For Under the Pyramids Prelude, see Under the Pyramids (Prelude).
The second card + board expansion for Eldritch Horror. Requires the core set to play.
[...] Jack’s torch illuminated a mural on the wall. It depicted Akenaten’s prayer to the sun and the arrival of the priest, Nephren-Ka. Look again, Jack. How many times had Jack stared blankly at a shard of pottery or weatherworn stone only to have his father’s voice gently urge him to see more? Jack looked again. That was not the sun. It was a swirling mass of chaos, and it was not sending a priest. It was resurrecting a king. Nephren-Ka was not just named after the legendary Dark Pharaoh; he was that same ancient horror. “Hanif! Get in here! This is an amazing—” Jack turned and abruptly came face to face with Hanif, now clad in a black robe and wearing an inverted ankh around his neck. “You were a brave man, Jack.” Hanif raised his khopesh to Jack’s throat. “Your father died bravely as well.”
Expansion Overview[]
From the rulebook[]
The Under the Pyramids expansion leads investigators on an expedition beneath the pyramids of Giza to uncover the dark history of the Black Pharaoh, a cruel ruler of ancient Egypt who was stricken from all records.
It includes new investigators, Ancient Ones, Monsters, and encounters to be used with Eldritch Horror. It also introduces new mechanics including a new sideboard, Unique Assets, Impairment tokens, and an adventure Under the Pyramids.
Mechanics[]
This expansion introduces Impairment mechanics and uses Glamour spells, Unique Assets and Preludes. It also contains the 6 Museum Heist adventures.
Each card in this expansion is marked with the Under the Pyramids expansion icon at the bottom-left corner. Non-card components aren't marked with this icon.
Component | Amount |
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Side Board | Egypt |
Rulebook | 1 |
Investigator Sheets with Matching Tokens and Plastic Stands | 8 |
Ancient One Sheets | 2 |
America Encounter Cards | 4 |
Europe Encounter Cards | 4 |
Asia/Australia Encounter Cards | 4 |
General Encounter Cards | 4 |
Other World Encounter Cards | 6 |
Expedition Encounter Cards | 12 (9 backs for 9 locations) |
Special Encounter Cards | 40 (3 backs for 2 Ancient Ones) |
Research Encounter Cards | 48 (2 backs for 2 Ancient Ones) |
Egypt Encounter Cards | 16 |
Africa Encounter Cards | 16 |
Mythos Cards | 22 (8 yellow, 8 green, and 6 blue) |
Mystery Cards | 12 (2 backs for 2 Ancient Ones) |
Adventure Cards | 6 (1 back) |
Artifact Cards | 4 |
Asset Cards | 16 |
Unique Asset Cards | 35 |
Condition Cards | 16 |
Spell Cards | 24 |
Prelude Cards | 6 |
Monster Tokens | 12 (7 normal, 5 epic) |
Impairment Tokens | 20 (4 for each skill) |
Health Tokens | 12 (12 1 Health) |
Sanity Tokens | 12 (12 1 Sanity) |
Clue Tokens | 6 (1 for each Pyramids location) |
Gate Tokens | 6 (1 for each Pyramids location) |
Adventure token | 1 |
Active Expedition Token | 1 |
Detailed Content[]
Ancient Ones[]
The expansion contains the 2 Ancient Ones below:
Abhoth[]
Abhoth has 6 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 24 Special Encounter cards (Spawn of Abhoth and Deep Caverns).
Mystery | Type | |
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Child of Abhoth | Epic Monster | |
Exploring the Caverns | Special Encounter | |
Sealing the Caverns | Research Encounter | |
Spawn of Uncleanliness | Eldritch Tokens | |
The Source of Filth and Disease | Research Encounter | |
Touched by Abhoth | Eldritch Tokens |
Nephren-Ka[]
Nephren-Ka has 6 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 16 Special Encounter cards (Black Wind and Dark Pharaoh). It also uses the Pyramids Map Board with its 32 Encounter cards.
Mystery | Type | |
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Exploring Egypt | Eldritch Tokens | |
Haunter of the Dark | Epic Monster | |
Stricken from History | Research Encounter | |
The Beast | Epic Monster | |
The Black Wind | Special Encounter | |
Worshipers of a Forsaken Pharaoh | Miscellaneous |
Investigators[]
This box contains the 8 Investigators below:
- Hank Samson
- Harvey Walters
- Joe Diamond
- Mandy Thompson
- Minh Thi Phan
- Monterey Jack
- Rex Murphy
- Sister Mary
Artifacts[]
It contains the 4 Artifacts below:
Card | Name | Trait |
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Book of the Dead | Item — Relic Tome | |
Scales of Thoth | Item — Magical Relic | |
Shining Trapezohedron | Item — Magical | |
Twin Scepters | Item — Magical Relic |
Spells[]
The box contains 24 Spell cards listed here. Each spell has 4 variants.
