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Das Ältere Zeichen

Tore von Arkham

As investigators we must once again fight the Ancient One in a race against time, as each night at midnight the Ancient One stirs and his awakening approaches. During their course of their adventures investigators acquire rewards; with an Elder sign they can banish the Ancient One. A turn comprises movement, adventure or waiting and advancing the clock. Adventures are mastered by rolling the necessary symbols, and you must always adhere to or use manifold interdependencies.

The “Tore von Arkham” expansion introduces the new format “Gates of Arkham / Straßen von Arkham” and moves events from the museum to 20 new locations, gates to other dimension are opening all over town. You need the core game to play, but only use adventure and myth cards from the expansion, the Entrance Sheet has been replaced by the “Straßen von Arkham” sheet, where investigators begin the game; if they return to this card, they can implement the text on the card. Adventure cards featuring a gate cannot be entered before the corresponding “Andere Welt” Abenteuer has been mastered. There are also new Doom Icons and new Task Symbols as well as new rewards penalties and four new Ancient Ones in levels of difficulty from Easy to Insane; there are also memberships in the Sheldon Gang or The Order of the Silver Twilight – they assist in completing tasks and earn you rewards – and investigators can now acquire Skills for permanent advantages.

An expansion even more challenging and thrilling than the core game, with fascinating new options for the fight against the Ancient One, again a must-have for fans of the Arkham Horror Files.

Players: 1-8

Age: 13+

Time: 120+

Designer: Samuel Bailey, Richard Launius

Artist: Brian Schomburg, Jake Murray and Team, Fiona Carey

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2016

Web: www.heidelbaer.de

Genre: Fantasy, adventure 

Users: For experts

Special: 1 player

Special: Many players

Version: de

Rules: de en es fr it pl

In-game text: yes

Comments:

New game format

Lots of new rules and options

Good Components

Concise rules

Compares to:

Das Ältere Zeichen and other adventure games in the Arkham Horror universe

Other editions:

Edge Entertainment (fr), Giochi Uniti (it), Galakta (pl), Fantasy Flight Games (en)

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 1

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0