@@oraziobranca5628 Our level of expectation for how the shows are edited require we do it after the episode is recorded. Thanks for the note and for watching-Lincoln
Love, love, love it when you do longer, in depth games. I know it takes tons of work producing and editing, but your efforts are very much appreciated. Thank you!
Azathot starts with cards 2 and 3, also the unstable place is one event card you add to your codex. the place marked with the doom will be the unstable place (from my limitied understanding of the game)
I've had this version set up on my table for over a week, being scared to even start playing xD It's my first actually purchased board game ever. Now I feel ready to start playing, after finding this and many other board game channels. So, thanks! :D
Wasnt sure I ever wanted to watch a game of this. Then they got me with Aaron playing. I will watch any episode that Aaron is on. Miss seeing him more regularly. Yay for Aaron!
Not sure if anyone else noticed but at 2:04:37, the Hooded Stalker should have immediately engaged the investigator with the lowest strength on that space (Agnes) when it became unexhausted. Aaron should then not have had an anomaly encounter and been restricted to the Attack, Evade and Focus actions during the next action phase.
Great video! Very entertaining to watch. Just so you know for future reference, being delayed only causes you to lose one out of the two actions you get on your next turn. Second, the remnants can be used to cast spells rather than taking horror that the spells give. 1 remnant spent reduces horror taken by 1, but only for spells, not from monsters, event cards, etc.
At 2:43:52 a Doom goes on a space where there is an Anomaly. "If additional doom would be placed in any space of a neighborhood with an anomaly token, place that doom on the scenario sheet instead." So that Doom should have gone on the Scenario Sheet instead. So at 2:44:52 those three Doom that were directly added to the sheet did indeed - as Rusty said - "do something" as you would have been at 7 on the sheet
Yeah! Exactly! That was the reason that made me watch the video, because I'm not a fan of Arkham Horrors... but Aaron's "hair" convinced me completely!!! LOL
Y’all remind me of my mom and dad 😭 i might have to ask my mom to play this game with me. I love horror and she loves board games. Perfect middle point!!
I believe first player is also the decision maker for the game. I love second ed but also really love what Nikki has done for third. I would much rather teach this than 2nd. Now bring on the expansions 😹
You don't use Codex card number 1 for Aproach of Azathoth scenario only 2 and 3! I made the same mistake on my first game! You were basically playing on super impossible difficulty. love to see some more arkham horror played on the show. maybe play full campain on the card game! =)
But he did shuffle the whole event deck when a gate burst happen, so that compensates? XD For game learners: you only shuffle the event from the Gate Burst with the Event Discard Pile and place it at the bottom of the event deck, i.e. they are going to come back and haunt you! :)
I was curious why the Card 1 rule, because it actually made no difference. That rule only takes effect if you have four doom on one space, but that's not possible because as soon as you get three in a space an anomaly opens and further doom goes directly on the scenario card.
Hehe. After defeating Aaron puts the Cult Ritualist at the bottom of the stack, and at 2:44:33 Rusty draws it again and everybody is negatively surprised. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot xD Great video! Watched it after purchasing the game and while waiting for shipping. Very excited!
Sorry if this is a double post, but I can't see the first instance of this post I made: At 2:12:31 and 2:14:24 Rusty takes two "flip the token" actions in the same turn. You can take each action only once per turn. So he could not have revealed the blue token
No its not 2 token from the bag. Rusty flip red and blue marker in the same turn. He makes the same action twice in same round. I dont think that is allowed.
When the gate token is drawn from the cup, you reshuffle the discard and place it on the bottom; you don’t shuffle it into the entire deck. Would cause much more of a sense of urgency
Just discovered this channel after Geek & Sundry (Game The Game with Becca Scott) has seemingly closed up shop. Great to see a full length game and with dedicated but not too expert players. I think you have a new regular viewer 😎
I have gotten through this scenario one time :) Totally agree with ya - Fantasy Flight rocks. :) Love this game and the Game Night group - Ty ty so much :)
Not really. ;) It is much too light on its mechanics. It lacks decision making. It is so obvious what to do and the game puts you on a binary trail. So overrated.
@@TheDungeonDive But only a little. I am not stalking. I just found it by accident and I wanted to comment in that. Please do not take it too personally. I have a blast with Secrets of the lost tomb because of you. We just do not share the same opinion about Arkham 3.
That's more of a suggestion than a rule. Even the Rules Reference just includes it as a way the designers like to play, but leave it up to the choice of the players. I do recommend playing that way too, though.
