Arkham Horror Card Game is a cooperative Living Card Game set in a mythic setting.
Each player chooses an investigator and places his card in front of him. In your first game, it is recommended that one player choose Roland Banks (card 1). If there is a second player, he should choose Wendy Adams (card 5). Decide which player will be the Lead Investigator for this game and give them the Scenario Book.
Collect and shuffle player decks.
Place Wound, Horror, Clue/Doom, and Resource tokens within reach of all investigators. Place 16 chaos tokens in an opaque container such as a pouch, bag, or mug․ Each investigator takes 5 resources from the token pool and places them next to his investigator card.
Each investigator draws 5 cards from the top of their deck. If at this stage you are faced with a weakness card, do not draw it instead put it aside, draw another card instead․
Read the introduction to the "Meeting" scenario. The introduction to the scenario is the beginning of the story that you have to dive into. Match the Encounter scenario cards that are used in this scenario (see game rules).
Find all the scheme cards among the cards selected in the previous step and put them in order in a deck. Prepare a deck of scenes.
Put the "Cabinet" card into play. All investigators start play in the Cabinet. Place each investigator's mini-card next to the "Study" card to indicate
that the detective is in the "Study". Set aside the Ghoul Priest and Lyta Chantler cards. Collect a deck of contacts.
Now you are ready to play.
A card game of Arkham Horror consists of rounds. Each round is divided into four phases:
1. Myth Phase (skip in the first round)
2. Investigator Phase
3. Enemy phase
4. Respite phase
The game begins immediately with the investigator phase. During this phase, each investigator takes a separate turn. An investigator may take any of the following actions in any quantity and in any order until he runs out of actions used this turn.
1. Take 1 card.
2. Get 1 resource.
3. Activate the property (action activation).
4. Start fighting the enemy in your location.
5. Explore your location.
6. Move to the associated location.
7. Play an asset or event card from your hand.
8. Try to get away from the enemy he is fighting.
9. Fight the enemy in your location.
Players must protect their investigators from the horrors and monsters they encounter as they uncover the mystery of Arkham!v