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The encounters in Arkham Horror were a little too haphazard, which brought me to my next criticism. This difficulty will be helped by your increased familiarity with the prospective encounters as you play the game more often. The “Other World” interactions we had while playing, however, might do everything from help you acquire sanity or Clue Tokens to almost instantaneously kill you. In order to seal a gate, it looked quite tough to really have your investigator ready to enter the Other World. This took away from the strategic aspect of the game since you essentially simply walk to the Other World and hope that you can survive, whether your character is totally healthy or about to die – it requires luck to successfully make it through either case.

Arkham Horror gets a 7.5/10 from me overall. Since I believe that some people will adore the game and others will be less enthused by it, I contemplated giving it a score between 7.0 and 8.5. The length and genre of the game, in my opinion, will be the two main factors putting off players from Arkham Horror. I would recommend giving the game a try, however, if these factors don’t put you off. Betrayal at House on the Hill, which is semi-cooperative and can be played quite a bit quicker, is another title I’d suggest if you truly like the horror theme.