That Jenny character seems awesome, reminds me of the one from Eldritch, there was that grandpa, was his name Kane? Or something like that, the one which had a high influence skill, a personal assistant starting ally and could give acquired items directly to anyone wherever they might be - we used him exclusively for purchases, he was our goods dealer in every game.
I think the point to the opening part of the video is to make the description of the game last as long as possible to see if it breaks Lincoln's smile.
Hmmm. I might actually update to this new edition. Eventually. I prefer to buy a new game rather than buy a new version of one I already have, but this edition is pretty dang cool.
It looked like aaron shuffled the entire event decks after the gate burst ar around 1:12:00. Its that card and all the discarded cards are shuffle and placed on the bottom of the deck. That way it makes doom spawn i similar locations...ala pandemic style 👌...also it can make the unstable space gone if something asked to do it, at which case if theres no card the starting space is unstable
Yes, I noticed that and had a moment of "Is that how it works? I'm starting to doubt myself!" Also, the deck wasn't shuffled back in (incorrectly or not!) for the final two gate burst tokens, which would have changed where the doom tokens appeared.
@@AriadneJC yeah it does change the game alot because it makes doom spawn at already doomed locations and having a quick successive gatebursts can really make them explode badly. Much like pandemics outbreaks it can get nasty on a cpl districts really quickly. It really does change how they wouldve gone about the game and where things wouldve spawned. Everyone makes mistakes tho. I had a game of starship samurai and forgot a key rule that drastically wouldve changed it...it happens, still a fun ep as usual....edit: lucky cigarette case also change a dice up by one, which aaron did at the start then at the end uses as a reroll.....i hate knowing alot about games sometimes lol but the arkham games are my jam
yeah, its like that a bit but i still love them and their show. this one was a tough one for me to watch as i play the arkham horror files games too much, if anything >_
@@jirdir9025 Oh yeah, I do love the show too and they do such a wonderful job. There are certainly quite a few games in my collection now that I never would have known existed if it wasn't for the team. Errors will creep in, and they usually catch the big ones and add the text before the video is released, which is awesome too. Even with a few mistakes, they definitely show off the games so well, especially the fun aspects.
Watching this to see whether Rusty, Aaron, Lincoln and Nikki can save their town and maybe the world in Arkham Horror 3rd edition, a game for 1-6 investigators from Fantasy Flight Games designed by Nikki Valens based on previous Arkham Horror editions by Richard Launias and Kevin Wilson.
a couple of rule issues: the delayed condition costs you one action to recover not two; patrol monster text says: move to the unstable space. Only when it gets to that space does it engage its prey. edit: Should have kept watching regarding delayed..
Ok, there is one thing I did not understand at all. The first rule says "if a space has four or more doom, remove 3 and spread doom to all tiles in the district" but the second says "3 doom on a space create an anomaly, any further doom tokens go directly onto the scenario" ; how are you ever getting to 4 on one space then? This here seems like "Outbreak" can never happen, causing it to be a "dead" rule and making the game a chunk easier right?
Here are the things i learned afther watching almost all the playthrough. 1. When they say heal you or an ally, you cant heal another player since ally are cards not other the investigators. 2. You can check the back of a monster card before you engage it (it thought it was supposed to be hidden till you engage). 3. Once you get to 7 doom on the scenario card of this scenario, its pretty much over. Could anyone give me tips to win this scenario ? Afther 3 games with 2 other players im having trouble not getting wreck (i dont know how many times your supposed to lose to get a win). Anyways, i've had a lot of fun playing this even when losing, only then end is a bit complicated with the future and the epicenter thing
had a solo play with 2 investigators, won at 2nd try. just clear anomalies and avoie doom on scenario, after you add 8 and 9 card it;s horrible, it;s very hard to win from there. But all my investigators were equipped with weapons and some lore enhancement, both were warding and destroying monsters. Try to keep the board as clear as possible and be a bit lucky on dice. Good luck
Amazing playthrough as always guys. Thank you. I grant that 3rd edition is more streamlined. But my issue is that it's too scripted for such a long game. In 2nd edition you had more freedom to do what you want for the length of the game. However in 3rd edition most of your actions are predetermined by the scenario, as in if you do very specific things you will lose. If I wanted to play a scripted AH game I much rather play the shorter LCG. My second issue is that it feels like this game comes with fewer components (encounter cards, investigators, items, etc) than 2nd edition. Couple that with the scripted nature and you can see how the replayability may suffer. I can play multiple times with the same ancient one in 2nd edition. However in 3rd you are likely to see the same thing more often, not to mention the same story.
