Arkham Horror board game

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Arkham Horror is a cooperative horror board game in which players investigate and battle eldritch threats in the fictional town of Arkham, drawing heavily on the themes and creatures of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf board game
cooperative game
awardsAndHonors 2005 International Gamers Award nominee
2006 Golden Geek Best Board Game Nominee
basedOn Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED
coreObjective defeat the Ancient One if it awakens
prevent the Ancient One from awakening
seal gates to other worlds
designer Kevin Wilson NERFINISHED
Richard Launius NERFINISHED
features Ancient One bosses
encounter cards
location-based encounters
monster tokens
multiple investigator characters
mythos phase events
fictionalUniverse Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED
firstEditionPublicationYear 1987
genre horror board game
hasEdition Arkham Horror (1st edition) NERFINISHED
Arkham Horror (2nd edition) NERFINISHED
Arkham Horror (3rd edition) NERFINISHED
hasExpansion Arkham Horror: Dunwich Horror NERFINISHED
Arkham Horror: Innsmouth Horror NERFINISHED
Arkham Horror: Kingsport Horror NERFINISHED
Arkham Horror: The Black Goat of the Woods NERFINISHED
Arkham Horror: The King in Yellow NERFINISHED
Arkham Horror: The Lurker at the Threshold NERFINISHED
hasSpinOff Arkham Horror: The Card Game NERFINISHED
Eldritch Horror NERFINISHED
Mansions of Madness NERFINISHED
inspiredBy works of H. P. Lovecraft
language English
minimumAge 12
originalPublisher Chaosium NERFINISHED
playerCountMaximum 8
playerCountMinimum 1
playingTimeMinutesMaximum 240
playingTimeMinutesMinimum 120
primaryMechanic cooperative play
dice rolling
hand management
modular board
variable player powers
publisher Fantasy Flight Games NERFINISHED
recommendedPlayerCountMaximum 6
secondEditionPublicationYear 2005
setting Arkham NERFINISHED
theme cosmic horror
investigation
monster fighting
thirdEditionPublicationYear 2018

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Cthulhu Mythos influenced Arkham Horror board game