Have you seen anything like that? It’s not a rhetorical question. I wonder is there anything of the same quality (besides their Eldrich Horror overview, which is a masterpiece as well)
@@alexanderhummel927 i definitely haven't seen anything close to the effort FantasyLight puts into their tutorials. Their Game of Thrones one I believe is also of similar quality.
This fantastic tutorial looks like the perfect blue print for a top notch digital version of the game. 10/10. Would buy! And while we're at, sign the same narrator for the final game.
You know it's a great tutorial when you go "No, the story hasn't finished... what happened to them?!!" as the tutorial goes to the next stage and ends having done its job.....
09:25 That's actually not correct: Only the total of clues is relevant (in this case 4), but they don't have to be 2 per investigator, they can also come from one single investigator... Or 1 and 3...
Well, played my first game today, solo so I could get a handle on the rules. Forgot all about Roland's character card actions, didn't use asset cards properly, kept generating ghoul encounters, and got eaten when the agenda completely advanced past stage 3. Still, it was a learning experience. Everybody always botches the hell out of their first go at a new tabletop game. Thanks to this tutorial I've got a much better handle on the rules than I did before.
Just got the game and came here. I’m simultaneously intrigued and overwhelmed!!! This video is very well done, but it’s gonna take several viewings to get close to the hang of this!
Same here, it's the third time I've reviewed the video because there are so many details I don't wanna miss anything in my first game. I just disovered how enemies perform an opportunity attack!
I read through the book, got started and tried playing through the first scenario. I love these games because they're so complex, but man it takes a few games to get it right. This video is amazing and helped so much. Wish every company could do this for their games! I swear I was about 10 games into Pathfinder ACG before it started to click.
You're right that it's a bit complex, but I think the really big enjoyment factor for most people will be whether or not they can handle having their asses handed to them for taking shit lightly. There isn't one light fucking decision in this game -- every damned thing you do matters, from start to finish.
@@ObscuredByTime Oh yeah. I'm just now getting Dunwich and I'm about to play through the core again (hence why I'm here a year later, lol) for the 3rd time total and hopefully I can fine-tune my strategy. The game is so good I don't mind losing.
@@staticklingon2182 - Do you find the scenarios to have good re-play value, or is much of the suspense & surprise gone after the first play-through? And is there a way to set scenarios up without spoiling the story elements for yourself (locations, creatures, etc.)? I got 2 cores but haven't played yet; trying to figure out the best way to approach it!
@@ModernPlague On the second and third scenario from the core box I really don't mind replaying the same story and I think that's from the fact that the game is largely tactics and deckbuilding/upgrading. Sure, you may know "as soon as I open this door, I'll take damage" but you don't know what challenges the deck is going to throw at you. I'm not HUGE into roleplaying the game, although I do love the story, so I think that helps that I could sit and play more abstractly than alot of people could. Having said all that, I don't have Dunwich yet (it's on the way) so I'm not sure if it'll be more about the surprises in the locations and story or just good tactical and adapting gameplay.
@@ModernPlague There's a pretty good scenario you can download and play on BGG and it'll allow you to play the game a few times and try out some things without worrying about spoiling the story. That's how I started and I don't regret it. If you wanted to enjoy the story with someone later I think theoretically you could just watch the symbols and ignore the story text on the agenda and act cards. I can hear people cringing at me saying that because that's a HUGE draw to this game but if you wanted to just fight some bad guys I don't see why not. I actually played it through by myself first then went through it with my wife. While she may have enjoyed playing it together, I still really enjoyed the 2nd time playing through with someone and didn't feel "spoiled."
Also the Prey on the ravenous ghoul was interpreted incorrectly. Pray happens only if there is a choice for the monster, but if you draw a monster from encounter deck it automatically engages with you. quote: "W hen an enemy card is drawn by an investigator, that investigator must spawn it following any spawn direction the card bears. If the encountered enemy has no spawn direction, the enemy spawns engaged with the investigator encountering the card and is placed in that investigator’s threat area."
That's how every gameboard tutorial should be !! Giving the mechanics with the lore of the game. C'est ce qu'on attend de toutes les vidéos de tutoriel pour tous les jeux de plateaux. Donner les mécanique du jeu dans le thème de celui-ci.
Weirdly, I think this tutorial has a couple errors. It says that to advance the agenda deck, each player must discard the requisite number of clues. The rules clearly say that the investigators, as a group, need to discard that number of clues (implying that investigators can split this 3/1 or 4/0, as opposed to each needing to discard exactly 2). Also, in the mythos phase, players draw from the encounter deck "in player order" which the rules state start with the lead investigator. The tutorial said that was Wendy, but Roland went first. It's funny how FFG makes some of these games so complicated, even they can't get it right. :D
They also incorrectly implied that the enemy spawns engaged with Roland because he meets its prey criteria, when really it engages him because he drew it.
