The theme is a major part of the game and can be felt in everything from the gameplay to the components. For this, your team plays Equipment cards to the sled to meet the value and suit shown before the timer runs out. The basic premise of this cooperative game is pretty simple: move, do a test, everyone pick cards to play, resolve results.

If players can finally scale the mountain and escape via plane, they take all sustained injury cards and compare the difference with gathered relic cards.You must work together and communicate well to successfully scale this mountain, find fascinating relics, then escape from this accursed place.

This could result in discarding cards, diluting your card supply with Injury cards, or again, discarding Leadership tokens!

P. Lovecraft’s novella about an Antarctic expedition ravaged by inhuman, prehistoric creatures, this expansion allows you to trace the doomed expedition’s path and enter the immense City of the Elder Things. Of all the themes in board gaming, one of the most popular to emerge in the past few years is undoubtedly that of the Lovecraftian world of Cthulhu and his demonic/fish creature minions. I think it’s okay to introduce to relatively new gamers because madness cards make the game crazy and social enough.

William Dyer of Miskatonic University recounts the tale of a group of explorers, slowly being driven mad by an unknown force which lay dormant in an ancient city between the slopes. The game pits you and your crew trying to get up a mountain to the top, collecting relics along the way, trying to not get injured, and also, mind you, trying to not go completely bonkers doing it.The survival of your team will depend on your ability to communicate with each other and to coordinate your efforts to overcome each obstacle — but what you discover on the way to the highest peak will strongly test your mental health. This extends to the beautifully detailed board, prominently featuring a sunset on an ancient city on top of the titular mountain. Resting allows the group to regain used Leadership tokens but forces you to permanently lose one so be careful. Just FYI: the new aspects to Zoo Vadis (unique powers and peacocks) were added in (bolted on) by the good doctor himself. All I know for certain is if you get through Lovecraftian games like a ghoul through a graveyard, you’ll enjoy the fresh feeling of playing a non-Fantasy Flight property.