Arkham Terror
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Details
Publisher: Hamster Press
Product Code/SKU: IPRHMSATERROR
ISBN: 0-97294-871-6
Year: 2004
Designer(s): Chris Engle
Artist(s): ?
Number of Players: ?
Estimated Playing Time: ?
Recommended Ages: ?
Expansions: None
Other Editions: None
Summary
From the back of the book:
Don't Open the Door!
Welcome to Arkham Asylum. Clearly you are in need of a rest. Seeing things in the dark, are we? Hearing evil voices in your head? We can help you with these. All you have to so (sic) is open this door ...
Arkham Terror is a horror game where the insane residents of a psychiatric hospital get the save the world from the Great Old One - Cthulhu!
This is a Matrix Game, so literally anything can happen. The players tell the story by making up what they want to have happen next!
Also Featured
Cthulhu in Class
What would happen if you built a High School on top of a cosmic convergence? Well, in Arkham they did just that!
Welcome back to school Mr. Cthulhu ...
Comments / Trivia
Arkham Terror is a variation on Hamster Games' Engel Matrix Games (a formula for a style of game, not a specific game.) It is not necessary to have any other game to play this game.
Hamster Press has also published Arkham Terror: Experimental Therapy, a very similar game with more of a boardgame aspect.
Unlike most other Cthulhu Mythos-themed games, which treat insanity as an amusing lark, Arkham Terror takes an approach closer to real-world psychological therapy.
While this game bills itself as a role-playing game, it seems to be using the psychiatric definition of role-playing rather than the tabletop gaming industry definition: there is no gamemaster, and characters don't have statistics. Actions are resolved by discussion with other players.
Not to be confused with Arkham Horror, an unrelated game.