Oh yeah. Good catch. The whole enemy thing is weird. If you draw an enemy, it comes into play engaged with you. However, if it has the Spawn keyword, then it comes into play unengaged in that location, and then engages with whoever it engages with (possibly following Prey instructions if any). If the investigator who drew the card and another investigator is at that location, and the enemy doesn't have Prey, you can choose who it engages with. I think I have that right, anyway. That's a little odd. :)
The rules reference, under "Act" says: "Any or all investigators may contribute any number of clues towards the total number of clues required to advance the act." The total can be a flat value or a number times the number of investigators, but any investigator can contribute any amount. Looks like Quizoid is correct and the video at 9:16 is wrong.
Glad I finish this video dude, It helped me a lot cause man I was so lost when playing the game -_- , also they didnt explain the weapong item euipment etc. But i got a more understanding of the game now.
- Thanks for the tip! Is there a good way to set up the scenarios for this game without spoiling all the suspense/surprise of story details such as the locations & creatures you'll encounter?
Amazing game, but I always find fantasy flight games difficult to master the rules of. Some really odd mechanics that seem unnecessary. Like the rule about attack of opportunity, that’s just another thing to remember. Why not simplify combat so it’s just activated when players attack or enemies attack. I’m with Bradley here on the rules thing. Every new rule gave me a heart attack.
I love this game but damn I hate the rulebook. I want a full playthrough not a tutorial playthrough and a reference guide. But this video is super helpful.
@@staticklingon2182 Actually rules are pretty clear except people tend to misread them :) Attacks of oppurtunity only happen when player tries to investigate or play assets/events etc... that don't have fast, fight, evade word on them. Attacks of oppurtunity are never triggered if you perform fight or evade unless the enemy has retaliate keyword however retaliate only occurs if you fail fight skill test if you win or fail evade test it doesn't apply. Skids or Agnes are great to play if you want to learn the rules quickly because they are more specialized characters. Skids mains evade and fast mechanics while Agnes mains spells and her ability of return damage per horror. Also if you play as Skids and you have switchblade and you draw crypt chill during mythos phase and fail. You can pay one resource to play switchblade and put it into discrad pile because of the fast keyword and the fact it doesn't specify when you can play it. So instead of wasting resources on physical training, discarding powerful assets or taking 2 damage you just pay one resource and discard weak switchblade card.
@@greatdude7279 I know I'm really late on this, but that example isn't entirely accurate (still if anyone sees this, I just want to make sure that the information provided is accurate). While fast events and free triggered abilities (effects that start with a lightning bolt) can be used whenever you have a player window (unless they say otherwise), fast assets can only be played during your turn. Secondly, when it comes to cards like Crypt Chill, you cannot use a fast event or free triggered ability in response to failing them, as you don't have a player window at that time (Lucky is special, since the card itself says you can play it after you fail, thus creating an exception), the only player windows during skill tests is directly before or after you commit skill cards (and both are before the chaos token is revealed). That being said, you do have player windows before drawing the chaos token in any skill test, and you should take advantage of those, as normally the only player window in the mythos phase is at the end of the phase.
@@Illdos Oh ok... so it seems we were playing the game kinda wrong. So this is kinda similar to Yorrick's graveyard ability with the baseball bat when you cannot re-equip right after you kill a monster and break it .
There's also a little error when (at aprox 13:50) an enemy card without spawn instruction is drawn. According to the rules and FAQ it engages with the investigator who drew the card. But in this video the Prey-keyword is obeyed(leading to the same result in this case).
Not quite. The Prey keyword is called out, but it's ignored. The ghoul preys on LOWEST remaining health -- that would have sent it to Wendy if it was being placed according to its Prey type. But it correctly stays with Roland.
@@c.cooper2877 I think you should listen to what is said again. "Since Roland has the lowest remaining healt at this location..."blabla. This is not correct. The Prey instrunction should be ignored. It just spawns engaged with Roland because he drew it
There’s a mistake at 09:20, it says that each investigator must spend 2 (two) clues in order to advance the first Act, this is wrong, since the rules reference manual, specifies that: "Any or all investigators may contribute any number of clues towards the total number of clues required to advance the act"
It is misleading, but not wrong. In that scenario specifically both investigators had only 2 tokens each, therefore it was required they spend an equal amount to advance.
Me, for 95% of the video: something's wrong. somethings not right. something's off. Me, in the last 5%: THE NARRATOR SHOULD BE TELLING A PARABLE ABOUT STANLEY.
Why didn't FFG simply start the setup with the instruction to 1. split the encounter deck (all cards with tentacle backs) into two sets: one set with cards that do not have the Gathering icons, and one set that has one of the Gathering icons. 2. Put the bigger stack (the non-gathering cards) back in the box, these cards are ignored in the setup below. 3. Split the gathering cards game box as follows (step 10-15). Step 16 is then shuffle what remains and done!
@@sooner811 A couple (that have been pointed out by others): The video implies that to advance the act, each investigator needs to spend the number of clues listed, when in the game you just need to spend them as a group to reach that total (so you could have Wendy spend 4 and Roland 0, or Wendy 3 and Roland 1 and still be fine). It also implies that the Ghoul is engaged with Roland because he matches its prey instruction. Prey is only relevant for breaking ties for enemies with the hunter keyword when you have investigators that are equidistant from each other, or for when deciding who to engage after they are already in play (this is different from when the card is drawn). When an enemy with Prey is drawn, it is always engaged with the investigator that drew it (unless it has the Spawn keyword).
