Watch “Arkham Horror: the Card Game CHAPTER TWO REVIEW,” a board game review for Arkham Horror: The Card Game from Private Pook Games on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Private Pook Games on YouTube:
** POSSIBLE LIGHT SPOILERS IN VIDEO: SOME SMALL COMPARISONS BETWEEN NIGHT OF THE ZEALOT AND BRETHREN OF ASH **
I've finally played enough of the FFG's soft reset of the Arkham Horror: the Card Game to have an idea of how I feel about it, and I have a lot of feelings all over the map.
0:00 Intro and Heads up for Trolls
1:09 TLDW for both new and old players
2:40 Where Arkham Horror LCG was at (and how I felt as a fan) before this new core set
4:30 A "remix" of Night of the Zealot that is good for new players but frustrating for long-time fans
8:00 Why I can't recommend this to new players... YET
11:25 Resetting the card pool was exciting as a veteran player!
14:45 Making an outfit out of a small closet of clothes VS an entire mansion of clothes
15:30 The next expansion set will make or break whether or not I remain a fan
16:28 Thoughts on new components/box
18:30 Final thoughts
2026·Nate French, Josiah Harrist, Nicholas Kory, MJ Newman
Videos
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Creators
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Mostly playthroughs and reviews. Arkham Horror: The Card Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 19 recorded sessions, 11 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
1 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Arkham Horror: The Card Game, from BoardGameGeek:
Introducing the newest core set for Arkham Horror: The Card Game! Take the role of a unique investigator and explore the world of Arkham. Build a customized deck that represents your investigators abilities, supplies, actions, and skills. Customize your deck as you progress through narratively driven scenarios and uncover the horrors that lie just below the surface of this 1920s alternate world. Explore stories which evolve with your choices, successes, and failures to tell a unique story either solo or with up to three of your friends.
Serving simultaneously as both a continuation and a fresh starting point, this new core set heralds the beginning of Chapter Two for the game. Taking place several months after the city of Arkham suffered a devastating calamity, this box provides a new introductory campaign, five mechanically-new investigators, and a fresh card pool to expand your collection-or start a new one!
Whether you're an Arkham Horror veteran or a newcomer looking to get into the game, you won't want to miss out on this new core set. This core set will replace the Revised Core Set from 2021 and become the new evergreen core experience for the game going forward. That said, all player content in this box is fully compatible with all previously-released Arkham Horror: The Card Game products-it is still the same game, after all!
-description from the publisher
Designers
Nate French, Josiah Harrist, Nicholas Kory, MJ Newman
Artists
Borja Pindado Arribas, Helge C. Balzer, Tiziano Baracchi, Walter Brocca, JB Casasola, Carlos Palma Cruchaga, Mauro dal Bo, Nele Diel and 19 more
