My favorite thing about Cities in Ruin is something I didnt actually realize at first and happened after I flipped one of the nastier conditions: Disaster cards are ALWAYS on the table. Even when Shudde M'ell isnt the Ancient One, there are Mythos and condition cards that end with the game going "Hey, guess who's drawing a Disaster card"
Another nice thing about the Focus/Resource mechanic is that it adds new actions to the game that can be used in any space. Circumstances can arise where you only have one viable action and your second action is essentially wasted, especially if you are in the wilderness/sea. The gain a Focus/Resource actions fix that.
Thank you for the guide. I have the base game and played it with a group. While it is fun, I can't help but feel that the clue encounter keeps recurring. So I am happy to know that the Forsaken Lore improves on that aspect.
Really nice, quick overview, of the expansions for a great board game which it can be tricky to know what to buy and what the impact to the game is. Very much appreciate hearing your opinion on these.
This great buyer guide overview 👍 Something im curious to experiment with is integrating Focus tokens and Personal Stories into the 'core'. I feel like the Focus mechanic is really necessary for this games level of pure randomness. Even if its just a minor level of control, it adds some more strategy to the game. Personal Stories seem like a great way of personalizing investigators to me. With a reward/weakness based on who i play, idk it makes investigators more unique and would make me curious to try others than who has best stats or ability. Consider too how this is integrated in LCG from the start, with signature card vs signature weakness per investigator... Also, i have no room on my table when i play EH (lol), but Dreamlands does seem to make the most sense as a sideboard. Considering its accessed from the map itself, rather than it just being a static zone at same location like with egypt and madness.
I love this game! I have 3 small (not carcosa) and mountain of madness. We had to increase the diffeculty because we won to many of our games, i actualy prefer to lose in this game, haha. The randomness and the narrative drive is the best part of this game
really useful video. i am lucky to have gotten the base game and forsaken lore as a pre loved set. now i know what to get next and what to avoid till later :) Thank you for saving me money
Thanks! That was very helpful. I currently own all of Arkham Horror the Card Game, all of Mansions of Madness, the base and one of the expansions for 3rd Edition and have been toying with the idea of adding this collection to my Arkham Collection. I've read several comments elsewhere that Eldritch Horror is the best of the Arkham Horror games. I would be curious what your take on that is. Than again. I am very much enjoying your take on all things Arkham Horror and just subscribed as I think you guys are the best Arkham Horror Channel.
Very informative. Going to have to check if you have similar ones for mansions of madness, Arkham horror the board game, and Arkham horror the card game, though I imagine that last one could use an update after all the stuff that's come out for it lately.
This is a big help, very informative, clear and nicely explained, thanks a lot. I´m debating between Eldritch Horror or Arkham Horror card game and I can´t decide thats why I am looking at expansion value to help with the decisions, going to check what you have on your channel about the expansions for the Arkham Horror Card Game !!
base game + forsaken lore + dreamlands + signs of carcosa + masks of nyarlathotep this combination is great charlie cane + jenny barnes + agatha crane + luke robinson + gloria goldberg + kate winthrop + dexter drake + jacklin fine = super earth defense party
Thanks for this! I really like the base game, and would like to return to it while adding some variety. This was a really good overview of everything that’s available.
any worth have two copys of? cheers all the best also do you know of any other games that play kinda like this mabey with classic gothic monsters or something
I was looking for a video just like this one in the Summer! I ended up grabbing all the small-box expansions, along with Dreamlands and Pyramids. Cheers!
@@LifezAGame I'm pretty biased towards dreamlands as I just think the theme is so cool! But if you are into Egypt, go for that, it's just a matter of preference in my opinion :P I just enjoy the variety, but haven't played for a while actually
Thank you for this video! Target has a buy 2 get 1 sale right now, so I just got all three of the big box expansions with boards for the price of two. Already had the base game and forsaken lore.
@@PlayingBoardGames Thanks! Not sure if it's possible to play with all expansion boards at once but I am going to see if I can come up with house rules to make that work!
@@TheRmm1976 You can easily get 2 of the sideboards by choosing an ancient one that requires a board as well as a prelude that requires one. There is no reason why you can't just play with 2 preludes.
I have all the expansions but haven't got to play the game lately, so I'm watching this instead, hahah. Atlach-Nacha is my favorite Ancient One. Quick (9 doom) and chaotic, spawning lots of portals.
