Dark Matter (fan expansion for Arkham Horror Card Game): Science Expansion
2022

Dark Matter (fan expansion for Arkham Horror Card Game): Science Expansion

1-4

players

120

min

14+

age

Categories

Expansion for Base-game
Adventure
Card Game
Fan Expansion
Horror

Mechanics

Cooperative Game
Deck Construction
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Community Tags

Description

**Dark Matter – Science Expansion** is a 20-card, fan-made expansion for the Dark Matter Campaign, emphasizing real science tools to combat a primordial force. Key mechanics include: - *Kate Winthrop, The Scientist* Additional actions with Researched cards to discover clues and fuel the Flux Stabilizer, while avoiding Dimensional Rift horrors. - *Researched Science Cards* 10 new cards purchasable with experience between scenarios, featuring real technologies like the Germanium Detector and a modified Researched keyword for direct acquisition. - *Frontiers of Space Scanning Cards* 5 new cards shuffled into the Starfall finale, revealing humanity's space exploration achievements; benefits from purchasing Science cards. Dark Matter – Science Expansion, a collaborative fan-made 20-card addition by Axolotl, Dr. Xavier Bertou, Levi Thornton (The Cardboard-naut), and Mint Tea Fan for Dark Matter Day (October 31st), enables players to save the solar system from a dark primordial force using authentic science tools. Players embody Kate Winthrop, The Scientist (designed by Mint Tea Fan), leveraging extra actions on Researched cards to uncover clues and power the Flux Stabilizer, though risking horrors from the Dimensional Rift. It introduces 10 experience-buyable Researched cards depicting real scientific advancements, such as the Germanium Detector for dark matter detection, with a streamlined keyword allowing purchases between scenarios without prerequisites, synergizing perfectly with Kate. Additionally, 5 new scanning cards integrate into the Starfall finale, highlighting space exploration milestones, with a recommendation to acquire Science cards for optimal play.