The core game set of Eldritch Horror is required for play.
Harrigan ran his bandaged hand across the map on the hotel room’s wall. Dozens of documents and scraps of paper from all over the world were pinned to their corresponding locations, interconnected by a complex web of colored string. He followed a red string from the transcribed testimony of a lunatic in Arkham to a pencil rubbing of some pictographs he found in the Amazon. From there, he traced a blue thread to a page torn from the journal of that astronomer who was murdered in Sydney. But the big picture still wasn’t emerging. [...] Something heavy fell to the floor outside in the hallway and arcane forces began to violently shake the door in its frame. Harrigan sighed. There would be no time for packing.[...] Harrigan knew that he couldn’t leave any clues. With a well-practiced snap, his cigarette lighter was open, and he ran the flame across the bottom of the map. The fire quickly ran along each thread, devouring the documents. The door exploded into the room with a thunderous crack, and the thing stepped past the threshold. The sight of the creature sent a cold shock through Harrigan’s spine, but he couldn’t let himself stop moving; not if he hoped to reach London by the end of the week. Harrigan closed his eyes and ran for the open window. The room was filled with the roaring of gunshots, fire, and madness.
Game Overview[]
From the rulebook[]
Eldritch Horror is a cooperative game of investigation and horror inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. In each game, one of the Ancient Ones, a being of unimaginable power that predates time itself, is awakening. Players take on the roles of investigators who are attempting to solve mysteries, defend humanity from unimaginable horrors, and ultimately banish the Ancient One from this world. If investigators fail at their task, the Ancient One awakens, and mankind is doomed.
Mechanics[]
- Main article: Gameplay
Eldrich Horror core game is required to play with any other expansion. It contains 4 Ancient Ones, 12 investigators, the main board and all necessary cards and tokens to play.
Component | Amount |
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Game Board | 1 |
Rulebook | 1 |
Reference Guide | 1 |
Investigator Sheets with Matching Tokens and Plastic Stands | 12 |
Ancient One Sheets | 4 |
America Encounter Cards | 8 |
Europe Encounter Cards | 8 |
Asia/Australia Encounter Cards | 8 |
General Encounter Cards | 12 |
Other World Encounter Cards | 24 |
Expedition Encounter Cards | 18 (6 backs for 6 Expedition spaces, 3 each) |
Special Encounter Cards | 12 (2 backs for Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth, 6 each) |
Research Encounter Cards | 32 (4 backs for 4 Ancient Ones, 8 each) |
Mythos Cards | 51 (21 yellow, 18 green, and 12 blue) |
Mystery Cards | 16 (4 backs for 4 Ancient Ones, 4 each) |
Artifact Cards | 14 |
Asset Cards | 40 |
Condition Cards | 36 |
Spell Cards | 20 |
Reference Cards | 4 |
Monster Tokens | 43 (34 normal, 9 epic) |
Lead Investigator Token | 1 |
Travel Ticket Tokens | 20 (8 Train Tickets, 12 Ship Tickets) |
Improvement Tokens | 30 (6 for each skill) |
Health Tokens | 42 (30 1 Health, 12 3 Health) |
Sanity Tokens | 36 (24 1 Sanity, 12 3 Sanity) |
Mystery Token | 1 |
Clue Tokens | 36 (1 for each location) |
Eldritch tokens | 20 |
Gate Tokens | 9 (1 for each named city location) |
Rumor Tokens | 4 |
Omen Token | 1 |
Doom Token | 1 |
Active Expedition Token | 1 |
Dice | 4 |
Detailed Content[]
Ancient Ones[]
The base game contains the 4 Ancient Ones below:
Azathoth[]
Azathoth has 4 Mysteries listed here, and 8 Research Encounter cards:
Mystery | Type | |
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Occult Research | Research Encounter | |
Omen of Devastation | Miscellaneous | |
Seed of the Daemon Sultan | Miscellaneous | |
The True Name | Eldritch Tokens |
Cthulhu[]
Cthulhu has 4 Mysteries listed here, 8 Research Encounter cards and 6 Special Encounter cards (R'lyeh Risen):
Mystery | Type | |