Cthulhu Yig Azathoth Shub-Niggurath Syzygy Hastur Atlach-Nacha Yog-Sothoth Ithaqua Nephren-Ka Shudde M'ell Hypnos Abhoth Rise of the Elder Things According to some bgg stats.
Very nice informative video. Thank you. Any chance for similar video about Mansions of madness? Recently I bought MoM core box and I'm thinking about buying 1 expansion but Ive no clue with one should I get O.o
12:20 Coming from the LCG and the LCG only, I'm rather surprised, there are at least 5 seekers (and an "almost" seeker) in one expansion. Only Sister Mary and possibly (?) Hank Samson fall out off this class. I guess, the characters are classified quite differently in this game? Also, there are more established investigators left for the Card Game, than I thought. That looks nice. I know, they keep designing new ones like Nacho and Stella as well, but this further backs the hope for many more campaigns to come. I would love to try out EH at some point, but I think going into it now would become more difficult and expensive, as they had discontinued the game. Hope rather to find some gaming friends, who already own it.
Yeah, characters are classified differently in Eldritch. Apart from combat/lore (fist/book *and book uses spells in Eldritch*) the characters can kind of make most things work to a passable level. The characters live more in their abilities in Eldritch. But yes! Lots of investigators to come and I hope that they keep making new ones too.
I'm confused about one thing, hopefully you can help me figure it out? When Yog-Sothoth's Void Between World's Special Encounter and Final mystery (Key and Gate Special Encounter) come into play, do you still have to fight the monsters on spaces with gates to encounter said gates and cards? Thanks!
The randomness doesn't bother me, because there is some control you can have in regards to ensuring you seek out tests that work for your investigator. The randomness is about on par for AH 3rd Edition, for reference.
Any boxes that has focus tokens will allow you to play with the focus mechanic. In addition, the focus mechanic is easily added to the game even without the tokens, because of how simple they are, mechanically and how few you need (2 per player).
Two years since your last Eldritch game? Take a break from Arkham LCG for a flash back? The campaign was aggressively bad in the last expansion. Nyarlathotep and the personal stories was enough, I thought, but the campaign made me think the whole expansion was worse than it should have been.
Very good solo with 4 investigators and if you wonna big challenge use 3 of them. Game is more difficult with a odd number 📱 of investigator. If you play solo with 1 or 2 is, just not much things happen in the game. We use to play 2 people each 4 investigators, very cool 🏂 but long! Massive game one of the best game in a, market along with AH sec edition. Avoid third Editions of AH is just crap after EH. Is, only game I through to garbage can (really)
As Oleg mentions, the game is more difficult with odd numbers of players as the same amount of gates, monsters, clues spawn with 3 players as with 4 for example but you have one fewer investigator to deal with them. I myself regularly play with 2 or 3 players and we always use 2 investigators each. Of course it does lengthen the game but it allows for more synergies & variety.
My favorite thing about Cities in Ruin is something I didnt actually realize at first and happened after I flipped one of the nastier conditions: Disaster cards are ALWAYS on the table. Even when Shudde M'ell isnt the Ancient One, there are Mythos and condition cards that end with the game going "Hey, guess who's drawing a Disaster card"
yassss!!! we do this tooo! :D Disaster is always in the table lol
Another nice thing about the Focus/Resource mechanic is that it adds new actions to the game that can be used in any space. Circumstances can arise where you only have one viable action and your second action is essentially wasted, especially if you are in the wilderness/sea. The gain a Focus/Resource actions fix that.
What a phenomenal video dude, you can really see the amount of care taken into making it
Such a great game.
Am now going to set up the table so when I finish work tomorrow it's all ready for a spot of solo (4 investigators) adventures.
Oh man thank you so much! I'm a little late to the Eldrich Horror party and was a little overwhelmed by all the expansions. You rock Sir!
You guys should do a 2021 playthrough for old times sake!
Thank you for the guide. I have the base game and played it with a group. While it is fun, I can't help but feel that the clue encounter keeps recurring. So I am happy to know that the Forsaken Lore improves on that aspect.
When I win the contest to come out and play with you guys, I'm going to have to master time traveling so we can get down on 2nd ed. And this one.
Really nice, quick overview, of the expansions for a great board game which it can be tricky to know what to buy and what the impact to the game is. Very much appreciate hearing your opinion on these.
Awesome guide, just what I needed! Keep it up!
This great buyer guide overview 👍
Something im curious to experiment with is integrating Focus tokens and Personal Stories into the 'core'.
