Learn to Play Eldritch Horror 

Thanks for the excellent guide! Here are the timestamps for easier references for anyone's who are also still learning (which I am) 1:06 Setup 3:53 Phases of game 4:05 Action Phase 4:21 Travel 4:39 Prepare for Travel 4:53 Rest 5:10 Trade 5:27 Acquire Assets 6:43 Component Actions 7:09 Encounter Phase 7:59 Location Encounter 8:04 Generic Encounter 8:19 Token Encounter 8:28 Gate 8:33 Clue 8:37 Expedition 9:02 Rumor 9:20 Defeated Investigator 10:20 Combat Encounter 10:35 Monsters & Combat Mechanics 11:48 Combat Die Roll Mechanics 12:14 Common Symbols on Monsters 12:19 Spawn Icon 12:27 Reckoning Icon 12:40 Special Monster: Cultists 13:02 Epic Monster 13:45 Encountering Multiple Monsters 13:58 Extra 14:01 Delayed 14:17 Conditions 14:38 Mythos Phase 14:54 Moving Omen Tracker 15:03 Activation of Reckoning 15:32 Spawning Gates 15:44 Monster Surge 16:04 Spawning Clues 16:39 Spawning Rumor Token 16:47 Spawning Eldritch Token 17:15 Difficulty Adjustment 17:31 End of Mythos Phase 17:43 Winning/Losing 18:00 Ancient Ones Awakens 18:08 Losing Early

I'm a complete beginner these types of games, and I grabbed it because it looked cool...and because it offered an option for single player. (solitaire stopped being lonely enough.) I didn't realize how utterly baffling it could be. After spending a ridiculous couple hours trying to decipher the manuals, googleing questions that got me nowhere, forums, other videos I'm ashamed I...couldn't even figure out how to make the first move. Your video and you are a sanity saver (pun?). I'll probably watch it a few more times, but I understand a lot more than what the rest of the Internet could give me. Thank you.

the setup is a game in itself.

This is what happens when Clue and Oregon Trail have a baby and it takes super meth

Man, Jason Schwartzman is in everything these days.

This is definitely the most descriptive and well-managed teaching video of Eldritch Horror I've seen. I've played this game multiple times, both with friends and by myself, and I still make rule mistakes at times. That's where the House rules excuse comes into play.

Thank you so much! I watched a couple other videos on this and they did nothing but confused me and skipped over several aspects that you covered in depth. Thank you again!!

I love it when I find a quality board game poster ... your talent is evident. Very nice vid!

This was really great. You did a GREAT job explaining the rules for the game and did it in an enjoyable way. Really nice job. I'm excited to see you do more of these becuase I will definitely be watching.

One of the best "how to play" or tutorial videos I've ever seen, for any gaming medium. Your editing and pacing were great, and you used humor effectively (and with each instance spaced out perfectly from each other) to keep me interested.

Ty for making this. I’ll play Eldritch horror tomorrow while haven’t played it for 7 years and this helped to refresh my mind ^^

Eldritch Horror- you did a good job on this video. This is my favorite game of all time right now.

Just ordered a copy. Can't wait to play it this weekend. Thanks for the video it's really helped.

This is my 5th year in a row watching this video for my groups annual game of eldrich horror.

Please make more videos like this. You've such a clear way of describing things and helping to set things up. I would love to see more.

Wait, you only have a handful of videos??? This is a fantastically well done explanation video, keep up the good work!

or you can play as the old politician guy and keep rolling 1's ... so much so, that your personal assistant betrays and kills you.. right then and there in the effing jungle .. this game is great lol

I love how the witty and sarcastic text tidbits contrast with your face, which usually has a serious expression. You manage to make an otherwise rather tedious topic quite fun, congratulations!

Fantastic video. Your explanations were concise, precise and had the correct pacing! Something a lot of people get wrong. Found you from a link on the Eldritch Horror BoarGameGeek forums. Will be recommending your video as the number 1 starter guide to my friends who want to play this. Keep these amazing videos coming.

Thanks for making such a clear and steady pased video. Saw to many that were either too fast or way too slow, yours was just right 😉 thanks

We completely missed the fact that you couldn't discard epic monsters with an ability. Good job we were utterly devoured otherwise the win would have proved fruitless. 😂

Thanks for the video! I've owned this game for awhile now, but never quite wrapped my head around how to play it. This was VERY helpful.

Excellent tutorial. The part when you explain the number of dice for skill tests was the best. I like your sense of humor too. Thanks!

I ordered from Amazon yesterday and it will arrive tomorrow.

