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SPECIAL CARD LIMITATIONS

In most cases, a player may never have more than one

copy of each special card at the same time. This rule

applies to Retainers, Bank Loans, Silver Twilight

Memberships, and Bless/Curse cards.

SPENDING MONEY

Often, investigators will be told that they can purchase

items “for list price” or “for $1 over list price.” An

item’s list price is always found in the card’s lower-right

corner. Items are purchased by simply discarding money

tokens equal to the price listed.

SPENDING TROPHIES

There are several locations on the game board where

players can spend the monster and gate trophies they

have collected. For example, a player can spend monster

or gate trophies at the River Docks to gain $5. All mon-

ster trophies spent in this manner are returned to the

monster cup, while all gate trophies are placed face

down on the bottom of the pile of gate markers.

TIMING CONFLICTS

If two or more game effects happen simultaneously, the

players choose the order in which they occur. If the

players cannot agree, the first player decides.

TRADING EQUIPMENT

An investigator in the same street area, Other World

area, or location as another investigator may trade

money, Common Items, Unique Items, and Spells. This

may be done before, during, or after movement, but not

during combat.

Concept: Richard Launius

Second Edition Game Design: Richard Launius and

Kevin Wilson

Additional Development: Kevin Wilson, Shannon

Appelcline, Greg Benage, and Christian T. Petersen

Rules: Shannon Appelcline, Kevin Wilson, Christian T.

Petersen, and Greg Benage

Editing: Greg Benage and Christian T. Petersen

Additional Ideas and Support: Christopher Allen

Additional Design and Development, First Edition:

Charlie Krank, Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis

Graphic Design: Scott Nicely, Brian Schomburg

Playtesting and Comments for this edition: FFG Staff,

Christopher Allen, Shannon Appelcline, Michael Arick,

Michael Blum, Jacob Butcher, Charles Engan, Claire

Engan, Steve Hill, David K., Evan Kinnie, Pete Lane,

Richard Launius, Thyme Ludwig, Tess O’Riva, Eric

Rowe, DT Strain, Julie Strain, Nate Tepe, Thor Wright,

Mike Zebrowski, and Team XYZZY

Executive Developer: Greg Benage

Publisher: Christian T. Petersen

Special Thanks to: Howard Philips Lovecraft

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Call of Cthulhu and Arkham Horror used under license

from Chaosium, Inc. Arkham Horror: A Call of Cthulhu

of this game may be copied or reproduced without writ-

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allies: leaving town, 20

Ambush: 24

Ancient One: awakening, 20; final battle with, 22; sheet

breakdown, 19

Arkham Encounters Phase: 8-9

Arkham movement: 6-8

arrested: 16

Awareness: 21

Blessed: 17

closing gates: and winning the game, 12; how to 17-18

Clue tokens: picking up, 8; placing , 10; spending, 13-14

combat: 14-16; example of, 15

combat rating (of monsters): 15, 21

Cursed: 17

damage (from monsters): 15, 21

delayed: 8, 16

devoured: 17; during Final Battle, 22

doom track: 9, 19, 20, 22

elder signs: 18

encounters: in Other Worlds, 8, 9; monsters appearing

because of: 22; resolving 8-9

ending the game: 12

Endless: 24

Environment: 12

evading monsters: 6, 8 14; example of, 14

exhaust: 6

explored markers: 4, 8

final battle: 22

flying monsters: 11

focus: 6, 21

game board breakdown: 21

gates: and winning the game, 12; closing, 12, 17; mon-

sters guarding: 18; opening during Mythos Phase, 9;

opening on investigators, 10; sealing, 12, 17, awakening

the Ancient One, 20, 24

home dimension: 21

insane: 16

investigator sheet breakdown: 19

locations: closing, 20; encounters at, 8-9; special abili-

ties of, 22

lost in time and space: 17

Magical Combat: 16

Magical Immunity: 24

“Mask” monsters: 5

monster limits: 18, 24

monster marker breakdown: 21

monster movement: 10-11; example of, 10

monster trophies: collecting, 15; spending, 23

Movement Phase: 6, 8

Mythos card (resolving): 9

Mythos Phase: 9-12

neighborhoods: 21

Nightmarish: 24

Other World Encounters Phase: 9

Other World movement: 8

Outskirts: 18, 24

Overwhelming: 24

Physical Combat: 16

Physical Immunity: 24

refresh: 6

Rumor: 12

sealing gates: and winning the game, 12; how to, 18

setup:

skills: 12-13; adjusting, 6; skill checks, 13

skill checks: 13

special card limitations: 23

spells, casting: 16

street area: 21

terror track: 20, 21; summary of levels: 24

timing conflicts: 23

toughness (of monsters): 15, 21

trading equipment: 23

unconscious: 16

Upkeep Phase: 6

victories, scoring: 12

weapon and spell limits: 16

weapons: 16

Index

The Terror Track