The ghouls are kind of on the ghoul side. Their agenda doesn't involve humanity's destruction, and they know that the coming of the Great Old Ones will spell their end as much as it will spell ours, so they're tentative allies. Unfortunately, they're also "people" with free will and comprehensible motivations, so they can fall into Outer God worship just like humans can.
I get the idea of meeting the requirements in order to obtain enough clues, but I just wish such clues had more significance in the manner you're to proceed, instead of merely continuing the plot.. Like a puzzle of a storyline.
At 17:42, does that mean that if Roland had decided to just fight without the revolver in the second action, the Ghoul would not have been able to get that attack of opportunity?
Would be so nice to have this tutorial subtitled in spanish or other languages so I can send this video to new people who Im going to play with, that way, I wouldnt need to explain so many things in the first game we do. This game has a lot of things to explain and it would help so much to have it subtitled
If you go to 7:00 you will see she pays the 1 resource to play the card. “Fast” means that you don’t need to pay action points, but you still have to pay the resources for that card.
9:33 I was hoping you'd actually receive clues (more story information). Instead it's just a series of skill checks to gather tokens, to reach a minimum number to advance the act deck.
Omg, my favorite card game has a tutorial from my favorite voice actor who also happens to be the narrator of one of my favorite computer games... o_O The stars align :D
13:56 Fantasy Flight Games From all the videos and rulebook regarding Prey, it would seem that this Ghoul should attach to Roland as he’s the one that drew him, regardless of if he didn’t have the lowest health. It’s my understanding that Prey only comes into effect if the Ghoul is not Engaged when it Readies and there are multiple Investigators at its location. Can anyone else confirm? Edit: Disregard this comment. About a million others already pointed it out.
Is there any place we can listen to/download the music that is used in this video and that of the Elder Sign game? I would really like to play this in the background while playing.
I can't find the exact music they used in these videos but search for "creepy piano music" or "horror piano music", there's plenty out there that would fit this genre.
Some clarification please. When Wendy had the cat and had to do the agility test, why didn't she add the cats agility to her own? Making it 6-4 instead of 5-4. Shouldn't she have only taken one damage or do she not include her ally on a revelation check?
She can’t do that because she already played the card. Only cards in your hand can be committed to a skill test. (That may be possible via special mechanics that I haven’t run into yet, but not in this situation.) Since the card has been played, she can access the abilities in the cards’ text, but the skill icons are no longer relevant.
I am a first time buyer and player of your awesome game Arkham Horror The Card Game and have just purchased the complete Dunwich Legacy Cycle (Deluxe box with the 6 Mythos packs). Unfortunately, after that there are no cycles available to buy apart from the very latest release "The Dream-Easters Cycle" Could you please answer a couple questions: 1) Are you going to do more printing of the earlier cycles as I was wanting to buy "The Path To Carosa" cycle next? 2) I live in Australia, so if you are printing the earlier cycles, will they be available to buy in Australian board game stores? 3) Do the cycles have to be played in the correct order? E.g. I start with Dunwich Legacy Cycle but after that the only cycle available to buy in Australia is "The Dream-Eaters Cycle". Can that be played next? 4) Is there any way of purchasing the older cycles if I live in Australia? Can the cycles be bought from Fantasy Flight games or some website and posted to Australia? Thank you so much for your help!
Hello. Yes they are. Arkham Horror is a board game, while the Arkham Horror The Card Game is an LCG model card game. Here are a few links to the pages so you can review. www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/arkham-horror/ www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/arkham-horror-the-card-game/
I believe all non-gathering encounter decks play are put aside and play no role in this scenario. step 9: "The encounter sets used in THIS scenario are (card identification numbers in parentheses): The Gathering (cards 104-119), Rats (card 159), Ghouls (cards 160-162), Striking Fear (cards 163-165), Ancient Evils (card 166), and Chilling Cold (cards 167-168)." The ordering is wrong: step 14 should follow step 9 "Set every other location aside, out of play. These cards are the Hallway, Attic, Cellar, and Parlor (cards 112-115)." add: Also remove all non-gathering cards, aside, out of play, they play no role in setup of this scenario. then: "17. Assemble the encounter deck. Take the remainder of the cards found during step 9 (i.e., the cards that were not already used for another purpose in steps 10-16 AND WERE NOT ALREADY SET ASIDE), and shuffle them together to create the encounter deck."
Can you play 3 players campaign with one base set and one deluxe set? I heard mixed things about it. Some say that it's possible but isn't really worth it. Is that true? (We have a pretty casual group of friends, so we never intended to build best decks or anything like that, if that matters)
Is there a better way to see if a card is “exhausted”? Seems tipping it sideways is only clear if all cards are upright, but the play area is a mess in this example. Do people have other methods to make it more clear? a token?
