[Arkham Horror] A Thousand Broken Masks: Investigator Victory!

mi-go hunter

The year is 1926, and it is the height of the Roaring
Twenties. Flappers dance till dawn in smoke-filled
speakeasies drinking alcohol supplied by rum runners
and the mob. It’s a celebration to end all celebrations in
the aftermath of the War to end all Wars.
Yet a dark shadow grows in the city of Arkham. Alien
entities known as Ancient Ones lurk in the emptiness
beyond space and time, writhing at the gates between
worlds. These gates have begun to open and must be
closed before the Ancient Ones make our world their
ruined dominion.
Only a handful of investigators stand against the
Arkham Horror. Will they prevail?

The Rules: http://www.math.iupui.edu/~bramsey/AH_Rules.pdf


Gameboard:

GAME2UPDATE14 by konheong, on Flickr

Locations proceeding clockwise:

NORTHSIDE (ORANGE):
Curiositie Shoppe
Newspaper
Train Station

DOWNTOWN (WHITE):
Bank of Arkham
Arkham Asylum
Independence Square

EASTOWN (GREY):
Hibb's Roadhouse
Velma's Diner
Police Station

RIVERTOWN (PURPLE):
Graveyard
Black Cave
General Store

FRENCH HILL (BLUE):
The Witch House
The Silver Twilight Lodge

SOUTHSIDE (BROWN):
Ma's Boarding House
South Church
Historical Society

UPTOWN (RED):
Woods
Ye Olde Magick Shoppe
St. Mary's Hospital

MISKATONIC U (YELLOW):
Library
Administration
Science Building

MERCHANT DISTRICT (GREEN)
The Unnameable
River Docks
Unvisited Isle

Other World Locations from Top to Bottom:

R'lyeh

Plateau of Leng

The Dreamlands

Great Hall of Celeano

Yuggoth

City of the Great Race

Abyss

Another Dimension

Location Special Abilities:

CURIOSITIE SHOPPE:
Shop: Instead of having an encounter here, you may draw 3 Unique Items and purchase one of them for its list price. Discard the other two items.

BANK OF ARKHAM:
Bank Loan: Instead of having an encounter here, you may take out a Bank Loan if you don't have one yet.

ARKHAM ASYLUM:
Psychiatric Care: Instead of having an encounter here, you may recover Sanity by receiving psychiatric care. You may either regain 1 Sanity for free, or pay $2 to restore your Sanity to its maximum value.

POLICE STATION:
Deputized: Instead of having an encounter here, you may spend 10 toughness worth of monster trophies, 2 gate trophies, or 5 toughness worth of monster trophies and 1 gate trophy to become the Deputy of Arkham. Take the Deputy of Arkham card.

GENERAL STORE:
Shop: Instead of having an encounter here, you may draw 3 Common Items and purchase one of them for its list price. Discard the other two items.

SILVER TWILIGHT LODGE:
Inner Sanctum: If you have a Silver Twilight Membership, then you look at the Inner Sanctum entry when having encounters here.

MA'S BOARDING HOUSE:
Recruit: Instead of having an encounter here, you may spend 10 toughness worth of monster trophies, 2 gate trophies, or 5 toughness worth of monster trophies and 1 gate trophy to take any 1 Ally of your choice from the Ally deck.

SOUTH CHURCH:
Blessing: Instead of having an encounter here, you may spend 5 toughness worth of monster trophies or 1 gate trophy to have any investigator you choose be blessed

YE OLD MAGICK SHOPPE:
Magic Lessions: Instead of having an encounter here, you may pay $5 to draw 2 Spells. Keep one of them and discard the other.

ST. MARY's HOSPITAL:
Medical Care: Instead of having an encounter here, you may recover Stamina by receiving medical care. You may either regain 1 Stamina for free, or pay $2 to restore your Stamina to its maximum value.

ADMINISTRATION:
Classes: Instead of having an encounter here, you may pay $8 to draw 2 Skills. Keep one of them and discard the other.

SCIENCE BUILDING:
Dissection: Instead of having an encounter here, you may spend 5 toughness worth of monster trophies or 1 gate trophy to gain 2 Clue tokens.

RIVER DOCKS:
Shady Character: Instead of having an encounter here, you may spend 5 toughness worth of monster trophies or 1 gate trophy to gain $5.

