Original Core Vs Revised Core Set - ALL key differences explained! for Arkham Horror: The Card Game 

Thank you so much. Remember watching your videos when I first got my first core set. Very informative and fun at the same time. The best channel for Arkham Horror lcg fan

Thanks for the comparison! I just bought a revised core box after recently getting back into the game, and was going to give my existing core set to my son so he can have a second one for better decks. The changed art makes me rethink that, though I could always swap out cards with the art that I like, I guess. Love your videos!

The detail of this video is so impressive and enjoyable. Thanks for this.

Very thorough. Great work!

Very informative, thank you!

All the extra Knife, Emergency Cache, and Flashlight are very useful as a genuine card back for the Parallel Investigator print-and-play (print slightly smaller only the front on thin paper then combine with perfect fit clear sleeve). Roland's Directive will take out quite a lot of them. I think when Parallel Wendy is released, remaining Knife, Emergency Cache, and Flashlight would be just enough for any need in deckbuilding.

Thanks for the Video, I was on the fence to buy this and this helped me pull the trigger!

This was great. Thanks. Funny as always as well.

Thank you! Very helpful!

Thank you for the great video. I recently saw some people playing the newer edition and was concerned as to if i should buy it or not. I dont have to. I actually do like the older art as opposed to the newer art. The old art feels darker, which is what i feel like the game tries to emit, and with the new art, in comparison, i dont feel like it is up to the same level.

As someone who is just jumping into the game with the Edges of the Earth campaign. I'm very happy they included charisma in this new corebox.

A couple of the choices of the revised cards confuses me, such as 'Hard Knocks' and 'Will to Survive'. The art isn't bad but doesn't have much thematic connection to the card names as the previous art.

Great video thank you. We have just started playing

My guess for the artwork change on the characters is that the women were either scared or doing something stereotypically "woman like". While I understand some of the changes, some are strictly worse from an atmosphere perspective like Agnes' Dark Memory. It doesn't look like she's having a traumatic recall, but like she's casting a vicious spell. Same for Wendy's Abandoned and Alone, the original really sells the despair. The new one it looks like she's not that bothered at all. Overall they also added more women to the art, which is welcomed. I will miss my Cat Burglary though :c Other than that they generally made the art less creepy in some instances, like First Aid or Medical Texts. And now I don't understand what Hard Knocks represents anymore. The new art is a mixed bag on my end, I'll probably mix and match with the old in my collection.

Thanks for helping my decision making

Thanks for this!

Leave it to me to start a game RIGHT as they upgrade all their products. Thanks for this!

Definitely do not prefer the new investigator art.

Very good comparison review guys. Much appreciated. One thing I would mention is the plastic inlay (like the one in Marvel Champions) - if you fit the cards in snuggly the cards in the bottom corner of the partitions start having their corner edges turn in (due to insert corners being "curved") - This makes the card corners bend and so don't sit flat then in a deck when playing. Bad design in my opinion.

Actually gonna using old and new art just to keep variety in the deck :)

Thanks for the video, laughed quite a bit! Does the insert in the revised core set fit sleeved cards comfortably?

Good video!

Can i just check on something now.. so does this newer edition now have 2 copies of every card. (instead of buying 2 core sets so you have x2 lucky, or X2 Beatcop,or X2 vicious Blow etc etc.. are there now simply 2 versions of everything already there for you?

This is so good.

Great video.Does the campaign includes the cards from the "return to" ?

Are all the older packs and expansions compatable with the revised starter, or do I have to wait until the do revised copies of those, too?

Hello. I'm very new to boardgames and will mostly (well most likely only) be playing solo. Which version should I get? Any advise /recommendation is much appreciated. Thank you.

Do you know if a French version of the new core set will be released ? Is it necessary to buy the core set to play the extension « To the edge of the earth » ? Thank you for your videos. I just subscribed to your channel.

If the old set had the same cards in the investigators deck, where is the difference with the new one? Are more cards added for upgrades or something like that? Or in the old set you didnt have enough cards to make 4 decks like in the new one?.

Thing to note which I have noticed is that some of the weakness cards have only one copy in the revised core set and if I am not mistaken getting two original core sets would give you two copies of each weakness. The basic weaknesses that have only one copy in revised core box is as follows: stubborn detective, mob enforcer, silver twilight acolyte, haunted, hypochondria, and psychosis. The revised core box does come with two copies of amnesia and paranoia. Not entirely sure why this is, but it appears to be the case. I am new to Arkham horror so perhaps there is some reason for this. Another odd thing of mention is it does count the player aid cards (5 in total) towards the player card count, so it is more like 240 actual player cards for deck building.