On the scripted note. I am no fan of the Mythos token bag being replenished just when it has being emptied. I would like to have it refilled after each round. Now you know that you have to pass through the exact number of Mythos tokens all the time. I guess I can play it as I want, but the Mythois tokens gets a bit more boring this way, unbalanced is a risk if doing it my way. But hey, let it happen.
@@Muhd_Akmal Yes or to hard, if you never draw them. I think the current system works well for say 2 players. Then I think the randomness is ok. With say 6 players you are almost sure to get all the tokens every two rounds. That is what I do not like.
Seems like you guys skipped some rules tho.🤔 Like when the monster went from exhausted to ready, it should have also engage with the player that was on the same tile since it was ready and on the same tile as the player. Also in the myth phase, when there was a gate burst you're supposed to put the card that you picked in the discard pile and mix the discard pile back at the end of the event pile. (That's why there's a rule that say that if the discard pile is empty, the unstable space become the starter tile, because it becomes empty when there's a gate burst.) You explained it at first but you didn't do it when playing.
At 2:12:30 Rusty takes the "flip a token" action to reveal The Epicenter. Then, IN THE SAME TURN, at 2:14:24 he takes his SECOND "flip a token" action to reveal The Ritual Site. Bad Rusty! Void Game!
In case anyone wants to use this playthrough as a way to learn the game, here's some rulings that went ignored throughout the game: 204.11 When you draw a gate burst token, place one doom in each space of the neighborhood that corresponds to the top card of the event deck. Take that card and the event discard pile, shuffle them together, and place them on the bottom of the event deck. 467.5 If a ready monster is in the same space as an investigator for any reason, it engages that investigator.
Question: I don't know where to post this, but do the core GameNight! crew ever plan on playing Gloomhaven (with Gloomhaven helper?)? I know you played it at one of the cons, but it is just not the same without the core group.
Stephen, we've talked about it. Really it would be best with Aaron and he is not here in town often enough to make it happen easily. We might try to figure something else out. Thanks for the note and for watching. -Lincoln
Those are from the BoardGameGeek Store. You can find them here: boardgamegeekstore.com/products/bgg-folding-bit-bowls. Thanks for the question and for watching. -Lincoln
i notice that you guys go to the diner and heal up with an action. I can't find that in the rules. any tips in how that works please? i thought it was through the phase with encounter cards.
Madie, those are from the BoardGameGeek Store. You can find them here: boardgamegeekstore.com/collections/accessories/products/bgg-folding-bit-bowls. There are two sizes so make sure you get the size you want. Thanks for watching and I agree, Nikki does look great. :-) -Lincoln
At 3:09:40 Lincoln reads it an Anomaly event for a 1 Doom location. Nikki's subsequent success removes 2 Doom. How can that happen? Surely Lincoln read out the wrong section of the card?
Watching this, kept thinking "Yup, that's what happens." I've played that scenario 5 times now. My friends and I have yet to win. We keep getting overwhelmed by monsters and doom after initially doing very well.
02:18:00 Aaron removes two Doom tokens with a ward action. That could not have happened as there was an anomaly. The doom tokens are removed through the encounters only.
Nope. Manual specifically states: "Removing Anomalies: Both the ward action and anomaly encounters allow you to remove doom from your space. When you have removed all doom from a neighbourhood, the anomaly in that neighbourhood stabilizes and you remove the anomaly token."
@@SkywalterDBZ My ranking of those three is the exact reverse of yours! But I think I put AH2 at the top because with all the expansions, there are so many options to choose from for game variety (I never use ALL the expansion at once; that would be insane). When my game group decides it's an AH2 session, I choose one or two large expansions and include a few optional things from the small expansions, it feels so different each time. I could never get into the larger scale of Eldritch. Maybe I'm mildly agoraphobic, I don't know!
I feel exactly the same way. The board is such a big part of getting immersed and the gaps, the shape, and the white lines ruins the art. EH is my favourite, but I'd rather pick up AH 2nd than 3rd.
To shuffle 3 cards, have one player place the cards in an order behind their back. Pass to another player to shuffle. Alternatively have each player shuffle the 3 cards, passing them around the group. Either of these should remove any knowledge of card positions.
Ive not played the LCG but everyone who has seem to absolutely love it, especially solo. Personally Im all for AH2. Its a convoluted complex slog of a game, but its amazing. Just about every game of it offers some memorable event or happening that at times are remembered for years. I had AH3 for a few years, we played it and the first expansions for a good amount, yet it always felt underwelming. And while fun, none of us has ever reminiced about it later. Its just a generic game, it plays fast but its also forgotten fast.