I've got a problem in the first scenario(the gathering). During the barrier phase, we need 6 clues to advance but there's only 4 clues with the revealing of the 2 rooms we can go. We are a bit confused, my roomate and I. Thanks in advance!
I should of watched this before I tried playing. I made all kind of mistakes.(These are just a few.) Like only doing one action per phase, monsters immediately attacking, pulling my resources from the pool and using it as ammo instead of getting it from the general pool. No wondered why I got destroyed playing as Roland. Well you live and learn from your mistakes. Will try again tomorrow after I watch the video again.
3:45 is the encounter deck a) all ecnounter cards, except the ones with the symbols shown on step 9 or b) only the encounter cards with the symbol shown on step 9? The text on step 16 indicates a), but it is unclear. 10:10 my SO went totally ape that there was 1 shroud in the hallway. Why??@!? So what is the meaning of the 1 shroud on the hallway? (i guess that every location has a shroud value, and the minimal shroud value is 1, but it is never written anywhere)
If every board game came included with a tutorial of this calibre our lives would be easier.
But more boring. Isn’t it fun to spot new rules every time you play? 😂
Jesus, the amount of quality work put into this video is stunning.
RIGHT....... i just made my first ever video and now I feel I can never get to that level of video
Have you seen anything like that? It’s not a rhetorical question. I wonder is there anything of the same quality (besides their Eldrich Horror overview, which is a masterpiece as well)
@@alexanderhummel927 i definitely haven't seen anything close to the effort FantasyLight puts into their tutorials. Their Game of Thrones one I believe is also of similar quality.
IT ALSO HAS TIMESTAMPS. This is the way into a woman's pants. Just sayin'.
Seriously… good. Felt like watching a epic movie trailer.
Me: Watching this video to learn how to play
Also me: Taking one horror every topic change
I'm watching youtube in campaign mode, so i have one trauma to start all future videos
A little heart attack everytime he explain a new topic
I wanted to like this comment but it's at 666 so I'll just leave this here instead
@@danielsaur9553 you can go ahead. its ruined now.
This fantastic tutorial looks like the perfect blue print for a top notch digital version of the game. 10/10. Would buy!
And while we're at, sign the same narrator for the final game.
If every game tutorial was narrated by kevan brighting, I’d have watched a lot more of these videos
If I knew about this video before I played my first game, I would have saved a few friendships...
You know it's a great tutorial when you go "No, the story hasn't finished... what happened to them?!!" as the tutorial goes to the next stage and ends having done its job.....
09:25 That's actually not correct: Only the total of clues is relevant (in this case 4), but they don't have to be 2 per investigator, they can also come from one single investigator... Or 1 and 3...
I know how to play most of these FFG games, but I come back to rewatch these tutorial videos anyway because they are so amazing
Well, played my first game today, solo so I could get a handle on the rules. Forgot all about Roland's character card actions, didn't use asset cards properly, kept generating ghoul encounters, and got eaten when the agenda completely advanced past stage 3.
Still, it was a learning experience. Everybody always botches the hell out of their first go at a new tabletop game. Thanks to this tutorial I've got a much better handle on the rules than I did before.
Every board game should have a video like this. I just love it so much! Amazing job
Wish you would do narration for the campaigns. High quality video, right music, and incredible and thematic voice acting.
since several years i really love to watch this video over and over
The guys voice is just perfect I love when he says tokens or card
Just got the game and came here. I’m simultaneously intrigued and overwhelmed!!! This video is very well done, but it’s gonna take several viewings to get close to the hang of this!
I bet the excellent narrator walked away thinking “what the heck did I just read?!?!!
Same here, it's the third time I've reviewed the video because there are so many details I don't wanna miss anything in my first game. I just disovered how enemies perform an opportunity attack!
I read through the book, got started and tried playing through the first scenario. I love these games because they're so complex, but man it takes a few games to get it right. This video is amazing and helped so much. Wish every company could do this for their games!
I swear I was about 10 games into Pathfinder ACG before it started to click.
You're right that it's a bit complex, but I think the really big enjoyment factor for most people will be whether or not they can handle having their asses handed to them for taking shit lightly. There isn't one light fucking decision in this game -- every damned thing you do matters, from start to finish.
@@ObscuredByTime Oh yeah. I'm just now getting Dunwich and I'm about to play through the core again (hence why I'm here a year later, lol) for the 3rd time total and hopefully I can fine-tune my strategy. The game is so good I don't mind losing.
@@staticklingon2182 - Do you find the scenarios to have good re-play value, or is much of the suspense & surprise gone after the first play-through? And is there a way to set scenarios up without spoiling the story elements for yourself (locations, creatures, etc.)? I got 2 cores but haven't played yet; trying to figure out the best way to approach it!
@@ModernPlague On the second and third scenario from the core box I really don't mind replaying the same story and I think that's from the fact that the game is largely tactics and deckbuilding/upgrading. Sure, you may know "as soon as I open this door, I'll take damage" but you don't know what challenges the deck is going to throw at you. I'm not HUGE into roleplaying the game, although I do love the story, so I think that helps that I could sit and play more abstractly than alot of people could.
