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The third card-only expansion for Eldritch Horror. Requires the core set to play.

[...] The great magician had just spent the last hour watching more than a hundred welldressed audience members arrive and claim their tickets to the local premiere of the notorious play, The King in Yellow. They had walked through this door, but now they were gone. In their place, each seat in this theater was occupied by a life-sized puppet instead. [...] The masked figure on stage stepped down into the aisle. The creature was wrapped in moldering tatters. Its mask moved slightly, indicating that its face —or whatever it was that the mask hid— was undulating in some abominable manner. [...] The creature struck with the speed of a viper, wrapping its clawed hands around the magician’s throat. But it found nothing but smoke. The Great Dexter Drake was gone.

Expansion Overview[]

SoC components

Signs of Carcosa component 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 Signs of Carcosa expansion icon at the bottom-left corner. Non-card components aren't marked with this icon.

Component list
Component Amount
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).

Hastur
Mystery Type
Beneath an Alien Sky Beneath an Alien Sky Miscellaneous
Cities on the Lake Cities on the Lake Special Encounter
Finding the Way Finding the Way Item Requirement, Research Encounter, Miscellaneous
He Who Is Not to be Named He Who Is Not to be Named Research Encounter
Ravages of the Blight Ravages of the Blight Miscellaneous
Spawn of Hastur Spawn of Hastur Epic Monster
The King in Yellow The King in Yellow Special Encounter
The Yellow Sign 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
Key to Carcosa Key to Carcosa Trinket — Magical
King in Yellow King in Yellow Item — Tome
Mask of Sthenelus Mask of Sthenelus Item — Magical Relic
Tattered Cloak Tattered Cloak Item — Magical

Spells[]

The box contains 12 Spell cards listed here. Each spell has 4 variants.

Card Name Trait
Binding Binding Incantation
Mind's Eye Mind's Eye Glamour
Summon Byakhee Summon Byakhee Ritual

Assets[]

It contains its 16 Asset cards, as we see here:

Card Name Trait Value
.25 Automatic .25 Automatic Item — Weapon 1
Arcane Assistant Arcane Assistant Ally 1
Assassination Assassination Service 2
Chief Inspector Chief Inspector Ally 2
Enchanted Cane Enchanted Cane Item — Magical Weapon 2
Esteemed Author Esteemed Author Ally 3
Fine Jewelry Fine Jewelry Trinket 1
Flamethrower Flamethrower Item — Weapon 4
Lodge Disciple Lodge Disciple Ally 4
Lodge Physician Lodge Physician Ally 3
Occult Text Occult Text Item — Tome 2
Rumor Mill Rumor Mill Service 1
Security Squad Security Squad Ally 2
Specialist Specialist Ally 3
Three-card Monte Three-card Monte Service 1
Tommy Gun Tommy Gun Item — Weapon 3

Unique Assets[]

This expansion contains 16 Unique Assets, listed here:

Card Name Trait Count
Albert Wilmarth Albert Wilmarth Ally — Character 1
Corinna Jones Corinna Jones Ally — Character 1
Enlist the Masses Enlist the Masses Task 3
Funding the Cause Funding the Cause Task 3
Granny Orne Granny Orne Ally — Character 1
Hildred Castaigne Hildred Castaigne Ally — Character 1
Mastering the Art Mastering the Art Task 3
Turning the Tide Turning the Tide Task 3

Conditions[]

It contains 28 Conditions cards, listed here:

Card Name Traits Count
Blessed Blessed Boon 1
Blight Blight Bane 4
Cursed Cursed Bane 1
Dark Pact Dark Pact Deal 1
Debt Debt Deal — Common 1
Elusive Elusive Talent 2
Headstrong Headstrong Talent 2
Martial Prowess Martial Prowess Talent 2
Promise of Power Promise of Power Deal 4
Resilient Resilient Talent 2
Skulduggery Skulduggery Talent 2
Studious Studious Talent 2
Wanted Wanted Pursuit 4

Monsters[]

The expansion contains 8 Monster tokens (6 normal, 2 epic).

Token Name Class Count
Crazed Mob Crazed Mob Normal 1
Cultist Cultist Normal 2
Deep One Hybrid Deep One Hybrid Normal 1
Firebug Firebug Normal 1
Hunting Byakhee Hunting Byakhee Normal 1
Rogue Byakhee Rogue Byakhee Epic 1
Spawn of Hastur (token) 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

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