The third card-only expansion for Eldritch Horror. Requires the core set to play.
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Expansion Overview[]
From the rulesheet[]
In the Signs of Carcosa expansion, investigators must discover the cause of the spreading madness that is sweeping the cities of the world. As the citizens of a population center lose their minds, they see the phantom spires of an alien city and visions of a faraway lake.
This expansion includes a new Ancient One and new investigators, Monsters, and encounters to be used with Eldritch Horror. It also introduces entirely new mechanics including Unique Assets and Impairment tokens.
Mechanics[]
This expansion introduces Talent Conditions and uses Impairment mechanics. It also contains Glamour spells, Unique Assets and Preludes.
Each card in this expansion is marked with the Signs of Carcosa expansion icon at the bottom-left corner. Non-card components aren't marked with this icon.
Component | Amount |
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Rulebook | 1 |
Investigator Sheets with Matching Tokens and Plastic Stands | 4 |
Ancient One Sheets | 1 |
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 | 6 (6 backs for 6 locations) |
Special Encounter Cards | 32 (3 backs for 1 Ancient One) |
Research Encounter Cards | 24 (1 back for 1 Ancient Ones) |
Mythos Cards | 24 (10 yellow, 8 green, and 6 blue) |
Mystery Cards | 8 (1 back for 1 Ancient Ones) |
Artifact Cards | 4 |
Asset Cards | 16 |
Unique Asset Cards | 16 |
Condition Cards | 28 |
Spell Cards | 12 |
Prelude Cards | 4 |
Monster Tokens | 8 (6 normal, 2 epic) |
Impairment Tokens | 20 (4 for each skill) |
Detailed Content[]
Ancient Ones[]
The expansion contains the following Ancient One:
Hastur[]
Hastur has 8 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 32 Special Encounter cards (Cities on the Lake, King in Yellow and Unspeakable One Final Mystery).
Mystery | Type | |
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Beneath an Alien Sky | Miscellaneous | |
Cities on the Lake | Special Encounter | |
Finding the Way | Item Requirement, Research Encounter, Miscellaneous | |
He Who Is Not to be Named | Research Encounter | |
Ravages of the Blight | Miscellaneous | |
Spawn of Hastur | Epic Monster | |
The King in Yellow | Special Encounter | |
The Yellow Sign | Research Encounter, Eldritch Tokens |
Investigators[]
This box contains the 4 Investigators below:
Artifacts[]
It contains the 4 Artifacts below:
Card | Name | Trait |
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Key to Carcosa | Trinket — Magical | |
King in Yellow | Item — Tome | |
Mask of Sthenelus | Item — Magical Relic | |
Tattered Cloak | Item — Magical |
Spells[]
The box contains 12 Spell cards listed here. Each spell has 4 variants.
Card | Name | Trait |
---|---|---|
Binding | Incantation | |
Mind's Eye | Glamour | |
Summon Byakhee | Ritual |
Assets[]
It contains its 16 Asset cards, as we see here:
Card | Name | Trait | Value |
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.25 Automatic | Item — Weapon | 1 | |
Arcane Assistant | Ally | 1 | |
Assassination | Service | 2 | |
Chief Inspector | Ally | 2 | |
Enchanted Cane | Item — Magical Weapon | 2 | |
Esteemed Author | Ally | 3 | |
Fine Jewelry | Trinket | 1 | |
Flamethrower | Item — Weapon | 4 | |
Lodge Disciple | Ally | 4 | |
Lodge Physician | Ally | 3 | |
Occult Text | Item — Tome | 2 | |
Rumor Mill | Service | 1 | |
Security Squad | Ally | 2 | |
Specialist | Ally | 3 | |
Three-card Monte | Service | 1 | |
Tommy Gun | Item — Weapon | 3 |
Unique Assets[]
This expansion contains 16 Unique Assets, listed here:
Card | Name | Trait | Count |
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Albert Wilmarth | Ally — Character | 1 | |
Corinna Jones | Ally — Character | 1 | |
Enlist the Masses | Task | 3 | |
Funding the Cause | Task | 3 | |
Granny Orne | Ally — Character | 1 | |
Hildred Castaigne | Ally — Character | 1 | |
Mastering the Art | Task | 3 | |
Turning the Tide | Task | 3 |
Conditions[]
It contains 28 Conditions cards, listed here:
Card | Name | Traits | Count |
---|---|---|---|
Blessed | Boon | 1 | |
Blight | Bane | 4 | |
Cursed | Bane | 1 | |
Dark Pact | Deal | 1 | |
Debt | Deal — Common | 1 | |
Elusive | Talent | 2 | |
Headstrong | Talent | 2 | |
Martial Prowess | Talent | 2 | |
Promise of Power | Deal | 4 | |
Resilient | Talent | 2 | |
Skulduggery | Talent | 2 | |
Studious | Talent | 2 | |
Wanted | Pursuit | 4 |
Monsters[]
The expansion contains 8 Monster tokens (6 normal, 2 epic).
Token | Name | Class | Count |
---|---|---|---|
Crazed Mob | Normal | 1 | |
Cultist | Normal | 2 | |
Deep One Hybrid | Normal | 1 | |
Firebug | Normal | 1 | |
Hunting Byakhee | Normal | 1 | |
Rogue Byakhee | Epic | 1 | |
Spawn of Hastur | Epic | 1 |
Preludes[]
The box contains 4 Prelude cards listed here.
Prelude | Mechanic used |
---|---|
Silver Twilight Stockpile | Additional Assets |
Sins of the Past | Promise of Power Condition |
The King in Yellow | Hastur |
Weakness to Strength | Impairment |
Mythos[]
It also contains the 24 Mythos cards listed below:
Name | Type | Difficulty |
---|---|---|
"Moved to Boston" | Blue | Easy |
A Breakthrough! | Yellow | Easy |
Awakening the Old Ones | Blue | Medium |
Bargain With Nyarlathotep | Blue | Hard |
Calamitous Fortune | Yellow | Hard |
Everything Is Under Control | Yellow | Medium |
Ghostly Chanting | Blue | Hard |
I Am Legion | Green | Medium |
Lead Astray | Green | Medium |
Mass Hysteria | Yellow | Medium |
No Time To Be Alone | Green | Hard |
Over My Dead Body | Green | Hard |
Painful Memories | Green | Easy |
Phantom of Truth | Yellow | Easy |
Plague of Vampires | Yellow | Hard |
Played for a Fool | Yellow | Medium |
Price Gouging | Green | Medium |
Strange Affliction | Yellow | Medium |
The Curtain Rises | Yellow | Medium |
The King in Yellow | Blue | Medium |
The Yellow Sign | Yellow | Hard |
Time Catches Up | Green | Medium |
Transported to the Hyades | Blue | Medium |
Unhealthy Fascination | Green | Easy |
Links[]
- Contents and Description on BoardGameGeek
- Link on Publishers Site
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