Arkham - 8 investigators devoured by Ithaqua

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:16 pm

The Black Goat of the Woods - Herald
Ancient One - Ithaqua (who is the only ancient one on the wiki without a proper pic of his sheet)

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Herald:
From the wells of night to the gulfs of space, from the gulfs of space to the wells of night, ever the praises of the Great Ones. Ever their praises and abundance to the Black Goat of the Woods! Ia! Ia! The Goat with a Thousand Young!

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Current Game Map:

Players:
1) Isgrminur - Jenny Barnes

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2) Newcastle - Joe Diamond

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3) Chaosraven - Darrell Simmons

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4) rshetts2 - Dexter Drake

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5) Gryndyl - Harvey Walters

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6) RMC - Vincent Lee

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7) Qantaga - Mandy Thompson

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8) El Guapo - Amanda Sharpe

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Arkham Horror Rules

Black Goat of the Woods Rules

Investigators

Text in spoiler tags is to keep the length of the post managable. Feel free to read it at will.

Now some copy and paste from Gryndyl's last game:

The original game board can be found here. Requires a boardgamegeek account, which you should probably go ahead and get if you don't have one as they're pretty awesome

Board Quick Reference Guide:

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Rules Specific to an 8 player game:

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:18 pm

I'm permanently INterested. And it's "gauging".

Newcastle · Post by **Newcastle** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:27 pm

watcha talkIN bout willis?

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:13 pm

Always willing to take the last spot left.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:42 pm

I really enjoyed Gryndyl's game, so if you get this going I'm in as well.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:33 pm

Correcting the spelling of the guy who would be pulling your encounter cards and rolling your dice may not be in your best interest. Plus, I have no idea what you were talking about.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:40 pm

I'll remember to quote it next time, teacher.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:45 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I'll remember to quote it next time, teacher.

Still poking the guy drawing your cards? Teacher may have to give you a lesson in priorities.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:05 am

Umm... Can I be on a different team that HASN'T antagonized the Great Old One before the game began?

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:21 am

Chaosraven wrote:Umm... Can I be on a different team that HASN'T antagonized the Great Old One before the game began?

Are you trying to say I'm the great old one? That my visage is so hideous it drives folks insane from horror?

Isgrminur is officially forgiven.

I wouldn't stand to near Chaosraven though.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:29 am

"too near to"

Gryndyl · Post by **Gryndyl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:24 am

Chaosraven wrote:"too near to"

zINg!!

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:55 am

I love playing this in person, so if there is room I would be In.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:07 am

Chaosraven wrote:"too near to"

Burn On You, Remus!

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:19 am

Unagi wrote:
Chaosraven wrote:"too near to"
Burn On You, Remus!

Nah, I'm aware that I am a to/too retard so it doesn't bother me in the least. However, if someone would point stessier this way he would probably grind his teeth to nibs reading my abuse of the two words.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:23 am

I'm thinking of using the Black Goat in the Woods expansion if folks are into that one. If you guys prefer a different expansion I'm open to that as well (provided I own it).

Qantaga · Post by **Qantaga** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:33 am

Pick me, pick me!

IN

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:53 pm

I'm happy to take the last spot, as long as there's tolerance for someone who has never played the game before (and a copy of the rules).

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:07 pm

You may begin choosing your sacrifi^^^^^^^investigators whenever you'd like. Black Goat of the Woods does not bring any new ones to the game so only original ones may be selected.

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:12 pm

I have to wait until I get home to take a look at the cards again... It's been a while since I played last..

Newcastle · Post by **Newcastle** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:17 pm

Joe Diamond PI reporting in for duty,

or Dexter drake the magician (2nd choice)

Qantaga · Post by **Qantaga** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:23 pm

Mandy Thompson (the Researcher) please.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:20 pm

The Reporter, please.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:36 pm

Jenny Barnes, Dilettante

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:53 pm

Vincent Lee you can all just call me 'The Doctor'

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:13 pm

Well if Newcastle is going with the PI Ill take Dexter Drake. If he would prefer Drake then Ill go with the PI

Newcastle · Post by **Newcastle** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:23 pm

rshetts2 wrote:Well if Newcastle is going with the PI Ill take Dexter Drake. If he would prefer Drake then Ill go with the PI

hi dexter drake!

