Just recieved my copy of Arkham Horror, opened it up, man it is so cool, cant wait to get started, it looks so cool in its packaging I almost dread opening it the rest of the way. Sooooo Excited!!

Have fun and remember the rules may not be clear as an elder crystal but the forums are here to help. Welcome to the Asylum

Innsmouth13 said:

To be honest I get the impression the rules are designed to drive you insane.

Let us all know how your first couple of games go though!

The rules of Arkham Horror are infinitely better than the ones for Descent, for one, which is something to be thankful for.

Have fun!If you ever get bored with the base set, get the Dunwich and Innsmouth expansions;these add a lot of stuff to the mix. And download the custom fanmade content; there's so much of it floating around.

I just got into it recently myself and it's awesome!

Things which helped me:

1) This forum definitely - I learned a lot of things just poking around here. Chances are if you have a question someone around here had it as well at some point.

2) Search around for some sort of rules flowchart/cheat sheet - the boxed rules can be a little obtuse at first and having someone else break them down can really help.

3) Think like a gamer or actor or story teller and not a lawyer - the rules matter but if you try to understand everything just as law you can end up making things more confusing. A lot of the time something that is confusing will make more sense when you think in terms of story "Oh yeah, I don't have 3 hands so I can't use a magical sword and shotgun at the same time!"

4) Be ready and willing to play a few times before you fully "get it" - I know my family and I "messed up" a couple things our first few games. That was okay because we've got it down pretty good now and it's fun. We didn't even finish a game or two but learned new things and strategies from those experiences.

Enjoy and watch out for the shoggoth behind you.

Nephilim42 said:

These two are the best tips to give any newcomer. As one of the reviews I saw on youtube (paraphasing of course), Arkham Horror is great cause you can use house rules and still have a blast. Some other advice is play a few games solo with two investigators so you get a strong feel for the game then "teach" others.

I played my first game last friday, and I can just say I cannot wait to play this friday!! WOW I am blown away, it's just so much fun. The rules can be a little tough but this forum is great and I recommend a good flow chart, or even turn the manual over and theres a quick guide there. Also, use the Arkham horror wiki! Real easy to just search for the rules when you're playing the game!

Thanks for all the info, I shall immerse myself in charts, graphics, manuals and web site material during my first few games by myself

Glad to hear others have received their copies and haven't had any issues with them!

I received my copy yesterday afternoon and I had an unpleasant surprise in my box.

Of the 4 sheets to punch to tokens and markers from, my 4 of 4 had the 3 of 4 back print on it.

I was all geared up to play after dinner last night, old friends that used to play the game with our old group show up and bam, 71 messed up tokens and markers. 5 Investigator markers that have the gate markers from 3.4 on the back.

Quite depressing , but hopefully all will be made right in the end.

-Tom

The exact same thing happened to me when I got the game. FFG's customer service is very good. Get ahold of them and they will ship you out the missing components.

Or just take it back to where you got it and tell them you got a defective copy. I'm sure they would swap it out.

Joseph_Lavode said:

Not to hijack this thread, but I thought I would go ahead and confirm what was said there.

Both the retailer and FFG have been immensely helpful in this.

FFG has priority mailed me the missing pieces today.

What should I look for to make sure I have all the pieces I should in my copy

Check the cardboard frames that held all the tokens. They should be numbered on them somewhere (in one of the corners I think. It's been a while) something like "1 of 4", "2 of 4", etc. Make sure you have 4 different ones.

There is also a list in the manual that tells you all of the components and how many there are of each

Cool thanks Ill check, I just got done punching out all of the pieces, I never got into model planes...but there are a hell of a lot of peices to this game

Uh oh, all three 1of4, 3of4, and 4of4 are all the same, is each one suppose to be different?

Not sure, but maybe they need to be the same; they just have different numbers on them.

Check again against the components list in the rulebook.

Will do

thanx

Was a little worried there for a second

Brings whole new meaning to Arkham Horror

Actually there is either an error in the rulebook or I have one extra of two of the components

H.P. Lovecraft said:

Which components?

It says 24 of something, I have 25 of two of them

It says Stamina 10 "3s" and 24 "1s" I have 25, same for Sanity