Having said all that, I don't have Dunwich yet (it's on the way) so I'm not sure if it'll be more about the surprises in the locations and story or just good tactical and adapting gameplay.
@@ModernPlague
There's a pretty good scenario you can download and play on BGG and it'll allow you to play the game a few times and try out some things without worrying about spoiling the story. That's how I started and I don't regret it.
If you wanted to enjoy the story with someone later I think theoretically you could just watch the symbols and ignore the story text on the agenda and act cards. I can hear people cringing at me saying that because that's a HUGE draw to this game but if you wanted to just fight some bad guys I don't see why not. I actually played it through by myself first then went through it with my wife. While she may have enjoyed playing it together, I still really enjoyed the 2nd time playing through with someone and didn't feel "spoiled."
Perfect voice for such kind of videos! Even though i had to watch the star wars lcg-tutorial 20 times in order to understand everything... ;)
Also the Prey on the ravenous ghoul was interpreted incorrectly. Pray happens only if there is a choice for the monster, but if you draw a monster from encounter deck it automatically engages with you.
quote: "W hen an enemy card is drawn by an investigator, that investigator must spawn it following any spawn direction the card bears. If the encountered enemy has no spawn direction, the enemy spawns engaged with the investigator encountering the card and is placed in that investigator’s threat area."
That's how every gameboard tutorial should be !! Giving the mechanics with the lore of the game.
C'est ce qu'on attend de toutes les vidéos de tutoriel pour tous les jeux de plateaux. Donner les mécanique du jeu dans le thème de celui-ci.
I was not prepared for the jump scare noises. Appropriate, but jeez, I don't need coffee this morning!
Just picked this up at my local game store. Can't wait to play.
Have you played yet? I was thinking of getting this myself.
@@ShawnieEllis yeah, it's really fun. I'd recommend getting the dunwich expansion with it so you can play more than just a couple sessions.
15:12 Wendy is a MONSTER!
no! NO! You take 2 damage, Wendy!
Hahahahaha! I thought the same thing when I saw she has 7 health. I mean, cmon! XD
Wendy is the true Eldritch horror.
Could she have given 2 damages to the cat?
@@avunz125 No, an asset cannot be assigned damage/horror beyond the amount it would take to defeat the card (p. 7 rules reference)
@@JayCyrZak Ouch!! The marvel champions fan inside of me is triggered you can't block a 10 damage atk on a 1hp remaining ally :(
A computer game version of the card game with the quality graphics in the video would be absolutely awesome (and ease the setup)
I literally just bought his a few days ago! So thankful to finally learn how to play, haha.
This video sold me 10/10, I knew I'd end up playing the moment I saw it, and I did and I love the game.
It finally comes!! Waiting about one year.
the official tutorial is the best one. Thank you, this is what I called good customer service.
Original tutorial?
Hey Fantasy Flight thanks for coming out with this tutorial it is awesome. Makes me all the more excited to start playing
Weirdly, I think this tutorial has a couple errors.
It says that to advance the agenda deck, each player must discard the requisite number of clues. The rules clearly say that the investigators, as a group, need to discard that number of clues (implying that investigators can split this 3/1 or 4/0, as opposed to each needing to discard exactly 2).
Also, in the mythos phase, players draw from the encounter deck "in player order" which the rules state start with the lead investigator. The tutorial said that was Wendy, but Roland went first.
It's funny how FFG makes some of these games so complicated, even they can't get it right. :D
They also incorrectly implied that the enemy spawns engaged with Roland because he meets its prey criteria, when really it engages him because he drew it.
Oh yeah. Good catch. The whole enemy thing is weird. If you draw an enemy, it comes into play engaged with you.
However, if it has the Spawn keyword, then it comes into play unengaged in that location, and then engages with whoever it engages with (possibly following Prey instructions if any). If the investigator who drew the card and another investigator is at that location, and the enemy doesn't have Prey, you can choose who it engages with.
I think I have that right, anyway.
That's a little odd. :)
does it immediately follow hunt/prey? what if it spawns in the attic and nobody is there, it just stays there?
Quote:
"An act card may indicate a flat value (such as "4") or a per investigator value (as indicated by the symbol)"
The rules reference, under "Act" says:
"Any or all investigators may contribute any number of clues towards the total number of clues required to advance the act."
The total can be a flat value or a number times the number of investigators, but any investigator can contribute any amount. Looks like Quizoid is correct and the video at 9:16 is wrong.
I did not expect this level of production quality wow
This was very helpful. Clear and easy to understand with a good choice of cards drawn and ensuing situations. Thank you.
Stanley took the right turn and fought the Byakhee in the staff lounge.
Thank you guys for an amazing game!
-Innkeeper Vase Odin
Glad I finish this video dude, It helped me a lot cause man I was so lost when playing the game -_- , also they didnt explain the weapong item euipment etc. But i got a more understanding of the game now.