In case of gate burst he had to shuffle only the top card with discard pile and then put these cards at the bottom of event deck, no the whole event pile had to be shuffled
So when a monster deals damage do you not get the opportunity to mitigate it through a defensive roll or something? Or does the monster just automatically inflict damage on its turn? This game does seem fun...but man it looks convoluted.
He has a 3 cameras, each record 3.5 hour, so to make this video he should watch and cut all 10 hours. That's crazy. Thanks a lot for hard work!
Maybe there is a person on a laptop or a sw managing the views and the recording.
@@oraziobranca5628 Our level of expectation for how the shows are edited require we do it after the episode is recorded. Thanks for the note and for watching-Lincoln
Love, love, love it when you do longer, in depth games. I know it takes tons of work producing and editing, but your efforts are very much appreciated. Thank you!
Azathot starts with cards 2 and 3, also the unstable place is one event card you add to your codex. the place marked with the doom will be the unstable place (from my limitied understanding of the game)
I've had this version set up on my table for over a week, being scared to even start playing xD It's my first actually purchased board game ever. Now I feel ready to start playing, after finding this and many other board game channels. So, thanks! :D
Wasnt sure I ever wanted to watch a game of this. Then they got me with Aaron playing. I will watch any episode that Aaron is on. Miss seeing him more regularly. Yay for Aaron!
That's why I'm watching too!
Thanks for the playback. Learning it now with a friend to play it virtually on TTS. Love this playthrough, has helped us immensely! Thank you so much!
I was having such a hard time with this game. Your video pointed out things I misread in the manual, and strategies I didn't think about. Thank you!!
Not sure if anyone else noticed but at 2:04:37, the Hooded Stalker should have immediately engaged the investigator with the lowest strength on that space (Agnes) when it became unexhausted. Aaron should then not have had an anomaly encounter and been restricted to the Attack, Evade and Focus actions during the next action phase.
Great video! Very entertaining to watch. Just so you know for future reference, being delayed only causes you to lose one out of the two actions you get on your next turn. Second, the remnants can be used to cast spells rather than taking horror that the spells give. 1 remnant spent reduces horror taken by 1, but only for spells, not from monsters, event cards, etc.
during the gate burst at 11:45 he shuffled the discard into the deck instead of shuffling the discard, and putting it on the bottom.
Also at 1:16:00 the monster is a lurker and wouldnt engage unless attacked.
So glad I found this video. I just bought this game for a game night with my friends tomorrow. Trying to familiarize myself before game night.
At 2:43:52 a Doom goes on a space where there is an Anomaly. "If additional doom would be placed in any space of a neighborhood with an anomaly token, place that doom on the scenario sheet instead." So that Doom should have gone on the Scenario Sheet instead. So at 2:44:52 those three Doom that were directly added to the sheet did indeed - as Rusty said - "do something" as you would have been at 7 on the sheet
Swiping through my subscriptions, I thought that the Seven Wonders poster behind Aaron was a Mohawk.
Me too! -Lincoln
I was thinking Johnny Bravo lol
SAME!
Francisco Gutierrez funny. I did too!😂
Yeah! Exactly! That was the reason that made me watch the video, because I'm not a fan of Arkham Horrors... but Aaron's "hair" convinced me completely!!! LOL
Been waiting for ages for you to do this. Really good explanations at the start too. Great job, peeps ^^
Bought the game last month. Already played two scenarios. So worth it! :)
Holy hell, three and a half hours. Time to strap in.
Y’all remind me of my mom and dad 😭 i might have to ask my mom to play this game with me. I love horror and she loves board games. Perfect middle point!!
I believe first player is also the decision maker for the game. I love second ed but also really love what Nikki has done for third. I would much rather teach this than 2nd. Now bring on the expansions 😹
"It takes two to make a thing go right" got a chuckle. Great out of the blue reference.
Nice! Thanks for a great rules-explaining video with a clear and very fun gameplay.
Thanks for going over these rules!!!!
You don't use Codex card number 1 for Aproach of Azathoth scenario only 2 and 3! I made the same mistake on my first game! You were basically playing on super impossible difficulty. love to see some more arkham horror played on the show. maybe play full campain on the card game! =)
But he did shuffle the whole event deck when a gate burst happen, so that compensates? XD
For game learners: you only shuffle the event from the Gate Burst with the Event Discard Pile and place it at the bottom of the event deck, i.e. they are going to come back and haunt you! :)
I was curious why the Card 1 rule, because it actually made no difference. That rule only takes effect if you have four doom on one space, but that's not possible because as soon as you get three in a space an anomaly opens and further doom goes directly on the scenario card.