Gamestate:

ACTIVITY:

TERROR LEVEL: 0

OPEN GATE LIMIT: 6
# of GATES OPEN: 2

OUTSKIRTS LIMIT: 2
MONSTERS IN THE OUTSKIRTS: 1

MONSTER LIMIT: 9
MONSTERS IN PLAY: 8

2 MONSTERS DRAWN FROM EACH GATE OPENING

Gate and Monster Locations:

GATES OPEN:
Yuggoth in the Unnameable (Modifier: -2, Symbol: Circle)
Another Dimension in Hibb's Roadhouse (Modifier: +0, Symbol: Square)


MONSTERS IN PLAY:
Zombie in the Merchant District Streets
Byakhee in the Unnameable
Cultist in the Graveyard
Warlock in the Graveyard
Dark Young in the Graveyard
Dimensional Shambler in Hibb's Roadhouse
Fire Vampire in Hibb's Roadhouse


MONSTERS IN THE OUTSKIRTS:
Gug


MONSTERS IN THE SKY:
Nightgaunt

Investigators:

Nullzone as Jenny Barnes:

Sanity: 1/6
Stamina: 1/4

SPEED/SNEAK: 3/1
FIGHT/WILL: 3/3
LORE/LUCK: 3/3

CURRENT LOCATION: St. Mary's Hospital

MONEY: $8

CLUE TOKENS: 0

INVENTORY: Enchanted Knife, Dragon's Eye, Cavalry Saber

SPELLS: Dread Curse of Azathoth

SKILL: Fight (+1 to Fight checks, 1 bonus die when spending clue tokens to Fight checks), Lore (+1 to Lore checks, 1 bonus die when spending clue tokens to Lore checks)

SPECIAL CARDS: Blessing

ALLIES: Eric Colt (+2 Speed, Nightmarish Immune)

MONSTER TROPHIES: Vampire (2), Ghoul (1), Shoggoth (3)

GATE TROPHIES:

Daemonis as Mikey McGlen:

Sanity: 1/3
Stamina: 6/7

SPEED/SNEAK: 5/1
FIGHT/WILL: 5/2
LORE/LUCK: 0/3

CURRENT LOCATION: Graveyard

MONEY: $3

CLUE TOKENS: 3

INVENTORY: Tommy Gun, Dynamite

SPELLS:

SKILL: Bravery (Exhaust to reroll a Horror Check)

SPECIAL CARDS:

ALLIES:

MONSTER TROPHIES:

GATE TROPHIES: R'lyeh

Cerberus as Darrell Simmons (FIRST PLAYER):

Sanity: 4/4
Stamina: 6/6

SPEED/SNEAK: 3/2
FIGHT/WILL: 5/1
LORE/LUCK: 3/1

CURRENT LOCATION: Black Cave

MONEY: $0

CLUE TOKENS: 3

INVENTORY: Holy Water, Cultes Des Goules, Whiskey, Knife

SPELLS:

SKILL: Expert Occultist (Exhaust to reroll a Spell Check), Luck (+1 to Luck checks, 1 bonus die when spending clue tokens to Luck checks)

SPECIAL CARDS: Blessing

ALLIES:

MONSTER TROPHIES: Maniac (1), High Priest (2)

GATE TROPHIES: Great Hall of Celeano

blahmcblah as Harvey Walters:

Sanity: 7/7
Stamina: 1/3

SPEED/SNEAK: 3/2
FIGHT/WILL: 3/0
LORE/LUCK: 3/4

CURRENT LOCATION: Yuggoth Area 2

MONEY: $0

CLUE TOKENS: 3

INVENTORY: Enchanted Blade

SPELLS:

SKILL: Sneak (+1 to Sneak checks, 1 bonus die when spending clue tokens to Sneak Checks)

SPECIAL CARDS:

ALLIES:

MONSTER TROPHIES: Fire Vampire (1), Ghost (1), Witch (1)

GATE TROPHIES:

Bogart as Joe Diamond:

Sanity: 2/4
Stamina: 5/6

SPEED/SNEAK: 4/3
FIGHT/WILL: 4/1
LORE/LUCK: 1/2

CURRENT LOCATION: Merchant District Streets

MONEY: $7

CLUE TOKENS: 4

INVENTORY: .45 Automatic, Research Materials, Lantern, Blue Watcher of the Pyramid, Elder Sign, Obsidian Statue

