Players work together to explore locations, fight monsters, have RPG-style encounters, and close gates to prevent the Great Old Ones-Cthulhu and its godlike friends-from ending the world. The game was acquired by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005 where it was revised by designer Kevin Wilson and published in a new edition.
The original board game, created by Richard Launius, was published in 1987 thanks to the popularity of the Call of Cthulhu RPG. These games, collected under the Arkham Horror Files umbrella, appeal to different types of players while offering a chance to solve a mystery and save the world… even if is just until Cthulhu stirs again. The cooperative nature of the games, the gorgeous artwork, and the ability to upgrade and customize the experience helped put Fantasy Flight on the map while continuing the exploration of Things Man Was Not Meant To Know. The gaming legacy of Lovecraft is a major pillar in the rise of Fantasy Flight Games as well. Call of Cthulhu brought Lovecraft’s horrors to life as it explored a style of RPG much different than Dungeons & Dragons. In recent years, many people’s first experience with Lovecraft’s work has been through games rather than his fiction. H.P. Lovecraft’s pop cultural influence is strongly linked to the Cthulhu Mythos, a collection of stories building a world of horror at the intersection of terrible cults, inscrutable aliens, and strange technology.
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