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Flappers dance till dawn in smoke-filled speakeasies, drinking alcohol supplied by rum runners and the mob. It’s a celebration to end all celebrations in the aftermath of the War to EndAll Wars.  \nYet a dark shadow grows in the city of Arkham. Alien entities known as Ancient Ones lurk in the emptiness beyond space and time, writhing at the thresholds between worlds. Occult rituals must be stopped and alien creatures destroyed before the Ancient Ones make our world their ruined dominion.  \nOnly a handful of investigators stand against the Arkham Horror. Will they prevail? Arkham Horror is a board game of pulp action and horror for one to six players, playable in two to three hours. The game is set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, made famous by H.P. Lovecraft in his writings about the Cthulhu mythos.  \nGame Overview  \nTerrible creatures from beyond time and space threaten the city of Arkham. The players must join forces to beat back the approaching doom. If left unchecked, these ancient evils will rise up and destroy not only Arkham, but the entire world. Arkham Horror is a cooperative game. All players are on the same team and win or lose the game together. Each player controls an intrepid investigator—one of the unlikely few who have become aware of the growing threat to our world. The investigators explore the city, encountering places, people, and creatures both mundane and supernatural. Through these adventures, the investigators hope to gain the clues and resources needed to confront and ultimately thwart the Ancient Ones.  \nLearning How to Play  \nThis Learn to Play booklet is designed to teach new players how to play Arkham Horror. To make your first game easier, this booklet omits some of the more complex rules and game interactions. The Rules Reference contains the complete rules of the game and addresses all exceptions that are not addressed here. Questions that arise during play are best answered by the Rules Reference.  \nComponents  \n7 Streets  \n6 Reference Cards  \n32 Headline Cards  \n40 Archive Cards  \n36 Anomaly Cards  \nEvent and encounter cards have the same backs. Don’t sort until setup.  \n12 Ally  \nCards  \n28 Item Cards  \n10 Spell Cards  \n26  \nSpecial Cards  \n37 Starting  \nCards  \n12 Condition  \nCards  \n62 Monster  \nCards  \n48 Clue/Doom Tokens  \nTokens  \n42 Damage  \n36 “1 damage”  \n6 “3 damage”  \n42  \nHorror Tokens  \n36 “1 horror”  \n6 “3  \nhorror”  \n40 Money Tokens  \n31 “1 dollar” 6 “5  \ndollar”  \n24 Remnant Tokens  \n30 Focus Tokens  \n6for each skill  \n5 Anomaly Tokens  \nMarker  \nTokens  \n10  \n6 Activation Tokens  \n6 Dice  \nEvent Deck Holder  \nAssemble as shown  \nSetup  \nTo set up the game, follow these steps in order:  \n1. Choose Scenario  \nAs a group, choose one of the available scenario sheets. For your first game, we recommend “Approach of Azathoth.” Place that sheet in the play area. Return all other scenario sheets to the game box.  \n2. Prepare Board and Encounters  \nArrange the neighborhood and street tiles as shown on the back of the scenario sheet. Each street tile has an icon indicating its type. Use tiles with the indicated icons. Shuffle the encounter cards separately to create the encounter decks. Use only thesteet cards and the neighborhood cards that correspond to the neighborhoods used in the current scenario—for “Approach of Azathoth,” use Downtown, Easttown, Merchant District, Northside, and Rivertown. There are exactly eight cards in each of these decks. Be careful not to accidentally include any event cards (see step  \nthree) . Return all other neighborhood cards to the game box.  \nThe Streets Northside Downtown Easttown Merchant District Rivertown  \nThe Streets Deck Neighborhood Decks  \n3. 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