SPELLS:

SKILL: Marksman (Exhaust to reroll a Combat Check)

SPECIAL CARDS: Blessing

ALLIES:

MONSTER TROPHIES: Ghoul (1)

GATE TROPHIES: City of the Great Race

sportzboytjw as "Ashcan" Pete:

Sanity: 5/5
Stamina: 5/6

SPEED/SNEAK: 3/3
FIGHT/WILL: 4/3
LORE/LUCK: 0/3

CURRENT LOCATION: Arkham Asylum

MONEY: $3

CLUE TOKENS: 1

INVENTORY: Lucky Cigarette Case, Enchanted Blade, Tommy Gun, Motorcycle (+2 Movement)

SPELLS:

SKILL: Stealth (Exhaust to reroll an Evade Check)

SPECIAL CARDS: Blessing

ALLIES: Duke

MONSTER TROPHIES: Gug (3), Zombie (1), Formless Spawn (2), Star Spawn (3), Witch (1), Shoggoth (3)

GATE TROPHIES: City of the Great Race, Abyss

Ancient One:

DOOM TRACK: 8/11

ELDER SIGNS: 5/6

GATE TROPHIES COLLECTED : 4/6

Enviroment, Rumors, and Modifiers:

ENVIROMENT:


RUMOR:


WORSHIPPERS ABILITY: Cultists are ENDLESS

Special Cards: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Special

Common Items: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Common_item

Unique Items: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Unique_item

Spells: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Spell

Skills: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Skill

Allies: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Ally

Monster Encylopedia: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Monster

The Worlds Beyond: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Gate_marker

Players:
Nullzone
Daemonis
@Cerberus
@blahmcblah
@Bogart
@sportzboytjw

Dice rolls will be done with invisiblecastle; you can use the algorithm "Xd6.hits(Y)" to count successes for this game. (Y should be set to 4 for blessed, 5 for normal rolls, and 6 for cursed.)

mi-go hunter

Alright folks, the game will begin shortly! In the meantime, choose your investigator (from the base set only!) and vote for a AO (base set) to fight against. The investigators/AOs from the base set have no expansion icon next to them.

Investigators: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Investigator

Ancient Ones: http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Ancient_One

Bogart

I choose Diamond Joe Quimby, or Joe Diamond, if my first choice isn't free.

I nominate either Yig or Azathoth as the ancient one. No point setting ourselves up for a fall by picking someone who cripples us throughout the game.

stever777

Oh, so the player list holds from game to game, like CitOW?
Maybe you should have a separate thread for sign-ups, if you're gonna run a bunch of these.

Sign up

mi-go hunter

stever777 wrote: »

Maybe you should have a separate thread for sign-ups, if you're gonna run a bunch of these.

I dunno, it might be too much for me to handle. O_O

Nullzone

I could probably run one if a bunch of people are also interested...don't want to take the thunder from mi-go's game or leave her stuck if any of her current players can't play though.

stever777

...but I won't get to play for 3 more games!

mi-go hunter

Nullzone wrote: »

I could probably run one if a bunch of people are also interested...don't want to take the thunder from mi-go's game or leave her stuck if any of her current players can't play though.

If you wish to run a game, by all means do so! You can take the players still waiting on my reserve list
@Nullzone

mi-go hunter

Also, I'm a male. :ahem:

Nullzone

Sorry, I have a (perhaps bad) habit of gender-associating by the appearance of someone's avatar.

Nullzone

How did you handle cards and stuff, just hosted your own game on handtracker and played cards off the top of each deck?

sportzboytjw

Yig and Ashcan Pete if it's cool.

sportzboytjw

Where do I set up my dice rolls?

mi-go hunter

Nullzone wrote: »

How did you handle cards and stuff, just hosted your own game on handtracker and played cards off the top of each deck?

Yup, I use handtracker and drew cards of the tops of the decks. It's also helpful to keep a spreadsheet to keep track of all the monsters in play, items, etc.

sportzboytjw wrote: »

Where do I set up my dice rolls?

