This Ancient One will have a “doom track” – which is essentially a timer on the game – to which players add tokens as they fail missions or in response to Mythos cards drawn each midnight. If the track fills up, the ancient one awakens and there will be a final showdown. To win, players must earn the number of Elder Signs indicated on the chosen ancient one.Įach player chooses a character – we usually deal two or three character cards to each player and then talk about which ones will be the best combination – and takes that character’s starting items, which could be Common Items, Unique Items, Spells, Allies, Clues, or Skills. (Some of these come into play only once you’ve added the Unseen Forces or other expansions.) And they take the appropriate number of stamina and sanity tokens. The “museum” is a tableau of six room cards, each with tasks for the investigators to complete – combinations of dice rolls. The room cards also identify rewards for completing all of the tasks, which can include drawing new items, gaining clues, regaining sanity or stamina, or becoming blessed. Of course, there are also penalties for failing including gaining doom tokens, adding monsters to the museum, losing sanity or stamina, and becoming cursed. Players set the clock to midnight, draw and resolve a Mythos card, and then start investigating the museum. On each player’s turn, they first, optionally, move to a new room (or to the lobby). If they are on a museum or Other World card, they next attempt to fulfill the tasks by rolling the dice.

They start with six green dice – unless some are locked by another Museum card, Spell, or Mythos card – and can add a red and/or yellow die if they have cards or abilities that let them do so.

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