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Looking for a board game like Arkham Horror?

I’m looking for a board game that resembles the coop play of Arkham Horror. I know there are a lot of games where it’s 3 against one or so on and that’s really not what I’m looking for. I want the board game to have it’s on AI of sorts or allows for things to happen while the players try to work together to beat the game. I’ve heard of Defenders of the Realm and LOTR which are similar, but they didn’t have the thematic or the feel I was looking for. Does anyone know of any other games like Arkham?

There’s Betrayal at House On The Hill. It kind of has this element in it, but it’s still a competetive game too. At first players work together to explore a haunted house. The house is built randomly every game, so the lay out is never the same. As you explore you’re encountering spooky events and finding items that will help you later on in the game. Eventually you trigger a Haunt. The Haunt is probably going to be different every time you play because there are 50 different Scenarios you can play. Every Haunt Scenario has a different person become The Betrayer, sometimes it’s the person who triggered the Haunt, sometimes it’s the person with the highest or lowest Sanity score, sometimes there’s no obvious Betrayer and it’s more that there are evil spirits that just trying to kill you. When the Betrayer is revealed they suddenly are no longer working with the group but are playing AGAINST the group.

The theme is very strong in this usually, some of the Scenarios work better than the others. If you do get it though get the Second Edition, the First Edition is good, but it wasn’t quite ready when they published it and it’s full of weird printing errors that they had to fix with a 40 page Errata that basically re-wrote all the Haunt Scenarios.

The game Last Night On Earth is a great game, but that is a 1 Vs Others game. But it’s great and the theme really works well with it.

Flying Frog Games also made “A Touch Of Evil”, a game about a town being haunted by an evil Monster of some sort(Werewolf, Vampire, Headless Horseman). It’s a Co-Op game and has a good atmosphere to it. The theme fits pretty well with this game and I had a good time playing it.

Other than those I haven’t really played any co-op Horror type games. The co-op games I have played tend to be 1 Vs Others type games like Scotland Yard or Fury Of Dracula. Fury of Dracula is a lot of fun, but it can be really brutal to players because of how strong Drac is.

Pandemic is a really good Co-op game too, but the theme isn’t the strongest part of that game, and it heavily influenced Defenders of the Realm so you might already be familiar with it.

Well I hope this has been helpful. I’m sorry if it’s super rambly, I’m very tired.

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Arkham Horror $47.99 The town of Arkham Massachusetts is in a panic. Horrific and bizarre events have begun to occur with increasing frequency — all seeming to point towards some cataclysmic event in the near future that may spell disaster for everyone. Only one small band of investigators can save Arkham from the Great Old Ones and destruction! Arkham Horror was originally published by Chaosium Inc. almost two decades ago. This new updated edition features stunning new artwork and graphical design as well as revised and expanded rules! No fan of the Cthulhu Mythos will want to miss this opportunity to acquire this classic Call of Cthulhu boardgame!

Arkham Horror Dice Set $7.52 Arkham Horror Dice is a set of 5 high-quality crafted polyhedral dice designed and created by Q-workshop company on license of Fantasy Flight Games. They feature sculpted number faces as well as Elder signs on the 5 and 6 sides indicating successes! Mysterious strangers lurking in the streets dangerous cultists trying to awaken the Ancient Ones portals to other dimensions releasing hideous creatures that bring horror and madness into this world. And all there is to stop the nigh end is a handful of brave investigators that use all they have to oppose the dread of the unknown — technology known to man and the lost lore of the Elder Ones. And now there is new weapon in the ongoing fight to keep the streets of Arkham safe!

Arkham Horror: Black Goat of the Woods Expansion $18.16 A dangerous cult has invaded Arkham and players have to infiltrate the Satanic group before it succeeds in awakening the Ancient One but players must be careful that they don’t succumb to the temptations of the Ancient One’s herald the Black Goat of the Woods.

Arkham Horror: Curse of the Dark Pharaoh Expansion $18.16 ?Know O Thief that these things are mine For I am the Dark Pharaoh him of the Crawling Chaos. Take what is mine and your blood will boil in your skin As I reveal to you my Other Faces and my True Glory.? – Whispers of the Dark Pharaoh Explore ancient mysteries with The Curse of the Dark Pharaoh (Revised Edition). This updated and revised version of the 2006 Arkham Horror expansion adds a terrible threat to your game in the form of the Dark Pharaoh and his mysterious artifacts. With new Exhibit Item and Exhibit Encounter cards players can uncover the artifacts that have gone missing from the museum?s current ?Legacy of the Pharaohs? exhibit. But beware! The Dark Pharaoh will not let his treasures go so easily. The Avatar of Nyarlathotep himself joins the fray with the Dark Pharaoh Herald sheet spreading his curse throughout the game. Finally The Curse of the Dark Pharaoh (Revised Edition) also adds Patrolled Neighborhoods Benefits and Detriments and Ancient Whispers all creating additinal layers to your games of Arkham Horror.

Arkham Horror: Innsmouth Horror Expansion $39.99 Of all the cities found in H.P. Lovecraft’s vision of Massachusetts perhaps none is quite so deadly as the small fishing village of Innsmouth. Decrepit and dying Innsmouth is being consumed from within by an ancient pact once made to save the town. The investigators will find every hand turned against them as they explore its rotting docks and fetid beaches. In the end perhaps the only way to save Innsmouth is by destroying it along with the terrible creatures that haunt its waters near Devil Reef. Innsmouth Horror introduces several new game concepts to the Arkham Horror board game including Personal Stories unique to each investigator as well as the Innsmouth Look. The town of Innsmouth is hostile to the investigators and they may well find themselves thrown in jail and fed to a Shoggoth while they search the town for evidence to call in the Feds. However leaving Innsmouth to fester is a bad idea since the Deep Ones will gather and rise bringing with them the Ancient One. Innsmouth Horror also adds 16 new investigators eight new Ancient Ones two new Heralds Epic Battle cards for the new Ancient Ones over 30 new monster markers plenty of new encounters and an expansion board featuring the town of Innsmouth. Over all this expansion adds over 300 new cards to the base game.

Arkham Horror: Kingsport Horror Expansion $33.12 The Ancient Ones plaguing Arkham and Dunwich have set their sights on yet another pastoral Massachusetts community but this town has some ancient and powerful forces watching over it.

Arkham Horror: Lurker at the Threshold $18.16 Across Arkham strange doors to other worlds have been opening. They seem to be a living part of an ancient and arcane creature that has been reaching out tempting the unwary with eldritch power. Now people are vanishing without a trace and it s up to a handful of bold investigators to confront the profane being who dwells just beyond these passages. But even working together will they be able to destroy these unnatural and deadly gates without themselves striking a terrible bargain with the Lurker at the Threshold?

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Cthulhu Gloom $19.99 From Dunwich to Innsmouth from the halls of Miskatonic University to the Charles Dexter Ward at Arkham Asylum trouble is in the air. The stars are almost right and terrors from beyond space and time are beginning to break through. When Cthulhu rises we’re all doomed – but whose downfall will be the most entertaining? In Cthulhu Gloom you control a group of Lovecraftian protagonists and guide them down a path of horror and madness to an untimely death – while keeping your opponents happy healthy and annoyingly alive. When one group finally falls prey to the interdimensional doom that awaits us all the player whose characters have suffered the most wins! Fully compatible with Gloom and its expansions Cthulhu Gloom features new Story and Transformation cards that introduce new mechanics and actions to the game.

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