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Choose the King. The King is the best. Apes are better than robots, lizards, mutants, aliens and Lovecraftian horrors combined. He’s on the cover showing off his big primate fists of death for a reason.

When introducing new players, tell them not to pick the King because he’s the weakest. Then, after they stick themselves with Alienoid and Cyber Bunny, take the King and laugh maniacally. Make sure you pound your chest after you win.

Don’t do this if playing against children, though. It’s not fair. In fact, you may want to give smaller children (ages 3-5) the King in order to keep the game balanced.

To add more suspense and make the game slightly harder for the investigators, put all exploration cards named in the keeper guide behind a blind with the guide and the story choices written down. Shuffle all remaining exploration cards (other than clues of course)and put them face down by the board.
When a player searches a room, the keeper only then puts the puzzle and exploration cards in that room. After a room is searched and all items removed, mark the room with some kind of token to show the room has been searched.
When an investigator tries to enter a room he announces it and the investigator checks to see if it’s locked and puts the appropriate lock on the door.
This makes the game more of a mystery for the players as they do not know which rooms have what in them.

To save space and allow for easier gameplay, designate a player to be “Game Master”. Place all cards and the monster cup by this player. That player will read every card and instruct the players on what to do. That player will also draw a monster from the cup whenever needed.
Make sure the GM is someone who keeps with the general play style of the group (i.e. Don’t let someone who’ll insist on reading all the text for a group that focuses on gameplay or one who only wants gameplay in a group of flavor lovers be GM).

Instead of playing events as you would in the rulebook, randomly instead place one in each district pile as you would the Ducal Jubilee card. Then randomly assign the piles to districts(including the neutral district so you don’t know where Ducal Jubilee is). Whenever an event is revealed, immediately flip the next card in that district and that event takes place in the next round.