Arkham Horror the Card Game | Rahdo's Final Thoughts 

LOL------> 11:03 "This is addictive. This is a box of adventure crack."

This is the best game for couples. If you like horror, survival and Cthulhu, unlimited card customization to improve your character, a lot of characters and great story you should buy them all. Revised edition rocks. After d&d this is the best experience you can have in a table.

it totally is a rabbit hole... but what an awesome one to be in! ffg, take my money. this game is brilliant.

Just want to add the Dunwich Legacy campaign scenarios are even more fun than the core set ones. Each scenario has a twist to it, and no two scenarios feel the same.

just love the art in this game about to play tomorrow for first time

Internally consistent is a strong point as well as the attachment to your hero. But the rulebook is hard to work with and drawing chaos tokens should be done without replacing. Also a hard mode for if you believe your hero is optimized.

Played the game but, never even survived one scenario... Even less won. But still love it!

I ultimately had to choose between this and Lotr lcg and and went with Lord of the rings mainly on theme alone. LOTR is one of my favorite books/movies/universe and I honestly despise the cthulhu lore/mythos and the churning of similar themed games due to it being public domain now. That's not to say Arkham Horror LCG is bad, by any means hell I'd even pick it up myself, but I've invested so much time and money in the LOTR lcg I couldn't even fathom picking up another. I honestly just wish LCG core sets gave you a full play set in ONE Box! stop making us buy 2-3 copies of the base set for every LCG to get the "full/true" experience

I can't get myself to get LotR LCG from the shelf but, damn... I'll probably buy this one. Poor addict I am.

I am really hoping FFG riffs off these design elements with the L5R LCG later this year. My favorite game IP with a modern new design - so exciting!

A great game for sure. So many possibilities with this game.

I agree with everything you say. It is amazing! I abandoned LOTR LCG because of this. Enjoy mate. And your criticisms are so well balanced. REALLY it means so much. As a 50 year old person in school I totally love this Final Thoughts vids. As my game of choice, yay. I keep playing it.

I have six expansions, 7 scenarios and the revised core game. Would you still recommend getting the second core set?

I had the feeling that you would like this one seeing as you liked the Lord of the Rings LCG, since it uses the same core mechanics (go to locations, make progress, repeat) but improves on it in almost every way.

This is the best Arkham files game by far. It has the best narrative, the best mechanics and for me its the most immersive game of the whole collection. I almost have all the Arkham Files games and expansions and now, in 2020 i’m selling everything except the LCG and Arkham Horror second edition.

Hi rahdo, love your reviews.LOTR CARDGAME or ARKHAM HORROR CARDGAME which do you like more and why.

Thanks so much for the video. You've just validated pretty much all of my thoughts about this game and I've yet to play it. My wife and I have only just ordered the core set(one box) and the Dunwich Legacy expansion, and while my wife is definitely interested, I'm just excited as hell to get them and start playing. I've been hearing the same story from a lot of people that you really need to buy two of the core sets for any meaning full deck building, so I'm hoping to talk the wife into it eventually. Then again, maybe the Dunwich expansion will take care of that problem I don't know. What I love most is that you're basically playing a character in the form of a deck of cards, and playing an RPG with the cards acting as your DM or GM. What's even more amazing is that the storyline develops in such a way that it makes me not even want to look at the cards until I've completed each scenario in order so the story doesn't get spoiled for me. That's just amazing that a card game, of all things can do all of that. Again thanks for the review and happy gaming!🙂

As someone who doesn't care much for deck building but likes the adventure horror theme and structure, would this still be fun? Are their prebuilt deck suggestions?

Damn you, Rahdo. I hoped that I could skip this game. Now I have to buy it. Awesome review. :)

You've quickly become my favourite youtuber I love your run throughs and your voice! I'm purchasing Eldritch though because my partner loves the globe trotting adventure backdrop. Also more of a complete game in one rather than a tease with the "LCG" stuff..

what about replaybility?

I agree with the rabbit hole , with the release schedule moved me to sell my copies in favor of the Aeon's End kickstarter. Also what are your thoughts on solo versus two player -- did playing multiple characters dissuade you at all?

