Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Blood on the Altar: Mythos Pack
2017

Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Blood on the Altar: Mythos Pack

1-4

players

120

min

14+

age

Categories

Expansion for Base-game
Card Game
Fantasy
Horror
Novel-based

Mechanics

Cooperative Game
Hand Management
Variable Player Powers

Community Tags

Description

--- **<TLDR>** Blood on the Altar, a 60-card Mythos Pack for Arkham Horror LCG, sends players to hostile Dunwich to probe disappearances and Lovecraftian secrets via town exploration. (22 words) **Key mechanics include:** - *Scenario investigation* Players explore Dunwich village, linking disappearances to Arkham events amid unwelcoming townsfolk hiding secrets. - *Location traversal* Travel throughout the town to investigate infamous sites from H.P. Lovecraft's *The Dunwich Horror*. - *Clue acquisition* Gather clues by delving into secretive locations to uncover hidden truths. - *Player card expansion* Includes a complete playset of each new player card for deck enhancement. Blood on the Altar is the third Mythos Pack in The Dunwich Legacy cycle for Arkham Horror: The Card Game, comprising sixty cards with a full playset of new player cards. In its central scenario, investigators arrive in the insular village of Dunwich, suspecting recent disappearances connect to prior Arkham incidents, only to encounter deep hostility from locals guarding profound secrets. Players must navigate the town, probing iconic locations from H.P. Lovecraft's *The Dunwich Horror* tale, methodically collecting clues to pierce the veil of concealment and resolve the unfolding mysteries. ---