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First timer with Arkham
hamdingers
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My play group (aka my family; wife + 2 teenage sons) are trying AH for the first time today. Any suggestions on the best old one / investigators to make for a good first experience?
Other tips / gotchas also appreciated.
Thanks!
Other tips / gotchas also appreciated.
Thanks!
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As far as the investigators, I don't think it makes a huge difference, though you may want to get the doctor/psychologist/researcher, as they are good team players and really allow people to help each other out specifically.
Mostly just make sure you know as many of the rules as possible before starting, because it's already a long game, and you don't want to get too bogged down looking things up (even though you'll have to do that anyway). And know going in that it's pretty difficult if you don't know what you're doing. There's a good chance you'll lose and/or your investigator is devoured.
Take an afternoon or whatever and just run the game by yourself once or twice to get a hang of the rules, then bring it to the gaming table. The game plays best with at least one person who knows enough of the basics to help new players out with uncertainties.
Don't run C'thulhu or Yog'Sosoth until you're more comfortable with the game, and don't run it with any expansions right off the bat.
Plus he adds a nice bit of fatalism to the game. Cthulhu wakes up? You can beat him.
Azathoth wakes up? He eats the world.
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This; even if it is just a few rounds worth, you need to run through the process to get a good feel for how everything works. But best to do a full solo game if you have time.
Thirded. This is easily the best way to get a handle on the rules, which are considerable. Even if you're the only one, there should be at least one person familiar enough with the rulebook to know where to look up the unknowns.
On New Years I played AH for the first time in a four man game with Yog'Sothoth as the GOO. We had a hell of a time on Gate closing duty, and eventually he woke up. Through a combination of lucky rolls, dynamite and tommy-guns we drove him back into the darkness from whence he came. We got lucky I guess, since we were on the ropes the entire time trying to get below five gates. Every time we'd close one, another would pop up.
This is the investigator movement phase (II), not the step of the Mythos phase (V) where you move the monsters (that misconception just popped up in a question about AH in the main boardgame thread).