Hi rahdo, I am a huge fan of your channel! I mainly play games with my girlfriend and now we want to expand our collection with two co-op games: one heavy (Robinson Crusoe or Spirit Island kind of heaviness) and one very light. We already have Elder Sign, Pandemic, Escape: the curse of the Temple, Arkham Horror LCG and The Ravens of Thri Sahashri. What would you recommend? :) Thank you in advance!

A box of adventure crack! It is a very good game.

I'm looking into going down this rabbit hole. Just wondering does anyone know how many core base sets of crack you need to be able to play any combination of deck building with the characters that come in the core base set for a FOUR player game? EXAMPLE: If two core boxes are needed for two players, does that translate into four for a four player game? Or do you just buy expansions instead? I mean FOUR core base sets is really going to hit the wallet hard if that's the case. Any suggestions out there?

Love this game

Do you like this or Spirit Island more? I don't really have the money for both ^__^ I may also at times want to play the game by myself.

I'm not surprised you liked this one. Good design.

Great review, thank you very much, really helped!

So, is this one better for you than Lord of the Rings card game?

Why, owning 100+ board games isn't - if not a deeper - rabbit hole? xD ;) To each his own. Based on your earlier encounters with Lovecraft themed board games I never expected you to like this game that much.

Why is Jen so anti-gun?

Nobody has the time to play them all, not just Rahdo :-) I wish I were a rabbit now! How does it compare to WQ:ACG with all of its fan expansions?

Anyone know where to find the free scenarios he mentioned?

I have: Legend of the Five Rings A Game of Thrones 2nd Ed Arkham Horror All are FFG's LCGs.. #brokebuthappy

Where can you download some free adventures for it? :)

Awesome review. Couldn't find the free storylines that were mentioned? Can anyone help me out with that and point me in the right direction?

Hey Rahdo, I'll take it off your hands! ;)

Great review! Now I need more mythos packs!

To much coffee? Lol ps awesome interview

You just gained a new like and a new subscriber :). I was hesitating for the exact same reasons as you meaning the core loop, repetitive and lame, and because of the damn luck. ... and also because this game is a scam in terms of cost for a bunch of damn cards. You didnt mention it but a campaign (One box and 6 little sets) is costing about 115 dollars for about less than 10 hours of new scenarios (1 hour per scenario). But then you convinced me. And I wont buy Eldricht then :). Thanks

LOL you really are a fast talker :-)

The expansions already push the limits of the core game loop. The only problem you have with the game is already addressed in expansions :) Try the PoDs(Curse of the Rougarou and Carnivale of Horrors) before selling the game

I'm a bit bothered by 2 things: - the amount of randomness ("do a test with a die roll" is something I only am OK with when we're dealing with my favorite settings; somehow that works for me with Pathfinder ACG, but I'm not sold on it here) - the amount of buying to do (need 2 boxes to enjoy this with friends). Hmm. Not sure I want to get there, seeing the amount of modern deck builders out there. The rest seems fine. The thing is - I already own Arkham Horror (the non-card game :) ) so I'm not sure if I want to add to the Lovecraft presence in my library.Though maybe there is not a "single, optimal strategy" with the LCG game?

Has anyone ever told you you have mannerisms like Steve Carrell? Haha

The game...is your least favourite part of the game hahaha you're a strange reviewer Rahdo

I want to like this style of game, believe me, but despite its huge success, and Rahdo's surprisingly positive review....its just corny role playing through a series of cheesy encounters. No skill. No depth or meaningful strategy. And the writing has to be world class and from what I have just seen, it comes across like a senior school English student has knocked it up. Ok, so I haven't played AHtCG....but it's going to take a lot more than this to try.

Gotta be honest. I cannot understand why you like this but hated Eldritch Horror. This game is an RNG nightmare. The button bag is an epic fail when compared to the excitement of a die roll. There are three adventures in the box, which is not enough replay value so they made it bone-chillingly impossible. The number of times the game became impossible (obscuring clouds on the cellar) is rediculous. My least favorite rule is that it takes an action to engage an enemy in your location. That makes zero sense. I think you play too many games, Rahdo. This one is an epic failure and a rip-off at it's price.