Invisible Castle, under the campaign name AHGame2

Capfalcon

Any room in the next game?

mi-go hunter

Capfalcon wrote: »

Any room in the next game?

Probably not, but there is sure to be room in the 4th game! IF I do run a 4th game...

Nullzone

I'm gonna set up another game, will ping the top 8 on your standby list for players.

sportzboytjw

Is AHgame2 up in IC yet? I don't see it.

mi-go hunter

sportzboytjw wrote: »

Is AHgame2 up in IC yet? I don't see it.

I believe the campaign is created once you roll the dice and name the campaign as AHGame2, no? Or am I wrong?

mi-go hunter

Good ol' Nullzone has started a new game of AH here. The first eight on the waiting list (with the exception of Nullzone obviously) have been removed. Cheers!

Chrysis

Yeah, it shows up as a campaign once someone has actually rolled something in it. So the first person to roll a dice for the AHgame2 campaign will create it.

As a side note, I'm interested in signing up as a reserve for either of the AH games currently running.

mi-go hunter

Chrysis wrote: »

Yeah, it shows up as a campaign once someone has actually rolled something in it. So the first person to roll a dice for the AHgame2 campaign will create it.

As a side note, I'm interested in signing up as a reserve for either of the AH games currently running.

I proudly introduce the AH Sign Up and Discussion Thread.

Signups for future games will go there!

blahmcblah

Let's go with Professor Harvey Walters. And Azathoth sounds like a good time.

Cerberus

Okay, I vote for Azathoth, and I will play... Darrell Simmons

mi-go hunter

@Greeper? @Kirindal?

mi-go hunter

Joe Diamond receives a Lantern and Research Materials.

He also receives the Marksman skill!

Bogart

Which version of the Lantern card are we going with? The expansion one?

mi-go hunter

Darrell Simmons receives a Tommy Gun, a Holy Water, and the Cabala of Saboth

He receives the Expert Occultist Skill...

mi-go hunter

Bogart wrote: »

Which version of the Lantern card are we going with? The expansion one?

We're going with the revised one (+1 to Luck checks)

mi-go hunter

Harvey Walters receives a Enchanted Blade, ELDER SIGN, the Red Sign of Shudde M'ell, and Wither.

mi-go hunter

"Ashcan" Pete must decide to draw a Holy Water from the bottom of the Unique Item deck or draw from the top.

He must decide to draw a Ancient Tome from the bottom of the Common Item deck or draw from the top.

Cerberus

Okay, I totally don't need that Holy Water so thats a trade away to someone with no combat stuff.
Also Mi-Go would it cause you any hassle if I use Orakos for rolls, I believe that work blocks IC but need to check...

Bogart

If you don't want the holy water maybe draw from the top of the deck and get something you can use yourself. It's a risk, but you might fluke something great.

Cerberus

I cant as am not Ashcan Pete, I'm Darrell Simmons, both of us got Holy Water...
I dont need the HW as I got a Tommy Gun...

Bogart

D'oh.

sportzboytjw

mi-go hunter wrote: »

"Ashcan" Pete must decide to draw a Holy Water from the bottom of the Unique Item deck or draw from the top.

He must decide to draw a Ancient Tome from the bottom of the Common Item deck or draw from the top.

Those seem terrible for Pete. Is that a solid assesment?

Greeper

I'm going to throw my vote in for Nyarly-kun, since vanilla Arkham Horror is really pretty easy, and doubly so if we use Azatofu or Yiggy.

No one's playing Mandy Thompson, so that's super tempting, since she pretty much rules... but I'll go with Mikey McGlen.

Nullzone

lol Azatofu

sportzboytjw

I'm 1000% nub at this game, so I voted whatever someone said was easier.

MrBody

Greeper wrote: »

I'm going to throw my vote in for Nyarly-kun, since vanilla Arkham Horror is really pretty easy, and doubly so if we use Azatofu or Yiggy.

No one's playing Mandy Thompson, so that's super tempting, since she pretty much rules... but I'll go with Mikey McGlen.

Hmmm? Nyarl is by far the easiest AO in the game. Take a look at his card; it's almost impossible to lose to him in the final battle. My group calls him NyralaJOKEtep for a good reason.

blahmcblah

I haven't played in ages, so I'd also prefer relative ease.