I feel like the Focus mechanic is really necessary for this games level of pure randomness. Even if its just a minor level of control, it adds some more strategy to the game.
Personal Stories seem like a great way of personalizing investigators to me. With a reward/weakness based on who i play, idk it makes investigators more unique and would make me curious to try others than who has best stats or ability. Consider too how this is integrated in LCG from the start, with signature card vs signature weakness per investigator...
Also, i have no room on my table when i play EH (lol), but Dreamlands does seem to make the most sense as a sideboard. Considering its accessed from the map itself, rather than it just being a static zone at same location like with egypt and madness.
I love this game! I have 3 small (not carcosa) and mountain of madness. We had to increase the diffeculty because we won to many of our games, i actualy prefer to lose in this game, haha. The randomness and the narrative drive is the best part of this game
really useful video. i am lucky to have gotten the base game and forsaken lore as a pre loved set. now i know what to get next and what to avoid till later :) Thank you for saving me money
Excellent. I haven't played before but you have given great pointers as to how the gameplay can be 'boosted'.
Thank you 👍
Thanks! That was very helpful. I currently own all of Arkham Horror the Card Game, all of Mansions of Madness, the base and one of the expansions for 3rd Edition and have been toying with the idea of adding this collection to my Arkham Collection. I've read several comments elsewhere that Eldritch Horror is the best of the Arkham Horror games. I would be curious what your take on that is. Than again. I am very much enjoying your take on all things Arkham Horror and just subscribed as I think you guys are the best Arkham Horror Channel.
Incredibly helpful video, thanks!!!!!
Very informative. Going to have to check if you have similar ones for mansions of madness, Arkham horror the board game, and Arkham horror the card game, though I imagine that last one could use an update after all the stuff that's come out for it lately.
This is a big help, very informative, clear and nicely explained, thanks a lot. I´m debating between Eldritch Horror or Arkham Horror card game and I can´t decide thats why I am looking at expansion value to help with the decisions, going to check what you have on your channel about the expansions for the Arkham Horror Card Game !!
Amazing overview, exactly what I was looking for
Super helpful. I will eventually buy them all but on a budget so it's nice to know what's in each one to help me prioritize. Much appreciated.
base game + forsaken lore + dreamlands + signs of carcosa + masks of nyarlathotep
this combination is great
charlie cane + jenny barnes + agatha crane + luke robinson + gloria goldberg + kate winthrop + dexter drake + jacklin fine = super earth defense party
Thanks for this! I really like the base game, and would like to return to it while adding some variety. This was a really good overview of everything that’s available.
any worth have two copys of? cheers all the best also do you know of any other games that play kinda like this mabey with classic gothic monsters or something
I was looking for a video just like this one in the Summer! I ended up grabbing all the small-box expansions, along with Dreamlands and Pyramids. Cheers!
Do you prefer dreamlands or pyramids as a big box? I have all the small boxes except signs of carcosa which I plan on getting soon.
@@LifezAGame I'm pretty biased towards dreamlands as I just think the theme is so cool! But if you are into Egypt, go for that, it's just a matter of preference in my opinion :P I just enjoy the variety, but haven't played for a while actually
Really good video, helped me a lot deciding what expansions to get next
Thank you for this video! Target has a buy 2 get 1 sale right now, so I just got all three of the big box expansions with boards for the price of two. Already had the base game and forsaken lore.
I hope you enjoy the new big boxes!
@@PlayingBoardGames Thanks! Not sure if it's possible to play with all expansion boards at once but I am going to see if I can come up with house rules to make that work!
@@TheRmm1976 You can easily get 2 of the sideboards by choosing an ancient one that requires a board as well as a prelude that requires one. There is no reason why you can't just play with 2 preludes.
I have all the expansions but haven't got to play the game lately, so I'm watching this instead, hahah. Atlach-Nacha is my favorite Ancient One. Quick (9 doom) and chaotic, spawning lots of portals.
Great video! Does this guy sound a little like Owen Wilson?
Just buy it all 😁
Super helpful! Thanks
Cthulhu
Yig
Azathoth
Shub-Niggurath
Syzygy
Hastur
Atlach-Nacha
Yog-Sothoth
Ithaqua
Nephren-Ka
Shudde M'ell
Hypnos
Abhoth
Rise of the Elder Things
According to some bgg stats.
Very nice informative video. Thank you. Any chance for similar video about Mansions of madness? Recently I bought MoM core box and I'm thinking about buying 1 expansion but Ive no clue with one should I get O.o
Thanks a lot for the effort ! :)
Hahaha I just played Eldritch last night for the first time in two years, and this video drops today. Do you have MY brain in a jar somewhere?
