Arkham Horror: Return to the Forgotten Age

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. CortexBomb

   I am not a particularly big fan of the FA campaign, so who knows when I will get back to that; perhaps the Explore fixes in this will make it slightly more palatable to me if I do. The box has some solid player cards in it regardless, which is why I opted to pick it up. Survival Knife 2 is a sweet card that enables all kinds of shenanigans in many decks and can outright wreck some monsters that would otherwise be problematic due to the timing of the counter attack happening before they deal damage. Other upgrades include the Mists of R'lyeh 2, Chtonian Stone 3, Back Pack 2, and On Your Own (Exceptional). None of those later cards are nutzoid improvements over the originals other than On Your Own (E), but I like having all of them available.

2. 8 out of 10

   emperormark

   Solid, original adventure. But it is VERY swingy and can be very frustrating if the cards go against you.

3. 9 out of 10

   sonofachung

   Maybe the best Return to expansion to date, fixing a lot of the problems with the base campaign and fixing some of the randomness with the explore mechanic.