Card | Name | Trait |
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Alter Fate | Glamour | |
Enchant Weapon | Glamour | |
Enchanting Grace | Glamour | |
Forced Learning | Glamour | |
Shroud of Shadow | Glamour | |
Wrack | Incantation |
Assets[]
It contains its 16 Asset cards, as we see here:
Card | Name | Trait | Value |
---|---|---|---|
.32 Colt Pocket | Item — Weapon | 2 | |
Ancient Tome | Item — Relic Tome | 2 | |
Ankh | Item — Relic | 3 | |
Arcane Scroll | Trinket — Tome | 1 | |
Book of Spells | Item — Tome | 3 | |
Curiosity Shoppe | Service | 4 | |
Enchanted Dagger | Item — Magical Weapon | 1 | |
Lucky Talisman | Trinket — Relic | 3 | |
Magick Shoppe | Service | 2 | |
Magnifying Glass | Trinket | 1 | |
Psychoanalyst | Ally | 2 | |
Ritual Candles | Trinket | 1 | |
Scribe's Journal | Item — Tome | 1 | |
Sledgehammer | Item | 2 | |
Treasure Hunter | Ally | 4 | |
Ward Evil | Service | 2 |
Unique Assets[]
This expansion contains 35 Unique Assets, listed here:
Card | Name | Trait | Count |
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Ancient Sword | Item — Magical Relic Weapon | 1 | |
Canopic Jar | Item — Magical Relic | 3 | |
Cryptic Text | Item — Tome | 4 | |
Cursed Tablet | Item — Magical Relic | 1 | |
Enoch Bowen | Ally — Character | 1 | |
Erich Weiss | Ally — Character | 1 | |
Fossilized Samples | Item — Relic | 3 | |
Halpin Chalmers | Ally — Character | 1 | |
Invoke the Elements | Task | 3 | |
Jeweled Scarab | Trinket — Magical Relic | 1 | |
Know Thy Enemy | Task | 3 | |
Mysterious Idol | Item — Magical Relic | 3 | |
Ornate Scarab | Trinket — Magical Relic | 1 | |
Pharaonic Mask | Item — Magical Relic | 1 | |
Purifying the World | Task | 3 | |
Treasure Map | Trinket | 4 | |
Wooden Puppet | Ally — Magical Relic | 1 |
Conditions[]
It contains 16 Conditions cards, listed here:
Card | Name | Traits | Count |
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Amnesia | Madness | 1 | |
Back Injury | Injury | 1 | |
Blessed | Boon | 1 | |
Cursed | Bane | 1 | |
Despair | Madness | 4 | |
Diseased | Illness | 4 | |
Haunted | Bane | 4 |
Monsters[]
The expansion contains 12 Monster tokens (7 normal, 5 epic).
Token | Name | Class | Count |
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Abhoth | Epic | 1 | |
Child of Abhoth | Epic | 1 | |
Cultist | Normal | 3 | |
Crawling One | Normal | 1 | |
Fire Vampire | Normal | 1 | |
Haunter of the Dark | Epic | 1 | |
Quachil Uttaus | Epic | 1 | |
Sand Dweller | Normal | 1 | |
Spawn of Sebak | Normal | 1 | |
The Beast | Epic | 1 |
Preludes[]
The box contains 6 Prelude cards listed here.
Prelude | Mechanic used |
---|---|
Call of Cthulhu | Cthulhu |
Drastic Measures | Impairment |
Epidemic | Abhoth |
Ghost from The Past | Haunted Condition |
Litany of Secrets | Expedition Encounters |
Under the Pyramids | Nephren-Ka or Museum Heist adventures |
Mythos[]
It also contains the 22 Mythos cards listed below:
Name | Type | Difficulty |
---|---|---|
Archaeological Breakthroughs | Green | Easy |
Curse of Knowledge | Yellow | Medium |
Did We Make It? | Yellow | Easy |
Dream of Lands Beyond | Blue | Medium |
Food for Worms | Green | Hard |
Forgotten Knowledge | Green | Medium |
Glimpse the Lurker | Yellow | Hard |
Madness From the Sea | Blue | Hard |
Milk of the All Mother | Green | Hard |
Overabundance | Yellow | Medium |
Shadow Beneath Chicago | Blue | Medium |
The Contagion | Blue | Easy |
The Messenger | Green | Hard |
The Ones Left Behind | Green | Medium |
The Ravages of Time | Yellow | Hard |
The Ulama of Ibn Tulun | Green | Easy |
Treader of the Dust | Blue | Hard |
Unimaginable Horror | Yellow | Hard |
Unknown Dangers | Green | Medium |
Visions of Past Lives | Yellow | Easy |
Voodoo Curse | Blue | Easy |
Weight of Avarice | Yellow | Medium |
Other[]
This expansion adds many other cards and tokens, but the most relevant additions are the following:
- 12 Expedition Encounter Cards with 9 Unique backs; 3 of which corresponding to the major cities: Buenos Aires, Istanbul and Tokyo.
- 6 Gate tokens; 3 of which for the Egypt Side Board and 3 for the Expedition spaces on the Main Board:
Gate Location | Board | Omen |
---|---|---|
Antarctica | Main Board | blue |
Cairo | Sideboard | green |
The Heart of Africa | Main Board | red |
The Himalayas | Main Board | red |
The Nile River | Sideboard | blue |
The Sahara Desert | Sideboard | red |
Links[]
- Contents and Description on BoardGameGeek
- Link on Publishers Site
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