Rusty is really good at book keeping for Aaron lol. I've only seen him here, other playthroughs had Dave. I like Rusty's quiet demeanor
Thank you very much. This was a blast to watch and I enjoyed every moment.
these are sooo good!!! Love Nikki!
Hehe. After defeating Aaron puts the Cult Ritualist at the bottom of the stack, and at 2:44:33 Rusty draws it again and everybody is negatively surprised. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot xD Great video! Watched it after purchasing the game and while waiting for shipping. Very excited!
I'm waiting for shipping now, how did you like it? I've decided if I own EH I should own the original!
Sorry if this is a double post, but I can't see the first instance of this post I made: At 2:12:31 and 2:14:24 Rusty takes two "flip the token" actions in the same turn. You can take each action only once per turn. So he could not have revealed the blue token
No its not 2 token from the bag. Rusty flip red and blue marker in the same turn. He makes the same action twice in same round. I dont think that is allowed.
@@floodkevin4716 i dont think we are talking about mythos tokens. We are talking about blue and red marker.
No hate on anyone else, but Aaron is my Fav.
Great explanation of the rules!
But it was an overload of information for the first time =D XD
When the gate token is drawn from the cup, you reshuffle the discard and place it on the bottom; you don’t shuffle it into the entire deck. Would cause much more of a sense of urgency
Just discovered this channel after Geek & Sundry (Game The Game with Becca Scott) has seemingly closed up shop. Great to see a full length game and with dedicated but not too expert players. I think you have a new regular viewer 😎
Thanks so much for watching.-Lincoln
I have gotten through this scenario one time :) Totally agree with ya - Fantasy Flight rocks. :) Love this game and the Game Night group - Ty ty so much :)
AH3rd is such a fantastic game. This is a perfect marriage of theme and mechanisms.
Not really. ;) It is much too light on its mechanics. It lacks decision making. It is so obvious what to do and the game puts you on a binary trail. So overrated.
Die Nische your stalking of my AH comments is getting a little old.
@@TheDungeonDive But only a little. I am not stalking. I just found it by accident and I wanted to comment in that. Please do not take it too personally. I have a blast with Secrets of the lost tomb because of you. We just do not share the same opinion about Arkham 3.
@@DieNische I'm just giving you a hard time. :) When I posted that comment, I was like, I wonder how long it'll take DN to comment? LOL
@@TheDungeonDive I see him all the time trashing people's comments. Ignore
Thank you for the play through!
When the monsters ready, they engage any investigator at that location: see 467.5 or 427 engage rules
Yay Aaron! :D
Thank you for this play through, and Nikki I feel your pain with dice rolls, I rolled 14 attack dice in x-wing and all blank
Well don't have stormtroopers pilot your TIE fighters. ;)
This is REALLY help me understand how to play this game, thx a lot!!
At 2:38:46 shouldn't the monster only move 2 spaces towards Jenny? So, shouldn't it end up on another street?
On the encounters, you all are supposed to settle tests and decisions before reading the effects or rewards
That's more of a suggestion than a rule. Even the Rules Reference just includes it as a way the designers like to play, but leave it up to the choice of the players. I do recommend playing that way too, though.
What are tests and decisions
as the violence grows the elder one grows stronger? So they are fighting a distant cousin of Khorne?
That Jenny character seems awesome, reminds me of the one from Eldritch, there was that grandpa, was his name Kane? Or something like that, the one which had a high influence skill, a personal assistant starting ally and could give acquired items directly to anyone wherever they might be - we used him exclusively for purchases, he was our goods dealer in every game.
This is awesome. This helped so much on game night. You may draw a blessed card. Lol
At 2:37:23, right after the move, shouldn't Michael engage the Cultist as soon as moving?
no, because this cultist was sneaky
How can ANY scenario involving Azathoth be even winnable?
Eldritch?
I won it our first playthrough hah
I think the point to the opening part of the video is to make the description of the game last as long as possible to see if it breaks Lincoln's smile.
Hmmm. I might actually update to this new edition. Eventually. I prefer to buy a new game rather than buy a new version of one I already have, but this edition is pretty dang cool.
Looking at the thumbnail, I thought for a second that Aaron was sporting an outrageously gorgeous blonde mohawk. 😆
Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking!... So it wasn't me only!!! LOL
Aaron in front of the 7 wonders poster creates a different version of Aaron.
