Arkham Horror – The Card Game – 1 Player Review: The Miskatonic University

I managed to pick up my copy of the 1^st scenario pack of the Dunwich Legacy campaign a couple of weeks ago and as with the Dunwich Legacy expansion box itself, I couldn’t wait to give this a try. Since I was playing this as a standalone game, I built the chaos bag as instructed by the scenarios set up guide and once again opted to pilot Aschan Pete for this outing, I have found from playing him in the other Dunwich Legacy scenarios that he can handle most situations with a relative level of competiveness on his own, making him my go to deck for testing these scenarios.

With the game set up and ready to go, I started my journey to locate the Necronomicon within the exhibits of the Miskatonic University museum.

Act 1a: Finding a Way Inside

I opted to swiftly move through this act and discovered the clues required to gain entrance to the museum instead of trying to break down the door.

Act 2a: Night in the Museum

This was the act which my resolution of Act 1a directed me to, had I broken down the door a different act would have been selected instead.  In order to resolve this act I needed to gain access to the Restricted Hall, to do that I needed to spend 6 clues as actions to draw the top card of the Exhibit Hall deck and then try to discover which one was the Restricted Hall. However I ended up advancing the Agenda deck and had to fight off an annoying recurring enemy for the remainder of the game. Eventually I managed to locate the Restricted Hall to advance in the scenario.

Act 3a: Searching for the Tome

Now I was in the Restricted Hall, I could continue my search for the Necronomicon in peace and it did not take long to trigger the resolution of the act and in turn the scenario.

I quite enjoyed this scenario and it really didn’t take too long to play, I would imagine with more players this would change dramatically especially with the pesky hunting bad guy chasing us down! I really don’t want to note too many spoilers for the scenario but I was lucky and his forced ability never actually hit, this aided me in keeping him at bay. The standalone chaos bag also threw a spanner into the works for me with having more negative tokens in than the campaign chaos bag would have.

The negatives for me would be the ease of getting through part 1 and 3 of the scenario, however act 2 will be more challenging with more players, so I am imagining that won’t be such an issue during a multiple player game.

I am looking at starting the campaign soon and kicking that off with a campaign day to play through the original core campaign along with the two stand alone expansions to bulk it up. Will be writing a report on how well that day goes too and as soon as we start the campaign off again I will be writing the reports for that also. Really excited about getting started and seeing what the Dunwich Legacy holds for the 4 man play through.

You can pick up your Arkham Horror core set and expansions from your friendly local gaming store. If you are in the Crewe area then please check out Watchtower Games on Nantwich Road in Crewe.

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