Arkham Horror: The Card Game – War of the Outer Gods: Scenario Pack
2020

Arkham Horror: The Card Game – War of the Outer Gods: Scenario Pack

1-2

players

120

min

14+

age

Categories

Expansion for Base-game
Adventure
Card Game
Collectible Components
Fantasy

Mechanics

Cooperative Game
Hand Management
Variable Player Powers

Community Tags

Description

--- "War of the Outer Gods" is a scenario pack for Arkham Horror: The Card Game, thrusting investigators into a cataclysmic cult war across North America to avert Ancient One awakenings. Key mechanics include: - *Cosmic insignificance theme* Emphasizes humanity's triviality in the eldritch Mythos, contrasting investigators' defiant resistance to despair. - *Rival cult conflict* Three cults wage war continent-wide, each summoning a unique Ancient One. - *Enemy defeat consequences* Slaying foes accelerates the targeted Ancient One's awakening. - *Crossfire survival* Investigators navigate the chaos, striving to endure and prevent world-shattering doom. War of the Outer Gods, a scenario pack for Arkham Horror: The Card Game, frames Earth as an insignificant speck in the eldritch Mythos, where human ambition reveals hubris amid cosmic scales. Investigators, defying nihilism, confront a unprecedented trial: Arkham engulfed in a continent-spanning war among three rival cults, each battling to summon its own Ancient One. Every defeated enemy propels these dark entities toward awakening, forcing players to survive the maelstrom at war's heart or witness the world's annihilation. ---