Excellent comparison! You know exactly what I think most people would be interested in, such as the new card arts; superb slideshows there by the way! And of course your patented humorous and highly entertaining manner of explaining stuffs! 😅 Damn tiny fonts, indeed.🤣

Is the campaign box the same size as the new starter box? In the pictures i have seen it looks a bit smaller.

Great video as always. It looks like a lot of the artwork (outside of general touch-up) that was redone reduces gore and alcohol use. I wonder if this was a move to make the game more approachable for younger audiences or if FFG was responding to complaints about the (albeit not very) adult themed artwork.

So... with the art for Guard Dog changed... does this mean that whenever the upgraded one gets really published it will have the new art? Slight collection confusion (though I think I'll deal), but hopefully not TOO tricky to still instantly recognize an upgraded version of your first deck. This IS after all the same picture with a better-cared-for dog...

Nice video do you think they will revise all the box or just the core one?

Hi, great video. Can you please measure Resource Tokens 3 and 5, Clue/Doom Tokens 3, investigator lead token ? I want to order the coin cases before my game arrives.

One thing that I completely missed with my purchase of the revised core set was that the cards with the new art don't match their experienced counterparts included in other expansions. I was all aboard for the new art but I had to come to the conclusion that the upgraded Unexpected Courage from the Stella Clark expansion for example still featured the old art. These discrepancies really bothered me and ultimately made me purchase the old core set anyway. So if you're sensentive to art consistenty like me, you might want to think twice about getting the revised set.

I hope this comment will be noticed - Hi, I'm quite new to the game. I got my first core set, tho I didn't realized it's the older version. I'm solo player most of the time (my friends just don't like it, but I love AH so much). Do I need to get another older set if I want to build my card deck as a solo player? If I don't really want to buy another older version but the revised core set, would they be comparatable?

Are the "new" cards numbered 183 to 195 found in current expansions? Or are they brand new to the game? From someone who has 2 copies of the original set, it seems a hefty price tag to buy the new revised just to get these new cards....

Are the taboo cards for the set updated ex: Dr. Milan?

I've never played arkham horror lcg and I can buy a great package with the core set and the first complete cycle + the mythos packs ,some of the second,4 scenario packs and a storage box for a great price (150 euros). The only problem is that I've seen pretty much everybody saying that you need 2 core boxes in order to really play the game is this true in this case or all these content provides the cards that you needed from the second core set? Is that the same with the revised edition ?

Have they confirmed they're going to go back and re release/revise the old cycles with this new investigator box, scenario box set up? If that's true I might not even finish buying Path to Carcosa or Innsmouth and just wait until then.

Can I play the new Dunwich Legacy Cycle campaign box if I only have the original core set? Thanks!

I might have missed it but does this core set come with everything you need, or do I still need to buy two of them to have enough cards? I regret selling my collection last year and want to get back into the game but if I can have enough cards buying one revised core set instead of two of the original, I'm up for that.

hello good video I'm new to the world of Arkham horror lcg I found a box of the old core set for $12 dollars I didn't know there was a revised edition I play solo my question is the core I have is enough to play or do I need the revised edition ?

So I have the original core set but never had the chance to play. We have a group of 4 and were always told we'd need two core sets to have a good pool of cards to start out with. Is this still true with the new core set? Can I just get the revised one and mix it with the old?

Question before I watch the video. Do you give a heads up before the spoilers?

Question is how much more is the revised core set worth over the older version currently on sale for $23 on amazon.

As always... an excellent video. Did you notice the size of the text on the revised cards? Both the title text and the header text are slightly larger.

So if I buy the new core set and have the old one can I combine the cards together?

you don't have a netrunner or AGoT LCG chronicle channel?

If I was to get into the game now, would you suggest 2 old sets or 1 new set?

Is the plastic insert good for holding more expansions or just the other investigators decks?

Not surprised at the changes unfortunately, it seems that’s the way things are going. I bought the original set for the art.

I'm glad they did this. I just bought the revised. Finally a good time to get into it.

Are they going to be redoing all of the previous expansions?

How many copies are there of Charisma?

lol excellent, thank you

Have all erratas been fixed?

The cover doesn't seem the same to me? Was it by the same artist?

