Eldritch Horror

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.

## 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:

#### Cthulhu

Cthulhu has **4** Mysteries listed here, **8** Research Encounter cards and **6** Special Encounter cards (R'lyeh Risen):

#### Shub-Niggurath

Shub-Niggurath has **4** Mysteries listed here, and **8** Research Encounter cards:

#### 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):

### 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

### Spells

The box contains **20** Spell cards listed here. Each spell has 2 variants.

### Assets

It contains the **40** Asset cards below:

### Conditions

This box contains **36** Conditions cards, listed here:

### Monsters

The core game contains **43** Monsters (**34** normal, **9** epic):

### Mythos

Contains **51** Mythos card (**21** yellow, **18** green, and **12** blue):

## Links

* Contents and Description on  *BoardGameGeek*
* Link on Publisher's Site