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Elder Sign
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What is Elder Sign
Game description from the publisher:
It is 1926, and the museum's extensive collection of exotic curios and occult artifacts poses a threat to the barriers between our world and the elder evils lurking between dimensions. Gates to the beyond begin to leak open, and terrifying creatures of increasing strength steal through them. Animals, the mad, and those of more susceptible minds are driven to desperation by the supernatural forces the portals unleash. Only a handful of investigators race against time to locate the eldritch symbols necessary to seal the portals forever. Only they can stop the Ancient One beyond from finding its way to Earth and reducing humanity to cinders.
Elder Sign is a fast-paced, cooperative dice game of supernatural intrigue for one to eight players by Richard Launius and Kevin Wilson, the designers of Arkham Horror. Players take the roles of investigators racing against time to stave off the imminent return of the Ancient One. Armed with tools, allies, and occult knowledge, investigators must put their sanity and stamina to the test as they adventure to locate Elder Signs, the eldritch symbols used to seal away the Ancient Ones and win the game.
To locate Elder Signs, investigators must successfully endure Adventures within the museum and its environs. A countdown mechanism makes an Ancient One appear if the investigators are not quick enough. The investigators must then battle the Ancient One. A clever and thematic dice mechanism pits their exploration against monsters and the sheer difficulty of staying sane and healthy, all within the standard game duration of one to two hours.
Game details
- Players
- 1–8
- Age
- +13
- Duration
- 90 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2011
- Mechanics
- Cooperative Game · Dice Rolling · Die Icon Resolution
- Categories
- Adventure · Card Game · Dice
- Designer
- Richard Launius · Kevin Wilson
- Publisher
- Fantasy Flight Games · ADC Blackfire Entertainment · Arclight Games · Delta Vision Publishing
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1 a 8 jugadores (expa recomendada: portales de arkham o fuerzas ocultas)
The physical game id give a 6.5, the app id give a 7.5. It’s too long for a game so heavily reliant on dice rolls and not quite thematic enough as its bigger brothers to keep interest throughout.
We like it for a Cthulhu themed cooperative with all the flavour without going to a 2+ hours game. Love the constant dice rolling. True that gets easy to beat once you calibrate the risks to take on dice choices and how to use your powers, eventhough it is still tense enough. Expansions solve this by adding some difficulty.
Fun game, a good simplification of Cthulu with lot of dice rolling, fun to play.
CM
Con las expansiones: Portales de Arkham, Augurios de Hielo, Augurios de las Profundidades, Fuerzas Ocultas y Augurios del Faraón.
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How many players is Elder Sign for?
Elder Sign plays with 1–8 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 90 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 13.
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