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R'lyeh Risen | Special Encounter | |
The Deep Ones Attack! | Eldritch Tokens | |
The Stars Are Right! | Research Encounter | |
Watching the Stars | Epic Monster |
Shub-Niggurath[]
Shub-Niggurath has 4 Mysteries listed here, and 8 Research Encounter cards:
Mystery | Type | |
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Hunting the Thousand | Miscellaneous | |
Nature of the All-Mother | Research Encounter | |
Rituals in the Wild | Eldritch Tokens | |
Spawn of the Black Goat | Epic Monster |
Yog-Sothoth[]
Yog-Sothoth has 4 Mysteries listed here, 8 Research Encounter cards and 6 Special Encounter cards (The Key and the Gate Final Mystery):
Mystery | Type | |
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Arcane Understanding | Miscellaneous | |
Spawn of Yog-Sothoth | Epic Monster | |
The Beyond One | Research Encounter | |
Where the Old Ones Broke Through | Miscellaneous |
Investigators[]
This box contains the 12 Investigators below:
- Akachi Onyele
- Charlie Kane
- Diana Stanley
- Jacqueline Fine
- Jim Culver
- Leo Anderson
- Lily Chen
- Lola Hayes
- Mark Harrigan
- Norman Withers
- Silas Marsh
- Trish Scarborough
Artifacts[]
It contains 14 the Artifacts below:
Card | Name | Trait |
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Cultes des Goules | Item — Tome | |
De Vermis Mysteriis | Item — Tome | |
Flute of the Outer Gods | Item — Magical | |
Gate Box | Item — Magical | |
Glass of Mortlan | Item — Magical | |
Grotesque Statue | Item | |
Lightning Gun | Item — Magical Weapon | |
Mi-go Brain Case | Item — Magical | |
Necronomicon | Item — Tome | |
Pallid Mask | Item — Magical | |
Ruby of R'lyeh | Item — Magical | |
Sword of Saint Jerome | Item — Magical Weapon | |
T'tka Halot | Item — Tome | |
The Silver Key | Item — Magical |
Spells[]
The box contains 20 Spell cards listed here. Each spell has 2 variants.
Card | Name | Trait |
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Blessing of Isis | Ritual | |
Clairvoyance | Incantation | |
Conjuration | Ritual | |
Feed the Mind | Ritual | |
Flesh Ward | Incantation | |
Instill Bravery | Incantation | |
Mists of Releh | Incantation | |
Plumb the Void | Ritual | |
Shriveling | Ritual | |
Wither | Incantation |
Assets[]
It contains the 40 Asset cards below:
Conditions[]
This box contains 36 Conditions cards, listed here:
Card | Name | Traits | Count |
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Amnesia | Madness | 3 | |
Back Injury | Injury | 3 | |
Blessed | Boon | 3 | |
Cursed | Bane | 3 | |
Dark Pact | Deal | 3 | |
Debt | Deal — Common | 6 | |
Detained | Restriction | 3 | |
Hallucinations | Madness | 3 | |
Internal Injury | Injury | 3 | |
Leg Injury | Injury | 3 | |
Paranoia | Madness | 3 |
Monsters[]
The core game contains 43 Monsters (34 normal, 9 epic):
Token | Name | Class | Count |
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Byakhee | Normal | 1 | |
Colour Out of Space | Normal | 1 | |
Cultist | Normal | 5 | |
Cthonian | Normal | 1 | |
Cthulhu | Epic | 1 | |
Cthylla | Epic | 1 | |
Dark Young | Normal | 1 | |
Deep One | Normal | 1 | |
Dunwich Horror | Epic | 1 | |
Elder Thing | Normal | 1 | |
Ghost | Normal | 1 | |
Ghoul | Normal | 2 | |
Gnoph-Keh | Normal | 1 | |
Goat Spawn | Normal | 2 | |
Gug | Normal | 1 | |
Hound of Tindalos | Normal | 1 | |
Lloigor | Normal | 1 | |
Maniac | Normal | 1 | |
Mi-go | Normal | 1 | |
Mummy | Normal | 1 | |
Nightgaunt | Normal | 1 | |
Nug | Epic | 1 | |
Riot | Normal | 1 | |
Serpent People | Normal | 1 | |
Shoggoth | Normal | 1 | |
Shub-Niggurath | Epic | 1 | |
Skeleton | Normal | 1 | |
Spinner of Webs | Epic | 1 | |
Star Spawn | Normal | 1 | |
Tick Tock Men | Epic | 1 | |
Vampire | Normal | 1 | |
Warlock | Normal | 1 | |
Wind-Walker | Epic | 1 | |
Witch | Normal | 1 | |
Wraith | Normal | 1 | |
Zombie | Normal | 1 | |
Zombie Horde | Epic | 1 |
Mythos[]
Contains 51 Mythos card (21 yellow, 18 green, and 12 blue):
Links[]
- Contents and Description on BoardGameGeek
- Link on Publisher's Site
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