Best tutorial video I have ever seen and really makes me want to play the game.
incredibly useful. i went from being a bit scared to try the game to feeling very confident about it.
Is it weird if I listen to this video while trying to sleep?
kinda lol
Nah. I'm in the same boat. The game play is interesting and the voice is just so soothing...
Awesome tutorial but it is NOT spoiler free so beware if you haven't played the first scenario yet!
- Thanks for the tip! Is there a good way to set up the scenarios for this game without spoiling all the suspense/surprise of story details such as the locations & creatures you'll encounter?
Which kind of defeats its purpose. I stopped watching after seeing a couple spoilers and went back to just reading the rules.
This is excelt i just got this game and trying to learn it and the cards seemed so overwelming but. This video really helped.
Same here. Just received it yesterday, can't wait to dig in!!! Already thinking about expansions as I learn characters and technique.
@@EnnuiwolfLG played the tutorial campaign and gotten a couple more only thing that limits thing is finding the time. The game is great
Amazing game, but I always find fantasy flight games difficult to master the rules of. Some really odd mechanics that seem unnecessary. Like the rule about attack of opportunity, that’s just another thing to remember. Why not simplify combat so it’s just activated when players attack or enemies attack. I’m with Bradley here on the rules thing. Every new rule gave me a heart attack.
I love this game but damn I hate the rulebook. I want a full playthrough not a tutorial playthrough and a reference guide. But this video is super helpful.
@@staticklingon2182
Actually rules are pretty clear except people tend to misread them :)
Attacks of oppurtunity only happen when player tries to investigate or play assets/events etc... that don't have fast, fight, evade word on them. Attacks of oppurtunity are never triggered if you perform fight or evade unless the enemy has retaliate keyword however retaliate only occurs if you fail fight skill test if you win or fail evade test it doesn't apply.
Skids or Agnes are great to play if you want to learn the rules quickly because they are more specialized characters.
Skids mains evade and fast mechanics while Agnes mains spells and her ability of return damage per horror.
Also if you play as Skids and you have switchblade and you draw crypt chill during mythos phase and fail.
You can pay one resource to play switchblade and put it into discrad pile because of the fast keyword and the fact it doesn't specify when you can play it. So instead of wasting resources on physical training, discarding powerful assets or taking 2 damage you just pay one resource and discard weak switchblade card.
@@greatdude7279 The first paragraph alone gave me a stroke
@@greatdude7279 I know I'm really late on this, but that example isn't entirely accurate (still if anyone sees this, I just want to make sure that the information provided is accurate). While fast events and free triggered abilities (effects that start with a lightning bolt) can be used whenever you have a player window (unless they say otherwise), fast assets can only be played during your turn. Secondly, when it comes to cards like Crypt Chill, you cannot use a fast event or free triggered ability in response to failing them, as you don't have a player window at that time (Lucky is special, since the card itself says you can play it after you fail, thus creating an exception), the only player windows during skill tests is directly before or after you commit skill cards (and both are before the chaos token is revealed). That being said, you do have player windows before drawing the chaos token in any skill test, and you should take advantage of those, as normally the only player window in the mythos phase is at the end of the phase.
@@Illdos
Oh ok... so it seems we were playing the game kinda wrong. So this is kinda similar to Yorrick's graveyard ability with the baseball bat when you cannot re-equip right after you kill a monster and break it .
What the hell never seen this much work for a board game video kudos to the creator👍👌💐
Answered all the leftover questions I had from l2p booklet. Brilliant guide
One of the GOAT LCG!
Why are bags not included in the box?
This was way more informative than I was expecting, good stuff
I really wish they would create amazing tutorials for all their products 😎
They used to but they take down the ones for games that get discontinued
This is awesome!
There's also a little error when (at aprox 13:50) an enemy card without spawn instruction is drawn. According to the rules and FAQ it engages with the investigator who drew the card. But in this video the Prey-keyword is obeyed(leading to the same result in this case).
Not quite. The Prey keyword is called out, but it's ignored. The ghoul preys on LOWEST remaining health -- that would have sent it to Wendy if it was being placed according to its Prey type. But it correctly stays with Roland.
@@c.cooper2877 I think you should listen to what is said again. "Since Roland has the lowest remaining healt at this location..."blabla. This is not correct. The Prey instrunction should be ignored. It just spawns engaged with Roland because he drew it
Stanley what have you done to my story?! There are tentacles in the cereal Stanley! Is this what you want? Are you happy now? It's ruined.
There’s a mistake at 09:20, it says that each investigator must spend 2 (two) clues in order to advance the first Act, this is wrong, since the rules reference manual, specifies that: "Any or all investigators may contribute any number of clues towards the total number of clues required to advance the act"
Yes but the total number is x by the amount of players 2x2 equals 4. What that rule means is it could be 2 and 2 3 and 1 or just 4 from one person
It is misleading, but not wrong. In that scenario specifically both investigators had only 2 tokens each, therefore it was required they spend an equal amount to advance.
Me, for 95% of the video: something's wrong. somethings not right. something's off.