Love this video. Perfect blend of entertainment, information, and explanation

Well firstly I would like to said that this video tutorial was perfectly executed and was an awesome guide that led me to buying eldritch horror, after listening and watching your guide and teaching my friends in the first game we know the rules and had lot of fun playing it! because of how clear and good your explanation is and love the humor in it , greatly appreciate it! 👍😁

Thank you for such a well done tutorial video! Keep up the good work.

Brilliant walk through! Thank you so much!

You rock man, perfectly short, entertaining and informative.

Fantastic! I shall follow you sir as this will certainly be handy in showing other people how to play this.

I watch ALOT of board game reviews, rules, and other various videos like top 10's and top 100's; you are by far one the best out there. Perfect mix of humor, graphics, and concise and easily understood explanations. Also your follow up videos (TI3) are unlike anything else out there on the Tube. I can only imagine how much work, effort, and pure force of will that this type of content is to produce. I am in TV (only an IT guy), so I kind of know. So in all seriousness, if you keep the cool laidback vibe that you have forged and great quality that you are producing while keeping your content coming at a consistent pace, the viewers WILL come. Really looking forward to see this channel grow and come out with more great vids.

Nicely done. I appreciate the production values & humor!

Great production value. Subscribed!

Your narration is clear and informative, your videos always help my to understand a new game. thank you for your videos

Great Video man! INFORMATIVE and ENTERTAINING, also

Great video! As with twilight Imperium, I sort of missed the expansions, I suggest making stand alone videos with them (and the TI3 expansions ;)) Excellent video anyway, looking forward to more in the future!

Learning new games can be a dry and painful exercise. You, sir, made it an enjoyable experience. Loved all the well-timed humor. My first play is this weekend, hope I don't royally screw it up! :P

Ha yay! I'm just getting into the hobby, REALLY wanted this game and IMMEDIATELY got overwhelmed upon opening it! Your video is funny and so helpful! Thanks!

Thank you for taking the time to explain the game in detail, I watched a total of 3 times and it has helped. Now I just need to convince my friends that I have a slight clue on how to play it and hopefully they belive me. We will probably watch the video together a couple of times again.

Played the game a Couple of years ago. Needed a rememberance .... thank you for the perfect introduction in the game

This video was the tipping point for me buying this game and it's GREAT. THANK YOU!

You need to do more games! you do a great job!

The best explanation so far! Do the same for another boards and expansions of eldritch

This is really confusing since this is the first time I watched this but he makes it exceptionally entertaining! I am very interested in playing! It has compelling characters and the mystery of it is captivating! I can't wait until I finally get it down! Good video! ^_^

At 18:10 he said "You lose the game early if all investigators are defeated in 1 round", but according to the FAQ at page 4, you don't lose unless all investigators are eliminated. The last investigator defeated keeps the Lead Investigator token until the end of the Mythos Phase btw.

Fantastic video. I usually explain combat encounters before location encounters (since players have to resolve combat before locations) but comprehensive and easy to understand. I love the subtle text commentary/jokes. The only things I'd add are examples of mysteries (so players know what they're working towards), an example final mystery, and briefly show how difficulty scales between player counts. Obviously there's a ton of information you did cover, but I think a minute or two would cover those three topics.

Nicely done and very helpful, thanks!

Thank you so much for this tutorial. For a long time I couldn't understand some, as it turned out simple, aspects of the game. Now everything is fine)

I rarely comment but dude you ROCK! Had me smiling the whole time. I hope you're doing well!

Perfect and simplified explanation! Thank you!

Great tutorial. With two of my friends I had encountered almost every boss and only defeated Ithaqua. I can only give one advice, don't spend too much time resting, and get someone on a supportive character, like the politician, that guy is a beast to get influence rolls

Awesome! Thanks RTFM

Just got the base game and went through your video. I'm excited to give it a go, soon :)

Thank you for this video. I recovered one sanity by watching it, wink-wink

Excellent tutorial, you made me go out and get this game.

Id sub but you need more RTFM vids... they are good shit.

Great Tutorial video. Looking forward to new releases including perhaps gameplay videos or further fantasyflightgame titles like arkham horror or Mansions of Madness. You've a new sub on your count. Greetings from Germany.

This video is my gold standard reference when getting eldritch out after a break from it - but now Arkham Horror 3rd Edition is out too - please make a vid for it!!

Nice video, thanks! it'd be great if you could extend this for the expansion packs

Awesome vid! Subscribed.