It looked like aaron shuffled the entire event decks after the gate burst ar around 1:12:00. Its that card and all the discarded cards are shuffle and placed on the bottom of the deck. That way it makes doom spawn i similar locations...ala pandemic style 👌...also it can make the unstable space gone if something asked to do it, at which case if theres no card the starting space is unstable
Yes, I noticed that and had a moment of "Is that how it works? I'm starting to doubt myself!"
Also, the deck wasn't shuffled back in (incorrectly or not!) for the final two gate burst tokens, which would have changed where the doom tokens appeared.
@@AriadneJC yeah it does change the game alot because it makes doom spawn at already doomed locations and having a quick successive gatebursts can really make them explode badly. Much like pandemics outbreaks it can get nasty on a cpl districts really quickly. It really does change how they wouldve gone about the game and where things wouldve spawned. Everyone makes mistakes tho. I had a game of starship samurai and forgot a key rule that drastically wouldve changed it...it happens, still a fun ep as usual....edit: lucky cigarette case also change a dice up by one, which aaron did at the start then at the end uses as a reroll.....i hate knowing alot about games sometimes lol but the arkham games are my jam
@@jirdir9025 I know that feel. When you know the rules so well that every faux pas they make in the vid makes you cringe a little.
yeah, its like that a bit but i still love them and their show. this one was a tough one for me to watch as i play the arkham horror files games too much, if anything >_
@@jirdir9025 Oh yeah, I do love the show too and they do such a wonderful job. There are certainly quite a few games in my collection now that I never would have known existed if it wasn't for the team. Errors will creep in, and they usually catch the big ones and add the text before the video is released, which is awesome too. Even with a few mistakes, they definitely show off the games so well, especially the fun aspects.
2:26:10 Nikki should not gain a remnant as she did not defeat the monster as part of an attack action.
Watching this to see whether Rusty, Aaron, Lincoln and Nikki can save their town and maybe the world in Arkham Horror 3rd edition, a game for 1-6 investigators from Fantasy Flight Games designed by Nikki Valens based on previous Arkham Horror editions by Richard Launias and Kevin Wilson.
a couple of rule issues: the delayed condition costs you one action to recover not two; patrol monster text says: move to the unstable space. Only when it gets to that space does it engage its prey. edit: Should have kept watching regarding delayed..
I really think when you are able to use health/sanity as a resource you should. Like when you can take damage to re roll dice.
Ok, there is one thing I did not understand at all. The first rule says "if a space has four or more doom, remove 3 and spread doom to all tiles in the district" but the second says "3 doom on a space create an anomaly, any further doom tokens go directly onto the scenario" ; how are you ever getting to 4 on one space then? This here seems like "Outbreak" can never happen, causing it to be a "dead" rule and making the game a chunk easier right?
Here are the things i learned afther watching almost all the playthrough. 1. When they say heal you or an ally, you cant heal another player since ally are cards not other the investigators. 2. You can check the back of a monster card before you engage it (it thought it was supposed to be hidden till you engage). 3. Once you get to 7 doom on the scenario card of this scenario, its pretty much over. Could anyone give me tips to win this scenario ? Afther 3 games with 2 other players im having trouble not getting wreck (i dont know how many times your supposed to lose to get a win). Anyways, i've had a lot of fun playing this even when losing, only then end is a bit complicated with the future and the epicenter thing
had a solo play with 2 investigators, won at 2nd try. just clear anomalies and avoie doom on scenario, after you add 8 and 9 card it;s horrible, it;s very hard to win from there. But all my investigators were equipped with weapons and some lore enhancement, both were warding and destroying monsters. Try to keep the board as clear as possible and be a bit lucky on dice. Good luck
Where did you get the nice chaos token bag?
Amazing playthrough as always guys. Thank you.
I grant that 3rd edition is more streamlined. But my issue is that it's too scripted for such a long game. In 2nd edition you had more freedom to do what you want for the length of the game. However in 3rd edition most of your actions are predetermined by the scenario, as in if you do very specific things you will lose. If I wanted to play a scripted AH game I much rather play the shorter LCG.
My second issue is that it feels like this game comes with fewer components (encounter cards, investigators, items, etc) than 2nd edition. Couple that with the scripted nature and you can see how the replayability may suffer. I can play multiple times with the same ancient one in 2nd edition. However in 3rd you are likely to see the same thing more often, not to mention the same story.
On the scripted note. I am no fan of the Mythos token bag being replenished just when it has being emptied. I would like to have it refilled after each round. Now you know that you have to pass through the exact number of Mythos tokens all the time. I guess I can play it as I want, but the Mythois tokens gets a bit more boring this way, unbalanced is a risk if doing it my way. But hey, let it happen.
