10 New Player Questions For Arkham Horror: The Card Game Answered (Quickly)

[@minnwaiyan]

I love 10-15 minute shorter videos like this one...

[@DrMcFly28]

8:13 I think it might be better to put (2) on the right side and an additional arrow that goes from lvl 0 to lvl 5 with (5) above. The way it is shown someone might think they need to pay 5 XP to go from lvl 3 to lvl 5. Apart from that great vid.

[@SlebenGates]

Hi, Professor Milan Justin For new players, the distintion between Step 6, 7 and 8 of a Skill Test is pretty huge. The interaction between Scavenging and a committed Old Keyring for example. Or why you can't retrieve an Old Keyring discarded by its own effect with a Resourceful committed to the same test. Also, why some cards say When/Would, others If/At and others "After"/At the end, with some examples so the Player can check the difference between a Lucky and a Look What I Found or the Agnes signature weakness interaction with Peter Sylvestre, etc. Cheers!

[@ronaldbell7429]

I would have thought that the point of exhausting a card is that it's now unusable until it's un- exhausted. (More broadly: This was a great idea for a video, and well-executed)

[@skiswope]

Outstanding video. I feel like you could make this a SERIES because there are SO many rules questions that new (and experienced) players have.

[@kitcarpo4745]

Hi Justin, Chris here. How you present in this video is great! Capturing that engagement with 3 of you is a goal I would think, and tricky. The problem I would have trying to do that is I tend to interupt people, and you can see how that wouldn't work if it occurs often right? Body language you are right in the viewer's vision arc. Enunciation is clear and the volume is steady over the video. You do look at your guide or notes off to the side, but the video layout draws the viewer to the displayed text on the screen. Meaning if you were looking to the other side it would not come across as well. I have watched other content creators on AH:TCG rules, the way you present the rules makes the viewer (me in this case) not feel like you assume we have made a "duh" error, instead drawing out how multiple rules together make the course of action come across as a "aaahhh, it takes awhile to pull all these together doesn't it?" reasoning. Thanks again.!

[@gregoirebucher2376]

Love the sound effect on the lightning actions!! I'm gonna include that in my house rules: you have to make the sound everytime you do a lightning action...

[@iLiKeFooDNuMNuM]

4:22 man, thank you for this one. It didn't bother me, but I always wondered why they did this.

[@jasonminer9871]

This was one of the best new player videos you all have done, and I say that having liked the others as well. Keep up the great work and thank you for what you do for the community

[@Henry-lk5pm]

Cheers for that! Hugely useful and I would love to see more of this type of vid (as new player who’s invested in the new format boxes).

[@mike2002bartell]

Excellent job. Been playing awhile and just found out I been playing lightning cards wrong. Not giving myself enough opportunities to use during rounds.

[@floodkevin4716]

Did you mean the ones that allow a resource for plus stats? I've only been allowing myself one boost all this time!

[@ardiantopriatmojo132]

Hope next you will have short guide & example for new keyword in each cycle like, exile, etc

[@rsb762]

Great informative video. Like the format and time. Keep up the good work!

[@vitomongello7167]

Justin great vid! I love the channel! my gf and I are new to AH, and sometimes we end up in situation where we start to question if we can do some actions (atm I do not have any in mind...) I think would be great if you could to a vid where you would explain and also maybe physically show with example with card some weird actions, that maybe happened in your previous games. Thanks and keep up (PHASE :P) with the great work!

[@Tombonzo]

Extremely helpful, especially to us newer AH LCG players! Other video ideas - Tricky Rules! (Or more complex rules). Best Player aids to help players! How are all the ways we earn XP in a campaign? Just a few ideas…

[@matimixmx]

Great video!

[@theodorelgiesekingii6942]

Awesome video, I would like to see the discussion on aloof enemies, especially with evading them.

[@cobyjenkins8340]

Keep up the great work, love the content you are putting out.

[@ryandecaria7601]

Great video. I look forward to more of this kind with some trickier questions. Thanks.

[@MrBongoking]

Hi Justin, love the videos as ever. I’m afraid you made an error in what you said about player window timings. You said they happen at the start and after each player’s turn. Actually, because the steps in the investigation phase repeat every time a player takes an action there’s one before each player action. I guess that’s what you meant to say, but I wonder if you can drop some blooper text over that part of the video because it makes free triggered (lightning bolt) abilities very underpowered if they are only used at the beginning and end of turns.

[@TrainedHealth]

What exactly means "you can still fight with DUKE while he is exhausted?" (Great video really - you're a very helpful ally for us in this game!

[@alexisaddicted]

We need more videos like these

[@joostborst]

I just bought it second hand, the base game, dunwich, and 5 little boxes with cards. We played our first game last night. Took a huge amount of time to sort all the cards and then find the cards that were recommend in the manual. Playing the game itself wasn't even that complicated after having played games like gloomhaven, nemesis, andor, lord of the rings. Going to play the second part of the base game tonight most likely. So according to this video, it might be more fun to play the campaign of the base game multiple times with different character combination, and then later switch to dunwich or the small box sets. It sure is a lot of information this game, and hard to get a simple overview for. Also wondering what would be an easy way to store this.

[@michaelpowers8685]

omg thank you for doing these I can play the game the right way now :D

[@duesenberger]

This was very helpful. Thank You.

[@tinkornhardfist7574]

As a new player I want to ask about the taboo list. I like the idea of it because it's kind of like a balance patch for the game. I was wondering when is it a good time to start paying attention to it, from getting the core set or after buying a few cycles?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I've had a video on the taboo list on my to-do list for a while, I'm bump it up to the top.

[@tinkornhardfist7574]

@@PlayingBoardGames Nice, looking forward to it.

