Arkham Horror

Arkham Horror is a shared game world of mystery, monsters, and pulp adventure set in the American Roaring Twenties. Originally a cult classic board game published in 1986 and inspired by the stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, multiple editions of Arkham Horror have been released and the brand has expanded into multiple board and card games, over a dozen novels, seven novellas, and two video games, as well as art prints, statues, and consumer merchandise. The card game, still going strong with its 75th product published in 2023, won the 2017 SXSW Gaming Tabletop Game of the Year Award. In Arkham Horror, a diverse cast of investigators, from impeccably dressed dilettantes to hardboiled detectives and spell casting librarians, team up to solve mysteries and stop the end of the world. They’ll need to fight eldritch beings, thwart evil cults, explore ancient ruins, disrupt occult rituals, and travel to alien worlds to prevent the apocalyptic coming of the Ancient Ones. Audience: • Cthulhu Mythos Fans: Beloved characters and iconic enemies drawn from the pages of H.P. Lovecraft and others are instantly recognizable to fans of those stories. • Hobby Gamers: With games having been continuously published since 2005, the Arkham Horror brand is familiar to many tabletop gamers across the globe. • Pulp Fans: Evoking the two-fisted tales of the 1920s and ’30s, the heroes and heroines of Arkham Horror hearken back to an era of noir detective stories, action-adventure romps, and supernatural horror, but updated for a 21st century audience. Key Facts: • The original Arkham Horror board game was first published in 1987, and the 2005 second edition is beloved by hobby gamers around the world. • Games set in the world of Arkham Horror have published in over a dozen languages, including Czech, Chinese, Japanese, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, and Ukrainian. • Multiple game lines have been set in the world of Arkham Horror, including Arkham Horror 3rd Edition, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Elder Sign, Eldritch Horror, Final Hour, Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition, and Unfathomable.