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Arkham Horror: Curse of the Rougarou
Expansion of: Arkham Horror: The Card Game
60m - 120m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 14+
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Description from the publisher:
When one reporter’s sensational news about a series of savage killings fails to make its way into the Arkham Advertiser, your friend at that establishment decides to contact you, nonetheless, deeming the reports the sort of thing that might suit your eccentric curiosities. She’s right, of course, and when you head to Northside Station to book your ticket for New Orleans, you can’t possibly imagine the full shape of the horrors that await you…
Designed to be played as a standalone adventure, or added to your campaign as a "side-story," Curse of the Rougarou sends you along a bone-chilling hunt through New Orleans and the bayous of southern Louisiana. Its 62 cards come with all the rules, locations, act, agenda, and encounter cards that you’ll need to immerse yourself in a mystery full of malign spirits, murderous beasts, and other hazards—some natural and some decidedly unnatural.
| Ages | 14+ |
|---|---|
| Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
| Play Time | 60m – 120m |
| Designer | Matthew Newman, Nate French |
| Mechanics | Action Points, Cooperative Game, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Hand Management, Role Playing, Variable Player Powers |
| Theme | Card Game, Collectible Components, Expansion for Base-game, Novel-based, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror |
| Publisher | Asterion Press, Edge Entertainment, Fantasy Flight Games, Galakta, Hobby World |
bullettrang
Fast pace with a eerie feeling. Wish it had more narrative but regardless I had a lot of fun with this. The instructions for set up could be better though.
CortexBomb
(I rate all expansions starting from a base 5 where 5 is "my experience of the base game" to avoid inflation, anything above 5 means I think it improves the base game in some way, anything below that is a negative). This scenario's difficulty can vary a lot depending on how much experience you bring into it and your character class mix is; the nature of the Rougarou itself means that some high XP builds, particularly Guardians can slash and burn the Rougarou way too easily, so if you want it to be more challenging you will want to tackle it earlier in a campaign, as a stand-alone, or without abusing the numerous cards that make it possible to damage or defeat the Rougarou without actually engaging it directly in combat. The optional parlay-ish win condition is an option for added challenge, but the number of hoops involved mean it will be a very unappealing option in most cases, basically though, if you play with that as the only "valid" win condition the scenario is challenging, with a straight combat win it is very easy to orchestrate with the expanded, FA-and after pool of cards. This is a short story, but it has a randomized setup that makes the scenario good for at least a few plays. In campaign mode is much easier than as a stand-alone as you keep the token bag from the campaign (which is likely friendlier than the one on offer here), but you are also pretty unlikely to get a lot of reward versus the risk of taking a curse home in your deck, so it seems like something you would want to play as a gaiden at the end of a campaign more than as a bonus in the middle of one. The scenario does have some high damage enemies and but most of the combat revolves around being able to deal with the Rougarou. That can be a bit tricky to do with a raw, untuned deck but it can be made significantly easier once you understand how the scenario works (in other words: play it once to see how it works, and you might win; on the second and subsequent plays you can easily set your deck to more easily handle the combat portion of the story). Fun flavour, and the variable locations can add some replay but I don't think it will have super long legs. Aside: the rules are not put together at all clearly. Be sure to check the rules forum before you get going on this as the rules card is very terse and it is easy to be confused with the way the Rougarou's movement and the initial location set-up works.
icortezi
Curse of the Rougarou is the first standalone scenario pack we have played and it is really difficult. I feel like you really need an optimized deck(s) in order to have a small chance of winning. Played at 2p only.