After closing/sealing a gate at the beginning of the arkham encounters phase, does the player continue to take an encounter at their (now empty) location and draw a location card, or does the act of closing/sealing a gate use up the phase?
Gates and arkham encounters question.
If you have an explored token, your only options during the Arkham Encounter phase are to attempt to close the gate, or do nothing (not even have an encounter). This means that if you successfully close the gate, you do not get an encounter at that location.
Tibs said:
If you have an explored token, your only options during the Arkham Encounter phase are to attempt to close the gate, or do nothing (not even have an encounter). This means that if you successfully close the gate, you do not get an encounter at that location.
Is there an official ruling on that do nothing during the Arkham Encounter? That's how we play it when the No One Can Help You Now mythos card is drawn or when an Investigator uses his clue tokens in the Other Worlds and has an Old Journal or The King in Yellow, but the AH rulebook states that an investigator must take an action (p. 8 - the must is in italic in the rulebook) during the Arkham Encouters phase, not sit and wait. Seems non-consistent.
Check pages 8-9, you either follow the "No Gate" paragraph or the "Gate" paragraph, depending on whether there is an open gate or not.
Dam said:
Check pages 8-9, you either follow the "No Gate" paragraph or the "Gate" paragraph, depending on whether there is an open gate or not.
Dam, I'm not sure if your reply is for my question but with what is written on page 9, I understand that the investigator may try to close the gate. That may is confusing because we think it gives the opportunity for the Investigator to leave that location, not to wait for better conditions before closing and sealing the gate.
And I think it's still non-consistent with the must take an action on page 8; doing nothing is not taking an action.
Your Arkham Encounter is trying to close the gate; it is not at the beginning of the AE phase, it IS the AE phase. You do not get TWO AE phases in a row...
Its a bit of both
If there is a gate then you MAY seal or wait for help, move skill sliders etc etc. if you fail your roll you have to wait anyway. in adition if you wait there then you'll have to evade or fight monsters there on your next turn before attempting to seal a gate.
If there is no gate then you MUST have an encounter.
Titeman said:
Your Arkham Encounter is trying to close the gate; it is not at the beginning of the AE phase, it IS the AE phase. You do not get TWO AE phases in a row...
This clears it up, thanks. I'm new to AH and thought the act of closing a gate or sealing it would make the location immediately empty, therefore the player must then take a location card. In my first few games, this was the only vague area I had difficulty with, not bad considering the game's complexity. Cheers!
Ah, the good old newbie days. I used to allow encounters while standing on a gate (instead of entering or closing it), and used to allow the option of an encounter after a gate was closed. That brings me back.