[@thefirstspark]

Another solid educational video, even for more seasoned players!!

[@bksartatelier8161]

Amazing video! I just recently got into the game and I love it already! I have a question regarding the doom tokens on enemies: if the enemy is defeated, do the doom tokens placed on the enemy are also discarded?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

They are also discarded. :)

[@MrJurents]

But what happens with tge doom on enemies, after you kill those?

[@macusdesir6830]

What happens to the doom on enemies when they die before the mythos phase? Does the doom leave with them or is it still considered active?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

The doom leaves play when the card leaves play.

[@henryjones8636]

Can you take the engage action against an enemy with "prey only" that is targeting someone else? If so, what is the behavior of that enemy? Do they just fight you normally as long as you remain engaged?

[@oh.hey.matthew]

Yes and yes. Prey keyword affects which investigator an unengaged enemy will engage/hunt when there is a choice

[@henryjones8636]

@@oh.hey.matthew Thanks!

[@dickywoo]

Can I ask which investigator will the masked hunter encounter with if no players have any clues on hand?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

It'll be the group's decision in that case. If they can't come up to a group decision, it's the lead investigator's choice.

[@dickywoo]

@@PlayingBoardGames thanks for reply! I am still learning the game and your videos help me a lot !!

[@gavinsina66]

My group (fairly new) has been playing shock abilities/effects like "instant" cards from Magic the Gathering because we are familiar with that. I don't recall us playing any cards during the enemy phase (as we haven't encountered enemies where you cannot predict their movement). Looking at the chart I don't see a player window between the ready exhausted cards (untap) step 4.3 and the check doom threshold step 1.3 . I would have figured that could be a pretty important window for anything that might effect the doom threshold (too new to know if that's a common thing). In your experience would you say there is anything wrong with our approach (other than it not being explicitly the rules)? Do you think that would be important for the balance of the game/scenarios? TLDR: What are the reasons you would obey the player window "shock" chart rather than playing them at nearly any time (ex. you wouldn't play them in the middle of resolving a card.)

[@davidko9289]

This should be pinned somewhere. The only downside was taboo Dr. Milan as an example, since I'm sure some number of new folks will be confused by taboo. I'm at a loss about another asset with a static boost that exhausts, otherwise I would suggest it.

[@markusschmidt9260]

E.g. Lola or Delilah.

[@Henry-lk5pm]

New player question (can’t find answer anywhere): i added Song of the Dead lvl2 after scenario 1 Night of Zealot. The realised it’s not great during scenario 2. What are the rules for removing it from my deck between scenarios? Can I swap it for any other legal lvl2 card at no cost? Or does it always cost 1xp? If I remove it, do i get the 2xp back that i spent adding it to my deck?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

Official rules are that once the XP is spent, it's spent, but when you're just starting out, there's nothing wrong with swapping out for an equal XP card to try something else. However, luckily Night of the Zealot is so short that you won't have to live with Song of the Dead long if you didn't want to do a swap. I hope that helps.

[@oh.hey.matthew]

Important question about Prey: How does an Avian Thrall know which investigator has the lowest book score? I mean, can it just see into the investigators minds and know that one is less observant than the others?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

"That m-fer doesn't seem as well read as the other guy, time to dive bomb the idiot."

[@PixelatedPlanco]

Prey is just silly. However prey only is very fun.

[@davidandersson7642]

Prey only really comes up if you're playing a big evasion strategy, because then you need to factor in who the enemy will go after when they wake up. But I agree, largely it's irrelevant. I prefer it on boss enemies or enemies who spawn far away.

[@jeremyflusin1232]

Agreed. I would have saved the Prey keyword for the "Prey only" effect, and ditched the actual Prey effect.

[@gbdomingo]

do I pay 1 xp to include a level 0 card as I go up, or do I just exchange cards?

[@Hedgehobbit]

Yes. It costs 1 point to swap a level 0 card for another level 0 card.

[@Pedrinsrs]

can i activate a "thunder" action while im with a enemy engage?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

@@Pedrinsrs As long as there is a window to do so, yes.

[@Pedrinsrs]

@@PlayingBoardGames I forgot to mention that im talking about a card like Pathfinder, i can use to move myself to another location while im engaged by a enemy?

[@Pedrinsrs]

he stays or he go with me?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

@@Pedrinsrs Pathfinder says that you cannot activate its ability while engaged with an enemy, so you cannot use Pathfinder in that case. Compare this to Shortcut 2, which is also a lightning bolt that you can use to move. In this case, the enemy engaged with you will stay engaged and move with you.

[@Pedrinsrs]

@@PlayingBoardGames Thanks a lot! Im now watching your videos, and one another question came up: If the enemy its engaged with me and atack me, hes now tired and desengaged? Or just tired?

[@patricksullivan6988]

That has been one of the most unintuitive rules to me. Prey feels like it would be a bigger deal. The fact that it's merely a tiebreaker seems to suck the wind out of it a bit.

[@pawlikowskikuba]

More video like this, please. Shorter format allow me to enjoy your content as in the past i was forced to skip most of your videos 1h+ long video due to time limitations...

[@Dianikes]

I thought level 0 cards still have a value of 1, therefore 'upgrading' to level 3 is a difference of 2

[@PlayingBoardGames]

They cost 1 XP to add into your deck after deckbuilding, but they still are level 0 cards and have a value of zero.

[@Dianikes]

@@PlayingBoardGames thank for the reply, much appreciated

[@tcr7]

"10 new questions answered in 10 minutes!"

[@skiswope]

Outstanding video. I feel like you could make this a SERIES because there are SO many rules questions that new (and experienced) players have.