Pyramid Review
Dunwich Horror (Expansion for Arkham Horror)
Published by Fantasy Flight Games
Designed & developed by Richard Launius, Kevin Wilson, & Greg Benage
Edited by James D. Torr
Artwork by the Call of Cthulhu CCG artists
Cover illustration by Henning Ludvigsen
Graphic design by Scott Nicely
Full-color boxed set with rulebook, expansion game board, eight investigator sheets, markers, & plastic stands, 152 investigator cards, four Ancient Ones, 180 Ancient One cards, 28 monster markers, three Dunwich Horror tokens, four gate markers, & seven rubble markers; $39.95
Arkham can't catch a break, constantly under siege as it is by the horrifying Mythos. The good news: This boxed set, Dunwich Horror Expansion, is technically another town. The bad news: It, too, was part of Lovecraft's body of work, and he didn't write about idyllic vacation spots. Things Man Was Not Meant to Know are now Things We Didn't Want to See Cross the County Line, and players must deal with events in both locales. Misery shared . . .
There's a new map for the new town, a smaller one that lines up with the main one from the core game, and trains allow investigators to travel between the two. It has its own set of cards for the additional locations including two new dimensions full of mind-stopping weirdness. While the Ancient One is still a looming threat and the game objectives remain the same, this small berg has its own problems, what with Wilbur Whateley's roommate . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: September 21, 2007
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