%2Fpic3122349.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Arkham Horror: The Card Game
#32BGG8.1RATING
Consulted 1 times·Updated Jun 8
1–2
PLAYERS
60–120
MINUTES
2
BEST WITH
3.6
HEAVY
DESIGNER CLARIFICATIONS3
Weakness card type after being drawn depends on its printed card typedesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players were uncertain whether weaknesses behave as player cards or encounter cards once drawn from the deck.
- RULING
- Weaknesses in your deck are player cards. Once drawn, their printed card type determines how they function. Encounter-type weaknesses (e.g. Cover Up, Searching for Izzie) may have their abilities triggered by any investigator at the same location; player-type weaknesses (e.g. Necronomicon, Baron Samedi) may only be triggered by their controller.
AUTHOR: Scorpion0x17 (Scott Hill, relaying Matthew Newman — Associate LCG Designer, FFG)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2017-04-10How to identify player cards vs. encounter or scenario cardsdesigner
- CONTEXT
- Companion ruling to D1, clarifying the distinction between card types for weakness resolution.
- RULING
- Scenario cards are locations, acts, agendas, treacheries, and enemies (RR pp. 28–29). Player cards are investigators, events, skills, and assets (RR pp. 30–31). Weaknesses are player cards while in the deck; once put into play, many function as encounter cards depending on their printed subtype.
AUTHOR: Scorpion0x17 (Scott Hill, relaying Matthew Newman — Associate LCG Designer, FFG)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2017-04-10Story assets are player cards while controlled, scenario cards while notdesigner
- CONTEXT
- Companion ruling to D1–D2, addressing the dual nature of story assets.
- RULING
- Story assets have a player card type but are also scenario cards. When controlled by a player they are treated as player cards. When not under any player's control they are treated as scenario cards. The card back does not affect this determination.
AUTHOR: Scorpion0x17 (Scott Hill, relaying Matthew Newman — Associate LCG Designer, FFG)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2017-04-10
Q&A2
Free triggered abilities can be activated multiple times per windowlinked official source
- QUESTION
- Can a free triggered ability (lightning bolt icon) be used more than once during the same trigger window?
- ANSWER
- Yes. Unless the ability has a printed limitation, it may be used as many times as the player can pay its cost within the same trigger window. (Official FAQ, The Wages of Sin Edition, p. 8)
Evidence must be spent from the specific card that bears the abilitylinked official source
- QUESTION
- When a card has evidence placed on it and an ability that spends evidence, does the evidence have to come from that same card or from any source?
- ANSWER
- Evidence must come from the same card bearing the ability — it cannot be spent from another card. Additionally, resources referenced by card abilities that draw from the general pool (such as leyline tokens) come from the communal token supply, not from the individual player's personal resources.
EDGE CASES4
Failed attack against an enemy engaged with another investigator harms that investigatorlinked official source
- SITUATION
- A player attacks an enemy that is currently engaged with a different investigator, and the attack fails.
- RULING
- The failed attack's damage is dealt to the investigator the enemy is engaged with, not to the attacker. (RR p. 12)
Items that run out of Uses are not automatically discardedlinked official source
- SITUATION
- A player asset depletes its last Use token. Nothing on the card says to discard it.
- RULING
- Depleting all Uses does not automatically discard the asset. The card remains in play unless its own printed text specifically instructs the player to discard it when empty. (RR p. 21)
An exhausted enemy does not engage any investigator until it readieslinked official source
- SITUATION
- An enemy is exhausted (e.g. via a successful evasion attempt). Investigators move through or to its location.
- RULING
- An exhausted enemy does not engage any investigator for any reason until it readies again — typically at the Upkeep phase. (RR p. 11)
No card value can go below zero; a 0-difficulty test passes unless the auto-fail token is drawnlinked official source
- SITUATION
- Negative modifiers would reduce a skill value or difficulty below zero, or an investigator faces a 0-difficulty test.
- RULING
- No quantity can be reduced below zero — negative modifiers apply but any value that would fall below zero is treated as zero. A 0-difficulty test cannot be failed by any means other than drawing the auto-fail (Tentacle) chaos token. (RR p. 15)
Last researched: 2026-04-29
CATEGORIES
Adventure·Card Game·Collectible Components·Exploration·Horror·Novel-based
MECHANICS
Action PointsArea MovementCommunication LimitsCooperative GameDeck ConstructionEventsHand ManagementMap DeformationModular Board
HOW MIRA KNOWS
Not an AI guessing rules. A curated archive.
Every answer Mira gives is grounded in an official rulebook — not in what a language model thinks the rules probably say. Our team reads, structures, and curates each game's rulebook before Mira can answer a single question about it.
An opponent's settlement blocks your road network — your road cannot be built through or past an occupied intersection.
◆ Catan — Roads & Building, p. 7
At the end of each round, the player with the most of the goal trait scores points equal to their amount; the player with the second most scores fewer.
◆ Wingspan — End of Round, p. 11
Null cards deal 0 damage regardless of base value or any bonuses applied.
◆ Gloomhaven — Attack Modifier Deck, p. 23
SOURCE
Official Rulebook PDF
PROCESS
Curated by our team
ANSWER
Mira answers with confidence
Brass: Birmingham · Spirit Island · Terraforming Mars · Dune: Imperium · Root · Wingspan · Gloomhaven · Arnak · Pandemic · Catan · Ticket to Ride · Scythe · Everdell · Twilight Imperium · Agricola · Power Grid · Puerto Rico · Azul · Viticulture · Clank! · Cascadia · Ark Nova · Flamecraft · Cosmic Encounter · Brass: Birmingham · Spirit Island · Terraforming Mars · Dune: Imperium · Root · Wingspan · Gloomhaven · Arnak · Pandemic · Catan · Ticket to Ride · Scythe · Everdell · Twilight Imperium · Agricola · Power Grid · Puerto Rico · Azul · Viticulture · Clank! · Cascadia · Ark Nova · Flamecraft · Cosmic Encounter ·
360
games in the archive
~7,000
pages of official rulebooks
EN · ES · FR
languages
Recently added: The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship · Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition · Zombie Kittens
Ready to never pause a game again?
Start for free — no credit card, no rulebook required.