-sincerely,

Joe D.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:51 pm

Don't worry, don't worry, the Federal government is here to sort this mess out, ya backwards locals.

Name's Roland Banks - I'm the Fed.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:23 pm

El Guapo wrote:Don't worry, don't worry, the Federal government is here to sort this mess out, ya backwards locals.

Name's Roland Banks - I'm the Fed.

The Fed is actually an expansion character. Please choose one of the investigators without an expansion symbol.

Also, how do folks feel about playing the Herald variant?

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:32 pm

Chaosraven wrote:The Reporter, please.

Expansion character. Please choose one that does not have an expansion symbol next to their name.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:34 pm

Simmons is the Photographer?

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:41 pm

Chaosraven wrote:Simmons is the Photographer?

Ah, the Photographer is a different character than the reporter. The reporter is the guy that begins cursed.

Photog it is for you.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:47 pm

Thanx, that's who I wanted.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:52 pm

Ah, sorry about that. Then I'll go with Amanda Sharpe - student. Seems like fun, and hey, who doesn't want to get devoured if things go badly?

By the way, just let me know if I'm doing something completely boneheaded. In general I'd like to figure things out myself (though this being a coop game, with advice from everyone), but if I'm doing something completely n00bish just give me a heads up.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:03 am

Set up has begun. I PM'd those that have choices to make during set up.
Gryndyl still gets to pick his Investigator before completing that. I may post some map images in the mean time as I try to master Gimp image editing.
Nobody has mentioned the Herald Variant yet so maybe you missed me asking.

Please vote yes/no using the accuse tags on whether or not you wish to play the Herald Variant or the basic expansion rules.

Either way I am not using the difficulty cards.

Newcastle · Post by **Newcastle** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:20 am

no idea what the herald variant is.....care to explain? otherwise am neutral on that one.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:28 am

Newcastle wrote:no idea what the herald variant is.....care to explain? otherwise am neutral on that one.

Well, you could click the link I posted to the Black Goat of the Woods rules........but here is the pertinent part:

“The Herald” Variant
In this variant, the Black Goat of the Woods, a powerful and malevolent being,
has appeared to prepare the way for the Ancient One. This increases the difficulty
of the game and makes use of the Black Goat of the Woods herald sheet
and a special monster cup.
Setup
Set up the Arkham Horror base board game as normal, performing the following
additional steps during Steps 5 and 11.
5a. Place the Black Goat of the Woods herald sheet to the left of the Ancient
One sheet.
11a. Set aside all monster markers with the hexagon dimension symbol to form
a second monster cup. This is referred to as the hexagon cup.
Gameplay
This variant uses all of the standard rules and victory conditions, and adds the
rules listed on the Black Goat of the Woods herald sheet:
When a gate opens, draw a monster from the cup as normal, • then draw a second
monster from the hexagon cup and place both monsters on the gate’s location.
• When a monster surge occurs, draw half the monsters from the hexagon cup
(round down).
• Hexagon monsters are not removed from the game board when a hexagon gate
is closed.
• Each time an investigator defeats a hexagon monster, he or she draws a
Corruption card.
• Dark Young move as normal monsters.
• Each time a monster surge occurs, add a doom token to the doom track.
• Note that even if the hexagon cup is depleted of monsters, players should continue
to draw monsters from the regular cup as normal.

This basically jacks up the danger from Monsters - both clogging the board and getting so many the terror level goes up (outskirts limit is zero with 8 investigators). It also makes Corruption cards enter play more often and they can add a bit of interest to the game.

Newcastle · Post by **Newcastle** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:03 am

Sorry didnt see it from my brief skim through of the rules (i did look at em).

Sure, I am all for it. But willing to go with how the group rolls.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:36 am

no preference

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:08 am

hark the Herald Old Ones bring

hell yeah!