"Big block in a ziploc" should be on a t-shirt

Ok, here’s the deal. I have one original core set, that’s it. My wife and I gave the game a go during lockdown and decided that maybe it wasn’t for us. I was given Mansions of Madness as a gift and after several plays of that, we’ve decided to give this another go. Now, what to do! Play two player with one core and move on from there to the new Dunwich investigator and scenario sets or get the revised core set and carry on from there? Will one core then Dunwich be sufficient? You mentioned, jokingly, a new ‘nightmare mode’ and I’ve been checking around and now (after everyone, pre revised set, was saying you would new two core sets) that you’d struggle without getting the new revised set. Probably best to just knock the whole idea on the head?

I just want that box but I’m not paying $60 for it as I already have the content. :(

The rule reference decision baffles me. It already required some work done on it due to reformatting, why the f keep it in its now 5-year old version?

Daisy's new art is straight 🔥

This comes with a bag, now I don’t have to use a random crown apple royal bag.

Companies making card games putting them in boxes sized to hold the cards from the game seems like such a low bar, thank goodness FF is finally clearing it (I love their games in general, just been long frustrated by this).

Does the old and revised version of the game work with all new expansions for any particular reason? It seems like the version i bought from a target last Fall (2021) is actually the old version of the game, which leads me to wonder if they intentionally sold an obselete version of the game commercially. I have noticed that all copies of the game AND the expansion packs are now missing from target, which even makes me wonder if this change resulted in some sort of corporate issues due to returns etc. a little frustrating to see the truth about the updated box, but i see why the changes were made, playing the original as my first arkham horror game was a nightmare to sort through all the rules, and it was also very odd needing two copies of the core box to add 2 players.

Sorry new player here, what's this tarot slot thing about??

Thank you Sir for this informative and very entertaining side by side comparison. The new art makes me want to buy two original core sets instead now that I see the direction they take it. I am afraid the upcoming expansions will be plagued with the same politicly correct art and that might be in the end a big enough reason to look for second hand purchase of the old sets. Currently i cannot find any. Thank you for your work you put into this.

Oh no! They made Skids less hot again

I think the new box is an improvement. Now you have 2 copies o everything, as it should be, and a decent insert. New art is welcomed too. On the down side i dont like the 3-5 resource and clue tokens. You are not goint to use them much or you will losing time exchanging them.

Why is the golden rule gone?

Arkham Chronicle doesnt want to give their opinion and they prefer to stick to the facts... well it's a fact that the old art was way better, more misterious" and eerie than the new one. Wtf... why ??... and what to expect for all the other boxes coming ? But it's quite clear why they did that ... the long time players/collectors had no reason to buy this new boxes. Now they have one. Companies playing and exploiting fomos behaviors are shamefull. Arkham Chronicle, thanks for all your videos and hard work !

Why they skipped adding the most relevant new terms to the new rulebook is shockingly strange! What a weird missed opportunity.

New Roland Banks and Skids O Tool art are Simply aweful compared to the Old

I had no idea Wendy was a child till just now.

No more Goatse first aid

Great video! Why does he speak like that tho?

After reed multiple opinions about of how good this game is… I have been trying to look for a reason to buy and immerse myself in this Arkham horror… but when I review the products I feel very annoyed by how FFG abuse in the cost-benefit for their clients… I believe that the first people how by one or two core boxes must be annoyed and feeling abused… Plus if this is the Revised core game… why FFG did not include at least the little content from the returned box ho increase the variety and difficulty of this campaigns… What a waste of opportunity again…

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It seems ridiculous to me that someone who owns two copies of the original core set would want to buy this. Even for the most OCD completionists it seems like an excess. Now if you were conservative enough to only buy one original core set, I doubt you'll be more inclined now to buy this revised one on top. It would be 50% redundant. Clearly this is only meant for people who want to start buying Arkham now, from scratch.

You didn't answer the question: "I am a brand new player, which should I buy?"

Just buy 2 used first core boxes for half the original price. Still less money than buying the new core release....duh.

Lost opportunity by reprinting cards from past cycles instead of adding new cards like they do in the Return To boxes. I've no real reason to buy the revised core the way they did it, but probably would have if they'd put all-new card instead of reprints.

Honestly, from your uptalk at the end of every sentence I can't tell if your being sarcastic or excited, but a 17 minute video in which you do it constantly is quite bothersome. good review over all though.

Nice video, but hard to listen to..

Delivery extremely distracting from the information. Cannot pay ATTENTION when the narrator's voice keeps randomly rising and falling in VOLUME.

While you provided a good overview, please stop emphasising the last word in almost every sentence. It makes your videos much harder to digest,