Elder Sign

Elder Sign is a one to eight player game set in the Lovecraft world of unknowable horror. I picked this up a while ago used for cheap at a gaming convention. The game ends when either the common enemy is defeated or the players are eliminated by reducing their mind or health to zero.

Here is the table after I finished the third solo game and managed to defeat the enemy. There are lots of items to keep track of, common in many Fantasy Flight made games.

The main opponent is drawn randomly at the start of the game. Each is different and can sometimes influence the game as it is being played or reserves its strength for fighting the players at the end. The end phase of the game takes place when their right side is filled with tokens, which happens as cards and events occur.

The character that you play is also random and each has different mind and health stats as well as special abilities and starting items.

As the game progresses you can use up and gain items to help you against the minor and major foe.

When attempting goals you have to succeed in tests, determined by a roll of the dice and usage of items and spells. If your first roll does not succeed then you can keep some dice and reroll the dice pool as long as you get more dice to succeed. If you fail to get any successes then you must discard one die and roll again. If you fail there is a penalty in the lower left, in this case two health damage and a token placed on the main foe. If you succeed then you get what is on the lower right and place token on the success board equal to the number in green on the left side of the card, two in this case.

This game is fun and captures the unknowable horror of the Chuthulu mythos.