This really makes me grin, as I’ve argued these “theological debates” on multiple sides depending on which splatbook I’m into at the time. I’ve definitely been on both sides of the Caine vs Prime Archmage debate.

Do they have a different tattoo or are you referring to the one circling their arm? It looks like the inscription on the One Ring to me, though I definitely could be wrong.

I’ve been experimenting with short rests. A 1-2 hour nap when I get home gives me the energy for activities, rather than droning through activities like a zombie for the sake of another couple hours.

“I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I’d be approached by somebody. I’m ashamed to say that, and I did it for maybe a week – hoping some ‘single mother’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could desire her.”

Inventory management can be fun if implemented well by the system. See Traveller. “We’ve got 3dT of cargo space left. The locals are paying crap for petrochemicals but they’re having a fire sale on marble. If we basically give away that benzene that no one’s bought in 3 months, we can fill up on marble that some architect will definitely snatch up at the next class A starport.”

I learned all too quickly to never go all in on Isengard attacking Rohan. Despite all laws of probability, my opponent has a 100% chance of having both ent cards and a companion near Fangorn forest.

That’s capitalism and it’s obsession with ever-increasing profits for you. Often times a video game company sees the most layoffs the year after a major release. Cutting expenditure such as employee salaries simulates profit.

The 19 that is face up is the check after modifiers are added. Your unmodified roll is 9 and you have a +10 modifier

Turns put I’m a bit basic with my choice of Dragonborn Paladin (Oathbreaker Dark Urge). I’m a sucker for charisma classes that can hit like a truck.

I’m hoping for some unique interactions as a tiefling next time around.

I need a HD train suplex.

Oh, I just remembered as I played one of these last week. There are a lot of standalone scenarios which are cheaper. Searching „Arkham Horror Einzelszenario" should reveal these. They cost about 20-30€ each which is expensive for a single scenario but I find that some have a lot of replayability. The three I have played are Karneval des Schreckens, Mord im Excelsior-hotel, and Der Blob, der alles fraß. All are fantastic.

Googling the standalone scenarios, I found a free fan-made cruise ship scenario which is print and play. Unfortunately, it is only available in English. Perhaps if printing is an option for you, you could find some scenarios this way.

Edit: I did the googling and found pages dedicated to fan made scenarios here and here.

I find the game fun with any number of players. In having more players, you trade one kind of difficulty for another. In a single player game, your main difficulty comes from the fact that you can’t do absolutely everything; you must either diversify your skillset and be not-so-great at everything, or specialise and lose out on some interactions. In say a 4 player game each investigator can afford to be very specialised, but the trade-off is that you must find 4 times as many clues, mythos cards are drawn 4 times as often, and some monsters are 4 times more difficult to kill. I’ve found 2 or 3 to be the sweet spot for players, and playing solo with 2 characters can be quite fun.

On the topic of missing posts, I think it may be teething issues of the tech. Currently I can’t see anything on the Lovecraft community, including my own posts, but I get notifications if I receive replies. For now I just browse the community locally.

The best way is buying campaign/investigator expansions. Note that both are necessary for a complete cycle. Fantasy Flight have also starting reprinting older (and harder to find) sets in the campaign/investigator expansions; purchasing both these sets is equivalent to buying all mythos packs for a cycle. If you search „Ermittler-Erweiterung" or „Kampagnen-Erweiterung" for your preferred cycle, you shouldn’t have an issue finding a set.

The „Return to-" sets are further expansions to a cycle and intended to give a campaign greater replayability. I would not recommend them instead of the original campaigns.

A note on card sets. While your current 1st Edition Core is still useable, it is a 2-player box. There is a revised version which accommodates 4 players (and includes some cards from expansions as part of the core) though if you are solo or want to play with just one friend, then the original core set will work.

Edit: While I don’t endorse this method, I have played with a friend who grabbed high-quality card images from an Arkham Horror module for Tabletop Simulator and then printed out playable sets on cardstock.