Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition | Shelfside Review

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In this Shelfside review, we review Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition, a tabletop board game published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2016 and designed by Nikki Valens. Mansions of Madness is a app-driven lovecraftian board game of horror and mystery for one to five players. Players will assume the role of investigators in the eldritch world of FFG’s Arkham Horror Files as they use the app (available on iOS, Android, and Steam) to help them navigate mansions, fight enemies, talk to NPC’s, collect tools, and follow the lore to the adventure’s end. The app does a great job of automating setup, puzzles, and flavor text in an amazing improvement over 1st edition Mansions of Madness, which we also own and reference during this review. This thematic dungeon crawler has the mechanics of dice rolling, hand management, and role-playing, but it is not a fully cooperative experience, as when investigators go insane, they are dealt new secret objectives that can make the game a semi-cooperative experience. Ever since it has been released in 2016, Mansions has been dominating the lovecraftian horror board game area, with a strong ranking on Board Game Geek, with 5 expansions out to date. Players familiar with Eldritch Horror and Arkham Horror will feel at home, and new players may gravitate towards this digital hybrid board game not only because it's the newest version, but also highly accessible. The game is such a thematic powerhouse that it can be enjoyed as a casual experience, where you just pick whatever investigator speaks to you and just role-play the hell out of it. Granted, you'll have to be engaged with the game's storylines and contextual descriptions if you're to succeed at solving the case! Mansions of Madness: Second Edition is such an engaging, accessible package, stay tuned till the end to see if it's for you, especially if you're into thematic roleplaying or H.P. Lovecraft! Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website! https://www.shelfside.co Buy this game and other recommended games: (Paid Link) https://www.amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) Overview - (1:22) How to Play - (2:35) Pros - (5:35) Cons - (16:00) Recommender Score - (22:37) Ashton's Personal Score - (27:05) Daniel's Personal Score - (30:06) Conclusion - (34:30) Links to our stuff: Ashton's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ashtonwu Daniel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/doyduh2 Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ Stuff Used: Awkward Meeting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3400-awkward-meeting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #BoardGames #review #Lovecraft