# Eldritch Horror ## Thoughts I love the theme and overall style of this game. It's a bit heavy, but I think it's really interesting. It took the better part of two years before I actually beat it, but to be fair I only had a handful of real play sessions during that time. The trouble with games at this level of complexity is that it's hard to find people to play them with, let alone playing regularly enough that the rules become familiar. Besides that aspect of it, I really like the atmosphere and mechanics of looking for useful items and spells while also managing the state of world board. ## Play Session Notes [[2024 - July 30 - Tuesday]]: I started another game a few days ago, this time against Shudde M'ell, and it is not going well. I didn't read the entirety of one of the cards, and took a *Promise of Power*, but the trade-off was that every named city had to have gate opened up on it… That's basically game over. I don't think I even managed to close a gate until like the fifth round. Having more than two investigators would help a lot in these cases, though. [[2024 - July 27 - Saturday]]: I finally won my first game of this today! I was playing against Azathoth, and was using Zoey and Mandy as my two investigators. I think I'd like to play again, but against a different ancient one (finally) as I've only ever played against Azathoth so far. I've also never tried any of the sideboards that are included with some of the big box expansions. ## Expansions - [[Eldritch Horror - Forsaken Lore]] - [[Eldritch Horror - Cities in Ruin]] - [[Eldritch Horror - Signs of Carcosa]] - [[Eldritch Horror - Strange Remnants]] - [[Eldritch Horror - Under the Pyramids]] - [[Eldritch Horror - Mountains of Madness]] - [[Eldritch Horror - The Dreamlands]] - [[Eldritch Horror - Masks of Nyarlathotep]]