go here: http://www.cthulhulives.org/

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[dsr15]

Nice review. Arkham Horror is a true classic. As far as expansions go - I like to be judicious and only add one at a time (sometimes 1 large and 1 small), though keeping everything separated and setup is a chore. Keep it up guys - you do a great job.

[2GASCB]

@dsr15 Thanks a lot! And I agree with the expansions - adding more than one at a time is generally madness - not to mention annoying to take apart, like you mentioned!

-Ken

[Alu3veces]

only 1 $ for retainer? whay dude?

[2GASCB]

@Alu3veces Was kind of a long day, and we were sort of rushing through the example turns. Simply, I derped.

-Ken

[Kallistosprom]

Thankyou for the reply and the thoughts :-D

[2GASCB]

@Kallistosprom Any time! I love answering questions :D

-Ken

[2GASCB]

@dkyzar You are right all around! I'll make some annotations as soon as I get a chance to note the mistakes.

Thanks for the comment! We actually do appreciate being told when we missed/mistook things.

-Ken

[2GASCB]

@Kallistosprom True all around.

As far as expansions? Personally I'm a fan of the small box expansions, as they give you a monster of the week sort of feel, without making the game much more complicated (most of the big boxes add new boards, which tend to complicate things a lot). In particular I like "Lurker at the Threshold" and "Curse of the Dark Pharaoh" as I feel they add the most!

-Ken

[jasonfawcett]

@dkyzar 1. That's correct, it gives $2. I actually didn't even notice Ken was only taking 1 there 'til now :/

2. We actually did note the correct sequence in part 1, but Ken's kinda set in his ways on that, and given the monsters we had it wouldn't have affected anything, so I figured it was no biggie.

3. That one's entirely on me; I haven't actually read the rules in a while, and Ken was out of the room so he couldn't correct me :(

Thanks for pointing these out to us in any case! :)

[dkyzar]

1. Pretty sure the retainer gives $2 per turn, so you were richer than you thought. 2. The Mythos cards have to be resolved in a certain order. a. Gate/monster b.clue appears c. Monster move d.text read. This is because some card text would affect an area a monster moved into. 3. In the previous video, you stated that if there is an active rumor, the next rumor Mythos would be discarded, but I'm pretty sure a-c would occur, and the 2nd rumor is ignored. Could be wrong on that one, but su