@@LLiivveeeevviiLL might make the game too easy if you keep drawing blanks.
@@Muhd_Akmal Yes or to hard, if you never draw them. I think the current system works well for say 2 players. Then I think the randomness is ok. With say 6 players you are almost sure to get all the tokens every two rounds. That is what I do not like.
@@LLiivveeeevviiLL yes this game gets harder with more players. The best player count is 2 and 3 players. 4 player takes a bit too long for my liking.
@@Muhd_Akmal Same here, I prefer 2-3 for that reason but also for the reason stated above.
Seems like you guys skipped some rules tho.🤔 Like when the monster went from exhausted to ready, it should have also engage with the player that was on the same tile since it was ready and on the same tile as the player. Also in the myth phase, when there was a gate burst you're supposed to put the card that you picked in the discard pile and mix the discard pile back at the end of the event pile. (That's why there's a rule that say that if the discard pile is empty, the unstable space become the starter tile, because it becomes empty when there's a gate burst.) You explained it at first but you didn't do it when playing.
Thumbnail makes dude on left look like max headroom
Hey! Love your videos! Could you please make a How to play Nemesis ?
Thanks for the kind words. We don't have Nemesis but if we can get a copy we will consider doing it.-Lincoln
This was really helpful thanks a lot. What accessories are you guys using for the tokens and what do you recommend?
We are using 25mm coin capsules for those tokens. I really love how they sound and feel. Thanks for the kind words and for watching.-Lincoln
Codex card #1 isn’t used in the Approach of Azathoth scenario
Where can i get those awesome tokens containers (the colored ones)
Ran, those are from the BoardGameGeek Store. You can find them here: boardgamegeekstore.com/collections/accessories/products/bgg-folding-bit-bowls
BGG Store has them.
At 2:12:30 Rusty takes the "flip a token" action to reveal The Epicenter. Then, IN THE SAME TURN, at 2:14:24 he takes his SECOND "flip a token" action to reveal The Ritual Site. Bad Rusty! Void Game!
In case anyone wants to use this playthrough as a way to learn the game, here's some rulings that went ignored throughout the game:
204.11 When you draw a gate burst token, place one doom in each space of the neighborhood that corresponds to the top card of the event deck. Take that card and the event discard pile, shuffle them together, and place them on the bottom of the event deck.
467.5 If a ready monster is in the same space as an investigator for any reason, it engages that investigator.
Subscriped, thanks for this. 2nd edition was my first boardgame and it was a mess for us to figure it out, nice to have someone explain it. :)
This is 3rd buddy
Question: I don't know where to post this, but do the core GameNight! crew ever plan on playing Gloomhaven (with Gloomhaven helper?)? I know you played it at one of the cons, but it is just not the same without the core group.
Stephen, we've talked about it. Really it would be best with Aaron and he is not here in town often enough to make it happen easily. We might try to figure something else out. Thanks for the note and for watching. -Lincoln
@@boardgamegeek And THANK YOU Lincoln and the team, and the behind the scenes team, for all the hard work, the hours (and years) of great content.
2:07:44 that's not stick ball, that's 'sick' ball
So satisfying to be the 666th like! Rules explanation was super helpful and it was really fun to watch you guys play. Nice one!
I ALWAYS buy dynamite if it's available
You guys are the bee's knees
Where did you get those tiny dice trays to hold all your stuff?
Those are from the BoardGameGeek Store. You can find them here: boardgamegeekstore.com/products/bgg-folding-bit-bowls. Thanks for the question and for watching. -Lincoln
The thumbnail makes aaron look like a pharoh :)
I love that as soon as the nihilism set in, things went better! Love the video
i notice that you guys go to the diner and heal up with an action. I can't find that in the rules. any tips in how that works please? i thought it was through the phase with encounter cards.
I think they used a card to heal, can you find the time stamp? I mean, the game is done and played already so it hardly matters lol
There's no automatic heal off a space.
Where did you get the neat pieces holders?
Susan, those are from the BoardGameGeek Store. You can find them here: boardgamegeekstore.com/products/bgg-folding-bit-bowls -Lincoln
Does anyone know where they get the smaller rubber piece holders? I have the larger ones but I cannot find the smaller ones anywhere!
and Nikki you look great!
Madie, those are from the BoardGameGeek Store. You can find them here: boardgamegeekstore.com/collections/accessories/products/bgg-folding-bit-bowls. There are two sizes so make sure you get the size you want. Thanks for watching and I agree, Nikki does look great. :-) -Lincoln
At 3:09:40 Lincoln reads it an Anomaly event for a 1 Doom location. Nikki's subsequent success removes 2 Doom. How can that happen? Surely Lincoln read out the wrong section of the card?
