Rivfader
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Mansions of Madness: Forbidden Alchemy
Mansions of Madness is a hit with my gaming group. We were always hardcore RPG nerds and sci fi fans but no one was willing to put in the work to run a campaign so we have moved onto board gaming with Mansions being a great bridge.
But this expansion pack, whilst having a bunch of re playability and great components just does not flow as well as the original game did. The clues seem to be very vague and objectives don’t make a whole lot of sense with the players just blundering about from room to room hoping we get lucky following the storyline. Perhaps it might be that we’re not very well versed in the Arkham horror universe or the Lovecraftian/Cthulu mythos but the stories in this expansion were confusing and I never got the sense why we were there.
As for game play, the new alchemist puzzle can be a nightmare and the new monsters are fun to shoot up. New characters are also included but apart from the Psychiatrist (who can heal horror) I felt they didn’t bring much variety to the originals.