11 More New Player Questions Answered (Arkham Horror: The Card Game)

[@Leviirus2]

Just after you said "Now, a moment of silence for my Minh that my Mark Harrigan shot to death", an ad started playing with very sad/dramatic music and I thought it was pretty funny. That's it, I just had to share it haha.

[@Chiungalla79]

We usually play with 3 players, and we always play a fighter and a cluever. The third investigator nearly always is a dodger/fighter or dodger/cluever. You usually don`t need to dodge most opponents, but you on occasion will meet some enemies which are best dealt with when dodged (big monsters with too many health to kill them in one round or enemies with retaliate which are hard to hit). Being able to dodge an enemy from time to time makes the game much easier. But you will be able to use your actions to advance the agenda or fight monsters while there is nothing to dodge. Rogues are great at this, because they often have high agility and ways to exploit it beyond dodging.

[@pauljamkov4015]

These are very helpful videos, man. Thank you.

[@Henry-lk5pm]

Dang dude. I learned a lot from this one! Thanks. More please!!!

[@caesarspeak9030]

As a new player I love these types of videos. Thanks for the info

[@theodorelgiesekingii6942]

Awesome video, I appreciate the info on Aloof, even as a fairly "seasoned" player, that keyword still trips me up, I appreciate the info!

[@anaphysik]

One of the easy edge-cases to miss about aloof is that it doesn't matter *who* is engaged to the aloof enemy, as long as *someone* is. You can engage the aloof enemy and yet your friend can be the one to actually attack it (just "hold still"...).

[@danielscarpace]

One thing I realized recently re: exhaust/engage is that the Guardian of the Crystallizer spawns exhausted, but still engaged with your investigator. If you draw it during/before your turn, it won't make attacks of opportunity. You can still evade it to get it off of you, or you can kill it, or it will ready during the next upkeep.

[@ChubbyChoncc]

Thank you for your videos! As a player who is extremely new to the game I have so many dumb questions and they mostly got covered by this series!

[@xenoblad]

I’m just getting into the game and these new player question guides are very useful. Could you go more into depth about opportunity attacks? Either in the next questions video or in its own video?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I can do that!

[@SpeedyDePalma]

Bit of an odd question but could I pretend I own the actual card even if I dont? I'm referring to permanent cards such as charisma that come into play right out the gate without having to draw it so if I know what it does and what it costs to acquire could I just say at the end of a campaign "i'm spending three of my victory points to unlock charisma and reducing my deck size to 29".

[@PlayingBoardGames]

You can and it works very easily for permanent cards. However, permanent cards don't count towards your deck size. So even if you add Charisma, your deck size stay at 30

[@leonardbehney8843]

Great vid! Silly question... What is the font that you use for the questions? Thanks!

[@danielh4295]

Did not know about the Aloof = must engage action rule. Thank you.

[@criticalmissfits4905]

Learn something new every day. I didn't know you can't attack an exhausted aloof creature.

[@hindmunter]

Played the 2nd encounter of the Core campaign tonight and we got stumped on what to do when the encounter deck is empty as with 3 of us we ran through it pretty quickly and the rulebook only talks about an empty player deck. We ended up shuffling the encounter deck and all taking 1 horror. We also got the "unique" cards entirely wrong but I blame that on the campaign guide neglecting to explain what that means. I'd also like to know a bit more about deck types: it's too early for us to get deep into the building but I'd be interested to know if Arkham has archetypes within the roles, similar to MtG having aggro, midrange, control, combo etc and if they do exist, what the pros and cons are within both encounters and campaigns

[@Headhittin85]

You reshuffle the Encounter Deck with no penalty. The second scenario has a few treacheries that cause you to shuffle the Discard pile into the Encounter Deck so make sure you are resolving those treacheries properly. You only apply one horror to your investigator when you cycle through your own personal deck.

[@neverknowsbest1084]

does an enemy that exhausts disengage? seen a video where you guys said when an enemy attacks they exhaust, if so would that mean when an enemy attacks they disengage and they ready and reengage allowing the team to choose who they engage with, or allowing the enemy to engage a prey at the location it wasnt engaged with during its attack, or allow samaras to get a resources when the enemy reengages her after an attack?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

No, when an enemy attacks they just exhaust, they don't exhaust and disengage.

[@hoppingjt7391]

New question rises when I play thru the Circle Undone campaign, is it true that the parley action could only be used when the enemy is in my threat zone? Can I use the parley action on a aloof enemy in my location but not engaged with it, or in other investigator threat zone but same location with me? It confused me when I play thru the heretics which it has 〽️ Parley - spend 1 clue per investigator to check the back side of the heretic. But since the heretics got aloof trait and we cannot engage with it due to the act card, we got confused whether we can use its parley action or not.

