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Eldritch Horror: Masks of Nyarlathotep is an expansion for Eldritch Horror, a cooperative boardgame for one to eight players where intrepid investigators must traverse the globe in an attempt to thwart the cataclysmic rise of an otherworldly Ancient One. Strange cults are gathering strength in remote corners and bustling cities all over the world. Though they seem to worship different gods, the investigators have found a thread that runs throughout all of the cultists’ horrific rites.
cbs42
7/30/18 - I'm very disappointed by the heavily marketed "campaign mode" which was a lie, or at least heavily misrepresented. The entire campaign mode is just a simple set of house rules that you don't even need this expansion to play. As summed up by one of the BGG reviews of this game, the rules are: "Don't reuse ancient ones, investigators stay dead, play with 2 prelude cards, do it 6 times." Wow, that's a shame. The concept had such potential. I'm also not really interested in the "personal stories" aspect of the game, but may mess around with them since I paid for them. Resources are a nice new addition, but again just like the campaign mode you don't need to buy this expansion to play with the new rule. Just find a suitable set of tokens to use as resources, and that's all you need. So basically, this purchase just provided me with the equivalent of about 1.5 small box EH expansions, for the price of 2. That sucks. I'm always glad to have more content for this game, but I wish I would have waited and not paid full MSRP in my excitement for a new big box expansion that ended up barely being more than a small box expansion. I'm knocking a couple of points off of my usual "9" rating for EH games, and giving this one a 7. I'm still glad I own it, but I feel misled by the marketing for it.
Embir
Another great big box expansion for Eldritch Horror. I love new action of gathering resources - now investigator who can't move from space can spend his all actions. Also finally all new Old Ones from big box don't need additional board. All in all it is really fine addition to alreadxy great game. I strongly recommend it.
darionnova
I don't have it. I have every other Eldritch Horror expansion. And I thought I was going to purchase this one. But while it says it is a big box expansion, it doesn't seem like one. The only thing requiring a big box are the number of cards that come with the expansion. But when you have every other expansion for Eldritch Horror, already, the last thing you want to do is buy more cards (as if you didn't have enough), for a big box price. That to me is shameful. I don't like the new resource mechanic. Pick a character with better negotiating skills. Also, the resource mechanic dulls the teeth of the debt condition risk. You don't really have to ever go in debt. I don't like that. Of course I hate going into debt. But taking and avoiding risks with the means already given are what make this game great. I was looking forward to the personal stories. Never had any interest for the campaign mode. And I am disappointed with the mechanic introduced there. A successfully completed personal story makes the game easier as you receive a bonus. Failure makes the game harder. Is it even possible to win a game of Eldritch Horror when you have yet another built in mechanic working against you? So why bother to complete your game? I love Eldritch Horror, and losing can be great fun. But sometimes, (good play helps decrease the times when this can happen) an Eldritch Horror game can get away from you really badly, leaving you with no chance to win before the game is halfway done. And as much as I love Eldritch Horror, I do not like it when that happens. I don't mind losing. But I would like to have a 10% chance of pulling off a comeback as opposed to a zero percent chance. So having a personal story end in failure just doesn't sound like any fun if you have to play at a disadvantage for the rest of the game. I did like the Ancient Ones in this expansion. But I'm just not about to pay 50 bucks for two more Ancient Ones and more cards...