A Yithian never tells...
12:20 Coming from the LCG and the LCG only, I'm rather surprised, there are at least 5 seekers (and an "almost" seeker) in one expansion. Only Sister Mary and possibly (?) Hank Samson fall out off this class. I guess, the characters are classified quite differently in this game?
Also, there are more established investigators left for the Card Game, than I thought. That looks nice. I know, they keep designing new ones like Nacho and Stella as well, but this further backs the hope for many more campaigns to come. I would love to try out EH at some point, but I think going into it now would become more difficult and expensive, as they had discontinued the game. Hope rather to find some gaming friends, who already own it.
Yeah, characters are classified differently in Eldritch. Apart from combat/lore (fist/book *and book uses spells in Eldritch*) the characters can kind of make most things work to a passable level. The characters live more in their abilities in Eldritch.
But yes! Lots of investigators to come and I hope that they keep making new ones too.
Nice. Thanks!
Do you think we will get a second edition of eldritch horror? It’s one of my favorite games and been hoping to see it by now..
Thanks, I've played the core game to death and need something extra to give more variation
Eldritch Horror playthrough pleasee
This was awesome! Can you do a buy guide for MoM 2nd Ed. now please? Or at least rank your fav scenarios?
I still have a few expansions to pick up and play for MoM, but I hope to do a buy guide for it!
All of them!!!
I'm confused about one thing, hopefully you can help me figure it out? When Yog-Sothoth's Void Between World's Special Encounter and Final mystery (Key and Gate Special Encounter) come into play, do you still have to fight the monsters on spaces with gates to encounter said gates and cards? Thanks!
thanks
what are the odds of Eldritch Horror 2nd edition coming out???
While I'll never say never, I do think the games works well as printed and I imagine a second edition is low priority. But, who knows!
was there ever a one common single playmat that included all dlc in one place?
Can you play with all expansions at once??
does the randomness of this throw you off? I have everything from AH LCG and the 3rd edition of AH; is there space for this?
The randomness doesn't bother me, because there is some control you can have in regards to ensuring you seek out tests that work for your investigator. The randomness is about on par for AH 3rd Edition, for reference.
Does anyone have their own house rules where they don't use gate mechanics?
If I only have The base game and buy The Strange Remnants expansions box, will i be able to play with the focus mechanic???
Any boxes that has focus tokens will allow you to play with the focus mechanic. In addition, the focus mechanic is easily added to the game even without the tokens, because of how simple they are, mechanically and how few you need (2 per player).
Campaign was shocking, really.
Which expansion adds new Mythos cards? I don’t think you talked about that ?
I just checked on BGG; it’s 24 Mythos cards, for the small box expansions.
All of them do. :)
@@PlayingBoardGames which would you recommend between Cities in Ruin and Signs of Carcossa ? I already have Forgotten Lore.
I think Cities in Ruin is a little bit more of an enjoyable box than Carcosa, so that one!
Anyone: lets release a core box
FFG: lets cut a half of a cards, and some content, and release a core box. Than release an expansion
Two years since your last Eldritch game? Take a break from Arkham LCG for a flash back?
The campaign was aggressively bad in the last expansion. Nyarlathotep and the personal stories was enough, I thought, but the campaign made me think the whole expansion was worse than it should have been.
It says 1 - 8 players, but is it really any good solo?
I've played it solo while playing two investigators and I had a fun time with it.
@@PlayingBoardGames thanks!
Very good solo with 4 investigators and if you wonna big challenge use 3 of them. Game is more difficult with a odd number 📱 of investigator.
If you play solo with 1 or 2 is, just not much things happen in the game. We use to play 2 people each 4 investigators, very cool 🏂 but long! Massive game one of the best game in a, market along with AH sec edition. Avoid third Editions of AH is just crap after EH. Is, only game I through to garbage can (really)
As Oleg mentions, the game is more difficult with odd numbers of players as the same amount of gates, monsters, clues spawn with 3 players as with 4 for example but you have one fewer investigator to deal with them. I myself regularly play with 2 or 3 players and we always use 2 investigators each. Of course it does lengthen the game but it allows for more synergies & variety.
@@olegyd thanks!
This game needs an app.
Buy nothing at all... buy AH LCG instead. We loved EH for years. Played it for hundreds of hours. AH LCG retired it completely.
Really?