[@SteveLEKORodrigue]

One small detail: when commiting a card, you don't pay its cost. On your presentation, you didn't put an "X" on the cost at the top left corner. Some new players thinks they have to pay to commit a card, you don't.

[@hoppingjt7391]

One question is that can I commit a card with no relevant skill icon to a skill test? Like it is an attack action and I just commit a event card with no skill icon/ skill card with dexterity icon into the skill test, is that available? Asking this question is because the treachery for Drake is an asset card and said it cannot be played by a play action, so can I just commit it to a skill for other player’s skill check or my own skill check since it has no skill icon this no drawback, if it is possible then this treachery is not the scary.

[@SteveLEKORodrigue]

@@hoppingjt7391 you can only commit cards that would affect the skill test. So, no, you can't cheese your way out of this treachery.

[@hoppingjt7391]

@@SteveLEKORodrigue thx🙏🏻 , it helps a lot in many situation where u just dump cards like that to avoid negative outcomes

[@Chiungalla79]

@@hoppingjt7391 There are very few options to just dumb those cards. As long as it is already drawn to your hand, usually RANDOM discard due to another card is your only hope. Some cards could be used to discard them before you have drawn them. Scroll of Secrets for example. But Drakes treachery is not that bad. Just put it as an in between while exchanging (nearly) empty spells.

[@BDB-cs1py]

If an area has one clue and I succeeded while using the card to get an extra clue, do I or is it limited by the area only having a single clue?

[@DAMNnext]

Love the video!

[@davidko9289]

Prey needs its own video =D

[@joelhaslam1120]

sorry for the obvious question: you said committing a card ignores the text box and playing a card ignores the skill icons but isn't it the case that committing the skill card deduction gives +1 book and applies the card text of an extra clue if successful ? thanks!

[@PlayingBoardGames]

@@joelhaslam1120 Yes, that is the case for committing assets and events, but not skill cards.

[@MattCrawley_Music]

Confused about what you say about shortcut. I understand that using it doesn't trigger AOOs, but why wouldn't the enemy move with you? I've always played it and seen it played as an enemy engaged with you moves too.

[@TheFictionMan]

I feel dumb for not considering Two-handed as a format option. Guess I just assumed in the Mythos you faced the unknowable alone. Playing Two-handed should give me insight into how I'll teach my friends to play the game. Thanks.

[@alugartttt]

Does the enemy do AoO when the engaged investigator is moved by another investigator outside of his turn? Like with the Prophesiae book or some other seeker card used by another investigator.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

No, that would not provoke attacks of opportunity.

[@alexisaddicted]

What is a clear difference between ligthing and fast keyword ? I often get them confused.

[@DrDifra]

should have put a big X on spectral razor cost as well, new players always try to pay resources when they commit !

[@PlayingBoardGames]

Yeah, I underestimated that fact when I was making these slides, because in my mind it's obvious, but luckily I can clarify this in the 3rd video if I make it.

[@Hoyakun]

I have a question about attack of opportunity: does the reaction triggered ability (not the bolt or the arrow, the other one) cause an attack of opportunity from an enemy i'm engaged with? I'm new to the game and reading the rules i know that only some actions do it but in the faq, section Ruling and Clarification, at 1.1 and 1.2 it seems that only the bolt doesn't cause AoO over all the triggered abilities.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

Reactions don't trigger attacks of opportunity unless the reaction ability would cause you to take an action.

[@Hoyakun]

@@PlayingBoardGames thanks :)

[@BDB-cs1py]

Do upgraded investigators need to he reset when starting a new scenario? Or do I use my upgraded deck?

[@mathieumartin6372]

Upgrades carry over from one scenario to the next

[@BalrogFin]

#1 Move and attacks when? In enemy phase when moves to your location that isnt exhausted? Or what :○

[@Djcheesed]

If you attack an enemy, other investigator is engaged with, and your attack has +1 damage, does the other investigator get 2 damages if you miss?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

They do!

[@Djcheesed]

@PlayingBoardGames Thanks! And thank you for these great video talks about Arkham horror. I have done Mythos busters till Carcosa and was in search of some spoiler free content!

[@Bg-vi7dx]

Number 1: Enemies move, engage and attack in the enemy phase in the same round

[@FEBear1]

I have a Q: Arkhamdb often lists decks that require a few XP to make. What's the point of these? I'm rubbish at deckbuilding so I'm trying to find different varieties of starter deck and have the gator develop in interesting ways. When would you want one of these XP decks? Just for one-off standalones?

