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As a ridiculously-huge fan o...Great review, Matt! <br /><br />As a ridiculously-huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft and of Fantasy Flight Games (in general), I've got a serious chubby for ARKHAM HORROR and all its numerous expansions.<br /><br />As with most Fantasy Flight games, yes, there is a lengthy "pre-game show" of setting up that one must endure (with the possible exception of TANNHAUSER...that sets up pretty quick)- but the visual and tactile end-result is worth every laborious minute of it for me.<br /><br />The game *can* get lengthy if you're going up against one of the nastier Great Old Ones, but if (as Matt mentioned) you cherry-pick your big baddie - like Yig or Ithaqua - you can shave some time off the event.<br /><br />I didn't find the rules to be all *that* complex, actually. I think it more a matter of the rulebook being so horrendously compiled (again, like most Fantasy Flight games). Our group has played ARKHAM HORROR a number of times and we're still sending out private detectives to find out what bloody page certain rules are tucked away on.<br /><br />Our group also has the luxury (I guess you would call it) of having at least one "perfect bachelor" as a member of it. A game-nut who owns most of the things we play and always has a copious supply of very cold beer on hand at any given moment. This translates into us being able to leave a game set up on the kitchen table or wherever without running the hazard of the wife thinking it an unsightly juvenile mess or any kids getting the notion that those funny little pieces would taste good with a drop of peanut butter on them. So if something starts to stretch into the 3 or 4 hour range, we can all comfortably break for the night and resume it on the morrow.<br /><br />This is a huge advantage for attempting to actually "play-to-conclusion" a Fantasy Flight game for the most part, and if it's something you can feasibly pull off I submit it for your consideration.<br /><br />Cheers!Hellblazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-38013239148236335322009-12-03T16:32:15.652-08:002009-12-03T16:32:15.652-08:00Man, that's a shame. It took us about 20 minut...Man, that's a shame. It took us about 20 minutes to set up, though it did take me several times through the rules to figure out what I was doing. It can go long, but if you cherry-pick your bad guy, you could finish in under two hours (go with Yig for a short game).<br /><br />But I do understand - this is a lot of game, and it's messy. I can't disagree with a single one of your complaints.Matt Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293720777403743376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-85807555698288054062009-12-03T10:26:58.131-08:002009-12-03T10:26:58.131-08:00I own this game, and have tried to run it a few ti...I own this game, and have tried to run it a few times, but the sheer number of rules and min-numbingly long gameplay have put off my gaming group each time.<br /><br />This is a 4-6 hour game - like Descent.<br /><br />And the rules are complex, sometimes needlessly so. Boardgamegeek has a some resources that try to streamline the turn process and summarize the main rules you need to pay attention to.<br /><br />Game set up is also really laborious. More than descent even.<br /><br />In the end this game has turned out to be too complex to be worth the time to master, and it just sits unused on my game shelf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-91367105817427323952009-12-03T05:00:12.443-08:002009-12-03T05:00:12.443-08:00Awesome review, thanks!Awesome review, thanks!Alannoreply@blogger.com