I haven’t written anything Arkham Horror related in some time, so I wanted to put together something about our most recent game. Solely because of how much I enjoyed it. This scenario was tough, yet it felt like everything came together really nicely and we saw some awesome little moments. One that jumps to mind is Stuart managed to end the game with 34 resources as Preston Fairmont.
To set the scene for you. The
prologue to this campaign involves 4 characters which essentially are destined
to be defeated; no one gets out alive in this story. Following this the wealthy
philanthropist Preston Fairmont (Stuart) decided he wanted to learn more about
what happened. Then having discussed the matter in depth with his psychologist
Carolyn Fern (Shaun), it was suggested that he put together a team or
professionals to look into the strange disappearances. Preston proceeded to
hire the services of Joe Diamond (Josh), a private investigator with a great reputation
for solving tough cases and Tony Morgan (Me), a bounty hunter whose tracking
skills have resulted in some well known fugitives being brought in.
After we encountered a coven
of witches trying to cast a spell, we have been left puzzled as to what is
going on and how these disappearances fit into this. Luckily our wealthy patron
Preston has managed to get our names onto the guest list for the next big event
hosted by the Twilight Lodge.
So, we have found ourselves at
the Silver Twilight Lodge’s latest charity ball, only a short time after their
previous event resulted in multiple attendees disappearing without a trace (see
prologue chapter of campaign). Our goal was to snoop around to locate any
evidence to help in our search for those 4 missing people and perhaps an
indication of what happened to them.
Our party started in the Entry
Hall, with us quickly splitting up to search the rooms where the missing
victims had last been seen. The Balcony, The Office, The Victorian Halls and
the Billiard Room. The Act deck would not advance until we were instructed to
do so, therefore, we opted to hurry to discover as many clues as we could
before a sudden game effect would cause us to advance.
The agenda deck would advance
first, causing us to read the scenario’s interlude chapter. Following this we
were on the trail of 3 of the 4 missing people, I have a feeling we may have
lost one of them to the powers of the mythos. After the interlude, the Act deck
advanced, causing us to become prey to the horrific circumstances that the prologue
investigators fell victim too, although this time, we are more prepared than
they were.
Carolyn managed to convince
the senior Twilight Lodge member Josef Meiger that we were not responsible for
this situation, slowing the doom piling up. I then focused on holding off the
Spectral Watcher, the recurring villain from the prologue scenario. Meanwhile
Joe and Preston worked hard to find a way out of the estate. Luckily with
Carolyn’s assistance, we managed to find an exit to the estate and began
directing the remaining members of the Twilight Lodge out the exit. Once we
secured their escape route, we followed them out the door to obtain resolution
1 of this scenario.
Following our escape we were
confronted by the leader of the Silver Twilight lodge and his entourage. Following them identifying Preston as one of
their own and Josef Meiger promoting us as his saviours, we were offered the
chance for us all to become members of the Silver Twilight Lodge. We listened
to the advice of our lead investigator, Preston (Stuart), who recommended we
join their efforts to get to the bottom of this whole mess and we opted to join
the lodge.
We managed to walk away from
the game with 7 additional experience points each, 5 from the scenario itself
and an additional 2 bonus experience after rescuing Josef Meiger from the
perils of his own house.
I am actually really excited
about this campaign, the story is really cool so far and it feels like we may
have just got ourselves caught up in a rivalry between a coven of witches and
the Silver Twilight Lodge. I’m really looking forward to seeing how this story
plays out and how us joining the lodge will impact our ability to move forward
when bumping into the witches again.
I’m Big Boss...... I’m
Out...... Peace
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