[@anaphysik]

1) For use in standalones (where xp in deck is determined by how much you choose, as explained in the Standalone Rules). 2) as a snapshot of a deck from the middle of a campaign (where the publisher simply didn't post the previous lower-xp versions or the initial 0-xp version). 3) *planning* decks, showing what the investigator's deck *ought* to look like after they earn some xp in a campaign, as usually these are built around specific xp-cards which are more important than whatever is used in the level-0 initial deck; from these, a level-0 deck can be reverse-engineered, creating an upgrade plan. 4) there are a few investigators (Father Mateo, Parallel-Roland-Banks, and anyone who takes In The Thick of It) who start with xp.

[@anaphysik]

Honestly, 0xp decks represent a very small minority of "decks in actual gameplay" so in a sense it's weirder that 0xp decks are so prevalent. But of course, they're the easiest and most neutral to build and share, as they're "clean" as they haven't had contact with a campaign yet. There's no uncertainty about how much xp will be in the deck at this point, there's no spoiler cards from the campaign to consider, there's no reactions to what weakness you drew, etc. Also, you're only seeing *published* decklists. Most decklists are surely private, used to track one's deck through a campaign, and thus mostly consist of xp-decks from upgrading after each scenario.

[@FEBear1]

@@anaphysik thanks for taking the time to reply, truly appreciated

[@Chiungalla79]

I usually build a 0XP and "ultimate" (aka no XP limit) version of every deck I enter into a campaign. It really helps with optimization if you know where you want to end. Otherwise you could end up in situations when you want to throw out cards you previously bought with XP. With permanents, like arcane research and down the rabbit hole, in your build this becomes more or less necessary.

[@mariossanto]

An unengaged aloof hunter enemy (see Clover Club guy or whiporwills) will move towards another investigator, even if there is an investigator at their location, right?

[@waltercardcollector]

Yes. They will move but they won't engage unless an effect says so (like the Clover Club guy).

[@stricks8382]

Hunter will generally move to the closest investigator, so if there is one at the location of the enemy it will stay there.

[@mariossanto]

I was watching one of the gameplay videos here on this channel (I think it was the return to dunwich legacy, scenario The house always wins) where two investigators were at the Boss’s location and during the enemy phase they moved him to a connecting location because the third investigator was there.

[@markusschmidt9260]

S Tricks right, Walt is wrong. The Hunter keyword will never lead to enemies movement, if there is an investigator at their location. Other effects, like the random movements by the broods in Undimensioned and Unseen, or movements inflicted by some treacheries, are unrelated to that. Also an unengaged enemy with hunter and "prey only" will move away from another investigator towards their prey.

[@mariossanto]

@@markusschmidt9260 kzbin.infoUgkxghhHmi8rMSrDfdoiqhK-KLk2mcUW-ru4 So that's not correct movement, is it?

[@hoppingjt7391]

Question rises: Can I attack an exhausted enemy not in my threat area but in my location, since the enemy was evaded by other investigator at their turn.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

As long as that enemy is not aloof, yes!

[@hoppingjt7391]

@@PlayingBoardGames thanks for the clarification, helps a lot!

[@jordanlozinski6738]

I have a question if anyone is so willing to answer. Does skill testing/ resolving a revelation provoke an attack of opportunity? Would appreciate some help with this one.

[@zedapinga2796]

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[@granrauda1825]

Can I put a third copy of a card (by name) in my deck when I upgrade it without removing an other copy? The rulebook states the two card-maximum just in the part for deckbuilding not upgrading. But I'm not sure how its meant.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

No, the rules for deckbuilding are followed from initial deck creation to upgrading. So you can only have two copies of a card by name. :)

[@granrauda1825]

@@PlayingBoardGames thanks a lot :)

[@kitcarpo4745]

Wow. Spectral Razor is a good reason not to use cards from later campaigns in your current one.....

[@dvunkannon]

Question for the next video: What happens when I played all the cards in my deck? Do I reshuffle my discard pile and start over?

[@christebbitt1967]

Yes...and take one horror...page 9 rules reference "drawing cards"... Cheers for the question...I was doing it wrong...lol...

[@Negowa2]

Actually, small clarifaction on this, you only reshuffle and take the horror when you need to draw a card, not as soon as your deck runs out.

[@glusol]

You make great begnnier videos. Would it be possible for you to make a begnnier video for Marvle Champions? I cannot beat Rhino 2 handed solo with any hero combo.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I would love to make some new player videos for Marvel Champions, but right now I am still learning the game and trying to get better at it myself! :)

[@Varrakk]

Scenarios typically played wrong ?