I would welcome big box expanisons of boards that were set on other worlds. There is enough about the Dreamlands to make this the first one. Hell, they can make them coexist as each player moves his Arkham Board ( cause he is awake) then his Dreamland board ( for when he is asleep).

John Bua said:

I hgihly recommend you try out the Arkham Nightmare: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/796568/arkham-nightmare-dreamlands-expansion/page/1

Wow, you are very talented. That is awsome.

You did a lot more than I expected. I was also thinking of something like an explansion, big board, but with ALL the other worlds on it. Since you have to have a few encounters in the other worlds before you come home, then the new board would have a few locations with specific encounters for those locations.

So you go to the Dreamlands, then you can choose to go to two different places in the dreamlands before you return home. So you can have an olathae encounter or a Skae ecncounter. ( I hope I spelled them right, its early, BC* for me). If you go to say Celano then you can go to two specific places there before returning.

How does that sound?

*Before Coffee.

This is exactly what I was thinking. Although a board expansion for the different other worlds seems a bit narrow of a scope for a big box expansion, with the right location decks and extra mechanics for entering another world it could be an interesting idea.

The main thing is that in order to stay 'caught up' in Arkham you would be limited to 2 other world encounters which would limit your time on the board. Otherwise you could get far behind in the gate closing process which would make you loose the game. The flip side is that you could create an expansion board with only a few other worlds on it (ex: Dreamlands + Yuggoth). Entering a gate to either of those locations would force you into a 3 turn gate journey process instead of the 2 but would leave the remaining Other Worlds unchanged. This would add to the difficulty of the game without completely breaking the mechanics. The other option would be to have players travel around the other worlds for a series of turns with tangible benefits to the Arkham game board. Meaning they could close gates from the other side and potentially travel to another world.

I like the Other World idea a lot for an expansion because it could streamline the somewhat random sounding gate cards that come up when you don't get an encounter that is tailored to your particular Other World. However, there are admitted difficulties that are associated with this (not insurmountable though).

John Bua said:

That's very kind of you but I'm afraid your praising the wrong guy. The Arkham Nightmare was written by Michael Hunter. It's an excellent supplement and well worth a place in the collection of any Arkham Horror afficianado.

If you want to try my expansion (the Lovecraft Country Horror) just follow the link in my signature. It's more like a conventional big box expansion; I'm sure you'll find plenty of material in there that'll fit on your dining table.

Whilst I'm at it, I also ought to add that you might want to check out Vermont Horror, which you can also find on www.boardgamegeek.com

I'm still holding out hope that they release a video game version of Arkham eventually. While I love playing the cardboard version, it's too space-intensive for my apartment (particularly when using all expansions). I prefer to play Arkham with other people, and I don't see that changing, but if there were a video game version. I could kick back on my computer and play a game without all of the set-up time and trying to find space (or traveling to the local board game store with a game area).

FFG has already released a video game version of Elder Sign, so I hope that is a sign of more games to come.

You could try VASSAL. I think it's got an Arkham Horror plug-in, though I've never tried it myself.

FFG will never make a exact videogame replica of Arkham Horror, not while it can still make loads of money off expansions, custom dice and figurines. I suspect they made Elder Sign into a videogame because it's hard to justify expansions to a dice rolling game.

MrArkham said:

Not so sure about this, but for sure the Elder Signs: Omens is kinda different from ES: the boardgame. The base game was really too easy to win, plus it was a little repetitive (for me, as well). It grants you half an hour of fun, for sure, but it could have been much more interesting. Anyway, Launius said two expansions for the boardgame were "under development", let's see what FFG will do with these

Jake yet again said:

I've done it, but the set-up time on VASSAL is almost as long as the set-up time for the cardboard game.

FFG will never make a exact videogame replica of Arkham Horror, not while it can still make loads of money off expansions, custom dice and figurines. I suspect they made Elder Sign into a videogame because it's hard to justify expansions to a dice rolling game.

They could re-sell all of the expansions we currently own in digital form for even more money. I can see myself paying upwards of $100-$150 for a digital version of Arkham with all of the expansions if it was well done. Throw it on Steam, and you might even get a bunch of new people interested in Arkham, and some of those people might buy the board game. I don't think they could go wrong, honestly.

John Bua said:

(Look- a familiar face!)

The incredible "Arkham Nightmares" fan expansion works that way- you travel thru the Dreamlands board till you "wake up" (unless you're on The Moon)….

It's really worth all the printing, cutting, and gluing. Been planning for some time to post an in-depth review over at BGG- I cannot praise it highly enough. I really think these fan-made expansions are the future of Arkham Horror, especially since FFG seems to consider their saga to be complete with "Miskatonic". After all, the "Vermont Horror" fan-exp has gone "legit" with its very own BGG page- that qualifies it as canon in my book.

An aside: has anyone got a copy of "To the Barricades!" or any of the scenarios from Arkham Nights 2011 or 12 (particularly interested in the Barricades one).

thanks

Krysmopompas said:

PM me your e-mail, and I'll send you over all the files :-)

I just realized that nothing is to be expected for Arkham. Except for a "living Arkham" in a few weeks.

I think that what the Mayas saw as the end of the world is in fact a succesfull attack of Chtulhu against our world….

Thanks Julia, just sent you a message (I think!). If for some reason you don't get it, please send me one and I can respond to that.

Quick question that's pseudo on topic. (I would have started a new thread, but for some reason I can't start one - FFG take note and please get some decent forum software!)

The new book. Is it coming with a new ally? I seem to recall reading something like that, but I'm not sure.

The 2nd books in both the Dark Waters and the Lord of Nightmares trilogies have mail-ins for new adventure cards for Elder Sign.

Julia said:

PM? Not sure how to do that on here, but anyway, could you please send them to: grudunza gmail

Grudunza said:

Done! I guess it's gmail dot com. If not, let me know and I'll send the e-mail again to the correct address!