I have played various Arkham Horror games over the past few decades, and since Fantasy Flight re-published the original board game, they have expanded upon but kept the base lore for their setting across books, card games, and other board games. The very first Arkham Horror was a board game based off of the Call of Cthulhu role playing game. It was really difficult to win. Kinda like Call of Cthulhu I guess...
No surprise then that it comes full circle back to a role playing game and Edge Studio has brought us the Fantasy Flight version of the Mythos. The starter box set is crammed full of goodness: player and monster cards, GM screen, handouts, two double sided maps, a bunch of counters, and rules.
It's been quite a while since I've done any RPGing, but this system looks fun and easy to get into, so I may be roping some people into giving it a go soon.
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