Me, in the last 5%: THE NARRATOR SHOULD BE TELLING A PARABLE ABOUT STANLEY.
I love these intros by ffc
i just want to learn to play this game to impress this guy i'm talking to lol... wish me luck!
best of luck! It's a great game, so hopefully you enjoy it as well!
Why didn't FFG simply start the setup with the instruction to
1. split the encounter deck (all cards with tentacle backs) into two sets: one set with cards that do not have the Gathering icons, and one set that has one of the Gathering icons.
2. Put the bigger stack (the non-gathering cards) back in the box, these cards are ignored in the setup below.
3. Split the gathering cards game box as follows (step 10-15). Step 16 is then shuffle what remains and done!
So excited to get my copy of the revised core game!!
Damn i found this After The fiesta scenario and fumbling with The ruées for 1h. This is do Well Made and makes thing s so much more clear.
Yep , a great help !
Great Tutorial (although there are some small mistakes) , very well design video. Thanks!
What mistakes did you spot?
@@sooner811 A couple (that have been pointed out by others): The video implies that to advance the act, each investigator needs to spend the number of clues listed, when in the game you just need to spend them as a group to reach that total (so you could have Wendy spend 4 and Roland 0, or Wendy 3 and Roland 1 and still be fine).
It also implies that the Ghoul is engaged with Roland because he matches its prey instruction. Prey is only relevant for breaking ties for enemies with the hunter keyword when you have investigators that are equidistant from each other, or for when deciding who to engage after they are already in play (this is different from when the card is drawn). When an enemy with Prey is drawn, it is always engaged with the investigator that drew it (unless it has the Spawn keyword).
Wow, this was really well made.
13:52 But ghouls are on the good guy side in Lovecraft (see "The Dream Quest of the Unknown Kadath").
The ghouls are kind of on the ghoul side. Their agenda doesn't involve humanity's destruction, and they know that the coming of the Great Old Ones will spell their end as much as it will spell ours, so they're tentative allies. Unfortunately, they're also "people" with free will and comprehensible motivations, so they can fall into Outer God worship just like humans can.
Is that all I have to do to set the game up? LOL, what a freaking nightmare.
I get the idea of meeting the requirements in order to obtain enough clues, but I just wish such clues had more significance in the manner you're to proceed, instead of merely continuing the plot.. Like a puzzle of a storyline.
Awesome job, you are the Tom Brady of Boardgames.
I feel so deflated after reading that comment.
Really Good! Thank you for making This!
about damn time.
Wow, Wendy really just sacrificed her cat like that
Take the damage, you coward! You can kill my beat cop, but the cat must live!
At 17:42, does that mean that if Roland had decided to just fight without the revolver in the second action, the Ghoul would not have been able to get that attack of opportunity?
Yes.
Is that the narrator from the Stanley Parable?
yes
I believe it's Toby Longworth
Would be so nice to have this tutorial subtitled in spanish or other languages so I can send this video to new people who Im going to play with, that way, I wouldnt need to explain so many things in the first game we do. This game has a lot of things to explain and it would help so much to have it subtitled
My copy of this is coming wendsday I can't wait lol
At 7:17 he talks about the Lucky! Card, but doesn't she have to pay 1 resource to be able to play it? In the video it's not mentioned.
If you go to 7:00 you will see she pays the 1 resource to play the card. “Fast” means that you don’t need to pay action points, but you still have to pay the resources for that card.
9:33 I was hoping you'd actually receive clues (more story information). Instead it's just a series of skill checks to gather tokens, to reach a minimum number to advance the act deck.
Advancing the act deck advances the story.
Omg, my favorite card game has a tutorial from my favorite voice actor who also happens to be the narrator of one of my favorite computer games... o_O
The stars align :D
13:56 Fantasy Flight Games From all the videos and rulebook regarding Prey, it would seem that this Ghoul should attach to Roland as he’s the one that drew him, regardless of if he didn’t have the lowest health. It’s my understanding that Prey only comes into effect if the Ghoul is not Engaged when it Readies and there are multiple Investigators at its location. Can anyone else confirm?
Edit: Disregard this comment. About a million others already pointed it out.
Is there any place we can listen to/download the music that is used in this video and that of the Elder Sign game? I would really like to play this in the background while playing.
I can't find the exact music they used in these videos but search for "creepy piano music" or "horror piano music", there's plenty out there that would fit this genre.
This sounds like music they have in Mansions of Madness app.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you!!
just got the game a few days ago so this was pretty good timing for me
Some clarification please. When Wendy had the cat and had to do the agility test, why didn't she add the cats agility to her own? Making it 6-4 instead of 5-4. Shouldn't she have only taken one damage or do she not include her ally on a revelation check?
She can’t do that because she already played the card. Only cards in your hand can be committed to a skill test. (That may be possible via special mechanics that I haven’t run into yet, but not in this situation.) Since the card has been played, she can access the abilities in the cards’ text, but the skill icons are no longer relevant.