That event has reads for 0 doom, 1-2 doom, and 3 doom. The anomalies don't all have the same ranges. Some are (0-1, 2, 3), (0, 1-2, 3), or (0, 1, 2-3)
Watching this, kept thinking "Yup, that's what happens." I've played that scenario 5 times now. My friends and I have yet to win. We keep getting overwhelmed by monsters and doom after initially doing very well.
Know it's kinda cheating, but we replaced one of the doom tokens in the mythos cup with a blank. Finally won the scenario
@@nutsotic It's not cheating. It's official easy mode.
If you kill a monster or flee him you have one more action ?
Only Evade does that. If you Evade all you get an extra action I believe.
02:18:00 Aaron removes two Doom tokens with a ward action. That could not have happened as there was an anomaly. The doom tokens are removed through the encounters only.
Nope. Manual specifically states: "Removing Anomalies: Both the ward action and anomaly encounters allow you to remove doom from your space. When you have removed all doom from a neighbourhood, the anomaly in that neighbourhood stabilizes and you remove the anomaly token."
Could Arron have gone to the future and started moving clues while everyone else focused on collected clues and researching?
Geoffrey Ayton yep he could
What are considered the resources? It tells me I can gain a dollar from collecting resources but I have no clue what they are.
Money
It says to gain a dollar. Maybe the dollar shaped tokens? 🤣
Is it just me or does it look like Aaron got himself a mohawk in the thumbnail for this video?
Regarding health and sanity on Items. You can assign damage to the item instead of on your character.
They went over it
2nd Edition is my favorite. I have it with all expansions and it's epic! The game "board" on 3rd edition breaks immersion for me.
My ranking is Eldritch > Arkham 3 > Arkham 2. Arkham 2 is my least favorite by a notable margin.
I'm with you! I've tried them all, and I just can't shake 2nd edition - in all its fiddly, overstuffed, insane glory :)
We got over the game board breaking immersion about two minutes into our first game.
@@SkywalterDBZ My ranking of those three is the exact reverse of yours! But I think I put AH2 at the top because with all the expansions, there are so many options to choose from for game variety (I never use ALL the expansion at once; that would be insane). When my game group decides it's an AH2 session, I choose one or two large expansions and include a few optional things from the small expansions, it feels so different each time.
I could never get into the larger scale of Eldritch. Maybe I'm mildly agoraphobic, I don't know!
I feel exactly the same way. The board is such a big part of getting immersed and the gaps, the shape, and the white lines ruins the art. EH is my favourite, but I'd rather pick up AH 2nd than 3rd.
Nikki is so aaron shit sometimes it's hilarious lol I loveeeee watching them!
I have played this game like 6 time all fails lol. I must be terrible but the game seems really difficult.
Delayed essentially causes the player to lose one action, not a whole turn.
To shuffle 3 cards, have one player place the cards in an order behind their back. Pass to another player to shuffle. Alternatively have each player shuffle the 3 cards, passing them around the group. Either of these should remove any knowledge of card positions.
3:59 anyways… lol
Do people think this game is better than the Arkham Horror LCG?
Ive not played the LCG but everyone who has seem to absolutely love it, especially solo.
Personally Im all for AH2. Its a convoluted complex slog of a game, but its amazing. Just about every game of it offers some memorable event or happening that at times are remembered for years.
I had AH3 for a few years, we played it and the first expansions for a good amount, yet it always felt underwelming. And while fun, none of us has ever reminiced about it later.
Its just a generic game, it plays fast but its also forgotten fast.
In case of gate burst he had to shuffle only the top card with discard pile and then put these cards at the bottom of event deck, no the whole event pile had to be shuffled
Only 4 scenarios?
How many would you like? Lol. Yes 4. Don't expect them to pack 8 in there, they need expansions to make money
So when a monster deals damage do you not get the opportunity to mitigate it through a defensive roll or something? Or does the monster just automatically inflict damage on its turn?
This game does seem fun...but man it looks convoluted.
Your defensive maneuver is to evade action it during your action phase. That makes it unable to attack during the monster phase.
Top! LMAO 😂
Rusty looks so scared in the intro...lol
It just isn't the same without Dave. :(
That cool bag doesnt come with the game, does it?
Nope you have to get your own. A dice bag would suffice.
I hope the next expansions does something to speed the game up a bit, it just drags on and on.
It's never been a fast game, I doubt they'll try and streamline it. They'd have done it.