My friend Wig is letting our gaming group borrow his copy of
Arkham Horror, and I've had the chance to play it a few times with some of my friends.
It's a cooperative game, which means either everyone wins or everyone loses... the game pits the players as investigators against an evil otherworldly monster from the books of H.P. Lovecraft. The production quality is great, the learning curve is a nightmare, and there are way too many pieces, but I like this game anyway. It could be argued that the game is not really true to the spirit of the books, as it often involved direct combat with creatures that in the books would have been nearly unbeatable, but it does as good a job as any game I've seen, so I don't knock it too much for that. I would also comment that the game tends to be long, and the endings can be fairly arbitrary (for example, in one case, if you don't have any clue tokens when a particular old one rises, you simply lose... game over).
Physical Quality: 10 of 10
Balanced Play: 6 of 10
Easy to Learn: 3 of 10
Repeat Playability: 6 of 10
Overall: 25 of 40
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Topic: Arkham Horror (Read 619 times)