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(More customer reviews)The King in Yellow is my favorite horror story, so when I got into playing Arkham Horror, it didn't take long for a well-meaning friend to give me this expansion.
Objectively, The King in Yellow keeps to the high standards of the Arkham Horror game. The good & the bad are well-balanced. There are lots of new horrible things that can happen (events, etc) and lots of wonderful new spells and items to use in battling them. Two major new mechanics are introduced: the Herald (kind of a mini-Great Old One that makes the game a LOT harder) and the 'Acts' of the King in Yellow play. Essentially, at points in the game, you draw 'Act' cards. Either you react immediately (by taking a stiff penalty of some sort) or you move one step closer to losing the game.
Like with the other expansions, there are various ways to use the expansion. My preference is to mix the cards right in, but if you're finding the game too easy (which means you're a strategic genius the likes of Sun Tzu), you can highlight the expansion elements in a way that's guaranteed to make the game a LOT harder.
Subjectively, I'm madly fond of the content of this expansion. The King in Yellow is a mystical play (like the Necronomicon on stage!), and the expansion does a great job capturing the tone & fluff of the story created by Robert Chambers.
A lot of fun - highly recommended.
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Anew play is coming to Miskatonic University, and anyone who's anyonewill be there for the opening performance. However, there's somethingsinister about this play, and the people who see it come back alittle...different. As if the investigators didn't have enough to worryabout before, now they must deal with the mind-warping effects of theKing in Yellow, a play that tells a tale of madness and horror, openinga door for the Tattered King to enter through. This expansionintroduces a major new mechanic to Arkham Horror - Heralds, who preparethe way for the Ancient One to arrive. In addition, old familiar faceswill be turned against the investigators in ways they never expected.Featuring over 160 new cards, the King in Yellow heralds a darker agefor Arkham Horror fans.Product DescriptionThe infamous theatrical play "The King in Yellow," has come to Arkhamto steal the sanity of those who watch it. With it come artists whopaint things that cannot be, writers who dream of black stars, andmadmen who wish to drag the rest of humanity into the dark abyss.Lording over all of them is the King in Yellow himself. With thetownsfolk being corrupted by the baleful yellow signs, can a fewcourageous investigators stop the King in Yellow before madness takesits toll? THE KING IN YELLOW is an expansion for the ARKHAM HORRORboard game by Fantasy Flight Games. This expansion features 1 HeraldSheet, 1 sheet of tokens, 90 new Ancient One cards, and 76 newInvestigator cards, including new Items, new Spells, and the terribleblighted Allies.
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