I am a first time buyer and player of your awesome game Arkham Horror The Card Game and have just purchased the complete Dunwich Legacy Cycle (Deluxe box with the 6 Mythos packs). Unfortunately, after that there are no cycles available to buy apart from the very latest release "The Dream-Easters Cycle"
Could you please answer a couple questions:
1) Are you going to do more printing of the earlier cycles as I was wanting to buy "The Path To Carosa" cycle next?
2) I live in Australia, so if you are printing the earlier cycles, will they be available to buy in Australian board game stores?
3) Do the cycles have to be played in the correct order? E.g. I start with Dunwich Legacy Cycle but after that the only cycle available to buy in Australia is "The Dream-Eaters Cycle". Can that be played next?
4) Is there any way of purchasing the older cycles if I live in Australia? Can the cycles be bought from Fantasy Flight games or some website and posted to Australia?
Thank you so much for your help!
Are Arkham Horror and Arkham Horror: The Card Game two totally different games?
Thanks for the info.
Hello. Yes they are. Arkham Horror is a board game, while the Arkham Horror The Card Game is an LCG model card game. Here are a few links to the pages so you can review.
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/arkham-horror/
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/arkham-horror-the-card-game/
Excellent game. The rules and play flow are not hard or difficult at all to understand.
I believe all non-gathering encounter decks play are put aside and play no role in this scenario.
step 9:
"The encounter sets used in THIS scenario are (card identification numbers in parentheses): The Gathering (cards 104-119), Rats (card 159), Ghouls (cards 160-162), Striking Fear (cards 163-165), Ancient Evils (card 166), and Chilling Cold (cards 167-168)."
The ordering is wrong: step 14 should follow step 9
"Set every other location aside, out of play. These cards are the Hallway, Attic, Cellar, and Parlor (cards 112-115)."
add: Also remove all non-gathering cards, aside, out of play, they play no role in setup of this scenario.
then:
"17. Assemble the encounter deck. Take the remainder of the cards found during step 9 (i.e., the cards that were not already used for another purpose in steps 10-16 AND WERE NOT ALREADY SET ASIDE), and shuffle them together to create the encounter deck."
You're arguing with the company who made the game lol.
@@floodkevin4716 you're reading posts of over 2 years ago, you know?
lol
So the enemy ALWAYS hits? There's no dodging or the enemy missing its shot? Am I missing something?
where can we purchase that back drop ? So cool!
After watching the video, Stanley decided to purchase a copy of the game.
I got to play this recently, next chance i get is in March
Great video I've just bought the game
Superb tutorial video
Can you play 3 players campaign with one base set and one deluxe set? I heard mixed things about it. Some say that it's possible but isn't really worth it. Is that true? (We have a pretty casual group of friends, so we never intended to build best decks or anything like that, if that matters)
Great overview, but seriously: having ads in a video that's basically an ad for the product you're selling is not a good look
Who is the narrator for the video? I would love to know if he does other voice work like audio books.
Is there a better way to see if a card is “exhausted”? Seems tipping it sideways is only clear if all cards are upright, but the play area is a mess in this example. Do people have other methods to make it more clear? a token?
I use fantasy flight’s gaming tokens
@@mattceloria9535 I had to google them - those look fantastic. I’m getting a set in each color. Thanks for the tip.
Wendy straight up sacrificed her cat :(
Yeah, and then she ran after not using the cat's evade bonus! Heartless, AND inefficient... ;(
I've got a problem in the first scenario(the gathering). During the barrier phase, we need 6 clues to advance but there's only 4 clues with the revealing of the 2 rooms we can go. We are a bit confused, my roomate and I.
Thanks in advance!
Remember that the icons on the setup cards tell you to place a certain number of clues *per player* so you are probably not putting enough clues out.
Steel Beard Thanks I was mistaken the entire time! That's what I get for trying this game at midnight when I'm tired
I am really curious, why there is no trailer or tutorial for twilight imperium
Legends say that game was so complicated that Creator couldn't figure out how to play it himself too.
Aren't CZcams videos limited to ten hours in length?
@@c.cooper2877 youtubers did how to play TI4 in 30-50 minutes, in comparison official FF tutorial of Game of Thrones is 25 minutes :)
I need for solo playing... on how to start playing solo, from zero.
who did the voice for this tutorial?
I should of watched this before I tried playing. I made all kind of mistakes.(These are just a few.) Like only doing one action per phase, monsters immediately attacking, pulling my resources from the pool and using it as ammo instead of getting it from the general pool. No wondered why I got destroyed playing as Roland. Well you live and learn from your mistakes. Will try again tomorrow after I watch the video again.
3:45 is the encounter deck
a) all ecnounter cards, except the ones with the symbols shown on step 9
or b) only the encounter cards with the symbol shown on step 9?
The text on step 16 indicates a), but it is unclear.
10:10 my SO went totally ape that there was 1 shroud in the hallway. Why??@!?
So what is the meaning of the 1 shroud on the hallway?
(i guess that every location has a shroud value, and the minimal shroud value is 1, but it is never written anywhere)
I imagine there are cards you can have in your deck that add clues to your current location, which is why the hallway would have a Shroud value.