Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Threads of Fate: Mythos Pack
2018

Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Threads of Fate: Mythos Pack

1-2

players

120

min

14+

age

Categories

Expansion for Base-game
Adventure
Card Game
Fantasy
Horror

Mechanics

Cooperative Game
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
Hand Management
Variable Player Powers

Community Tags

Description

--- <TLDR> Threads of Fate is an Arkham Horror LCG Mythos Pack with three simultaneous Act decks, forcing prioritized investigations into relic protection, a missing friend, and guest trust amid time pressure. </TLDR> Key mechanics include: - *Simultaneous Act decks* Three separate Act decks in play concurrently, demanding evidence-based decisions on leads to pursue or ignore. - *Lead prioritization* Players weigh limited leads and time to select among protecting the relic, solving a missing friend mystery, or assessing the mysterious guest. - *Permanent campaign impact* Choices irreversibly shape the adventure throughout The Forgotten Age cycle. - *Investigation focus* Scenario emphasizes high-stakes, time-sensitive mystery resolution with chaos erupting post-discovery. Threads of Fate, the inaugural Mythos Pack of The Forgotten Age cycle for Arkham Horror: The Card Game, immerses players in a narrative where a rainforest artifact discovery in southern Mexico unleashes global peril upon return home. An uninvited guest reveals its true danger, prompting chaos and three concurrent tasks: safeguarding the relic, unraveling a friend's disappearance, and evaluating the guest's trustworthiness. The scenario innovates with three simultaneous Act decks, compelling players to triage scant leads before trails cool, as decisions forge lasting consequences across the cycle. Contents comprise 60 standard-size cards—22 character abilities and 38 scenario/encounter cards—plus a rules sheet. ---

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