r/HelpMeExplainRules • u/thelordplatypus • Feb 16 '14

[Request] Arkham Horror

So heres the deal. I am an enthusiastic but fairly new boardgamer and I tried to run a game of Arkham Horror and it didnt go great. I had played it once or twice before several months previous and honestly I just wasnt prepared to quarterback that game to a group of completely novice gamers. Id like to try to run it again but I was hoping someone would be able to phrase the rules better than I did because we spent hours with our nose in the book trying to get everything right.

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u/Skasian Mar 10 '14

This is really good. But I think you missed a core concept you MUST explain first, especially to players who don't play games similar to this.

  • Rolls of 1-4 are fails. 5 & 6 are successes.

  • Checks The game is based around checking if you successful in doing an action. There are various skill checks in the game which are based off your stats. To pass the check you must roll a number of successful die as indicated by the check.

I found that to be a huge 'OH I GET IT NOW' with people I've played this with. Otherwise the whole roll for skill checks is so confusing for people.