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Arkham Horror: Threads of Fate
Expansion of: Arkham Horror: The Forgotten Age
60m - 120m
1 - 2 Players
Ages 14+
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You’ve journeyed deep into the rainforests of southern Mexico and made the discovery of a lifetime. Now, returning home, a peaceful respite is in order — but your relaxation is cut short when an uninvited guest arrives and tells you that the artifact you uncovered is not what is seems and now the entire Earth is in danger. Her wild claims suddenly become more believable as your world erupts into chaos. Three tasks stand before you at once: you must protect the relic from falling into the wrong hands, solve the mystery of a missing friend, and determine whether to trust your mysterious guest. The stakes are high and time is short. Which will you pursue?
Threads of Fate is the first Mythos Pack in "The Forgotten Age" cycle for Arkham Horror: The Card Game. This new scenario throws you into the investigation like never before with three separate Act decks that are each in play simultaneously. With few leads and a limited amount of time before the trail runs cold, you must weigh your evidence to decide which leads to follow and which to ignore. Your choices will permanently shape your adventure throughout "The Forgotten Age" cycle, so you must choose wisely.
| Ages | 14+ |
|---|---|
| Players | Solo, 2 Players |
| Play Time | 60m – 120m |
| Mechanics | Cooperative Game, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers |
| Theme | Card Game, Expansion for Base-game, Novel-based, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror |
| Publisher | Asmodee, Asterion Press, Edge Entertainment, Fantasy Flight Games, Galakta |
CortexBomb
This adventure is a little bit paint-by-numbers at this point in terms of the board play, as it reuses many of the locations from Midnight Masks and has a fairly straight-forward basic set-up. It differentiates itself with the interesting triple Act deck set-up that allows players to thematically focus on what they think are the most important objective(s) which should lend it some replay value. While I enjoyed not having to deal with the irksome exploration deck for one adventure in this campaign, I can't say that this was out of this world great, but I did like the twist and enjoyed it enough. In terms of player cards: The pack has a pretty high number of standout cards. Counterspell is a pretty huge boost for Mystics as it can make passing a critical test much more likely. I also quite like Marksmanship for some adventures, as the ability to make the lower XP cost guns useful. Giving them a serious leg-up on hand weapons was badly needed and this is starting to make that a reality; this is also obviously also crazy with any of the big guns. With multiple players Stunning Blow is awesome as a 1-of to save for the final fight, as it can insure that the big bad is getting pummeled efficiently while still not damaging you for at least 2 rounds. Finally, Perseverance is a great way to save yourself from rough situations.
rigantona
This scenario felt familiar in all the good ways and different in the better ones, as it's almost like playing Midnight Masks again but with a massive expansion on story and ways the acts can go down depending on your choices. I liked that you had three options to explore and ultimately it tended to come down to pursuing two out of three to get the best of a tense situation, having played it twice and got completely different routes it's incredibly replayable in how things can go down which is a bonus. I would say though you are stretched a bit thin so it probably would be frustrating only playing with one investgiator. Two is ideal to get the most out of it.
enzo622
After trudging along in the jungle getting poisoned, it's nice to come back to Arkham for a bit. The innovation here is there are 3 Act decks to pursue. Can you achieve all 3 in one game? If not, which one(s) to focus on? Very fun concept and quite challenging. Be happy if you get 2 of the 3.