Great video. I recently purchased this and have only played one game so far and we won but looking back i think we overlooked the rule about not using multiple items to increase the dice count for test wrong. Also the one about being able to clear a card if you fail at gaining an item from the reserve i know for sure we where not aware of that. Second keep these coming a friend of mine purchased TI3 because your video made it much more approachable although we still have yet to play a game. ;(

love your content

I can't express my gratitude for this video. I certainly subbed and will look for future videos. This is so helpful and well paced. Thank you very much, keep it up.

great guide dood

Amazing explanation! Thanks

Unrelated to the game, but that's a pretty big TV for 2016, dude was really flexing on us.

Great video - thanks

This guide was really helpful for our first playthrough! Would love the advanced guide maybe with the expansions included?

Great vid!

I've played Arkham horror a long time ago, 1 or 2 games. Now I'm playing this in tabletop simulator!

Question: If you already have a ticket from a previous round and in your current action phase you move 2 spaces with the help of it, is it cosidered a one action or two?

Question: What happens if you deal damage to a monster without killing it? Does a new combat round start, or does the combat end and so does your turn?

I enjoyed Eldritch Horror a lot I would recommend it for sure.

Coming back to this video really makes me want to play this again. Hopefully I don't die on turn 1 to a ghost again. Anyone excited for the next expansion?

One of the best explanatory videos out in my opinion. Great job! Quick question though, at the beginning which symbol does the omen track begin on? Does it always start on green? Or red or the 2 blues?

Paminta si sir. Awesome!!!

Great video man! I have just to say: Azathoth is not like Galactus, because he doesn't eat worlds. Azathoth is the center of the universe, he dreams reality. The game ends immediately when he wakes up, because all reality would stop to exist. No need to eat worlds ;)

I’ve watched this at least 10 times - very helpful. Did you get into the AH LGC ?

This video explains how to play the game in a way which is easy to understand and not boring

Howard Wolowitz did a great job! immediate sub

I am two minutes in and this is already a great video!

Hi, does the items u get in the reserve are 1 time use? or can i use them in every combat?

Damn after 3 minutes finally it hit me...you look like Ryan Gosling bro

Are you gonna follow this up with any expansions? Do you mind talking about the dreamland expansion?

Thank you!

I'm a big Lovecraft fan so I really wanna buy this. The problem is that my friends aren't interested in the mythos at all, so I knew I could never get them to commit to something like Arkham Horror that takes several hours and is really complex. This is complex as well but I feel like I could convince them to play this because it doesn't seem much worse than Pandemic which they already play. Thanks RTFM!!!

Im having a hard time understanding the doom and omen tracker. The mythos makes you move the omen track right? And for whatever symbol is matching does the doom track move or is that only on the red circle. This part kills me because im not sure how this mehcanic works.

I'm a veteran of Arkham Horror and have dabbled in the card game, and so I'm hoping that I don't get confused with the differences. Some are glaring (no going to the asylum for treatment if you go nuts, you just lose your character) and some are more subtle, like taking a certain number of actions per turn instead of having phases. Video was a great introduction and I'm hoping i can use it to run my first play through without opening the rule book too many times. Does it take as long as Arkham Horror to complete? Some of those game sessions go long...real long.

"Shub-Niggurath, the racist one" earned an insta like :D

Can multiple mythos cards be in play?

So what can I do if anything on the Action Phase when theres a monster on my space? This is never explained in the rules...

What happens if you have 5 influence? Can you reroll dice or should you get more dice or is there a cap? What do you propose to do when you have, fo example, 5 players and everyone gets the Blessed condition? There are only 3 or 4 cards for that. And is it really a rule that you can't improve more than twice the same skill? What if you have other modifiers like allies?

Playing this later today and I still have no idea how this works 😰😱😂

didn't i see you play Ken in the Barbie movie?

You said that you HAVE to fight the monsters. Isn't that true only if you want to have an encounter on the space? Of you're in action phase you're allowed to travel away from the monsters without anything happening? As I remember this was not possible in Arkham Horror.

Thank you for this great video!

I'm planning to buy this game, I found a used one for 26 USD. But man, information overload. I wonder if my friends will like this, we're just casual players looking for cooperative board game.

10:58 HAHAHA, f*ck*er XD

Nice

Ruin your day? What an understatement. I have never dreaded drawing a card in my life. I feel massive relief when I don't get mind raped by insanity and I feel actual pain when a card decides to be an extra large dick. My friend and I have gone, "Your turn now!" and literally prepared for the worst. F*** this game with Cthulu's tentacles! ... I love it so much.