2009.05.10

Arkham Horror League Scenarios

Posted in Board Games, Friends at 10:31 am by Jeremiah Wittevrongel

Last night, Jason and I finally got around to trying one of the league scenarios that Fantasy Flight produced for Arkham Horror.  We’ re only now starting on the first set of scenarios, so we’re a little behind.

We played “A Tide of Serpents” and won without things getting too out of control.  Part of it was luck, but I felt that we played well overall and managed our resources carefully as a team.  What I found most interesting was actually the game setup.  In keeping with the way the scenarios are intended to be played, we only used the base game, and removed all of the components from the expansions.  I had forgotten just how much stuff the expansions added to the game – in many cases, the investigator card decks were less than half of their full blown size.  I suspect this also reduced the randomness factor quite a bit, and made the game easier than playing with the expansions included.

In any case, I’m looking forward to the next scenario.