Eldritch Horror: Forsaken Lore

The 'Forsaken Lore' expansion significantly increases the card pool for Eldritch Horror. It adds new Mystery cards and Research cards for each of the Ancient Ones from the base game, providing more variety to their specific encounters. Additionally, it introduces a new Ancient One, Yig, complete with his own Ancient One card, Mystery cards, and Research cards. The expansion also includes new Mythos cards, Portal cards, specific Encounter cards for various locations, general Encounter cards, Spells, Artifacts, Conditions (including 'Poisoned' and 'Lost in Time and Space'), and new Unique Assets. Finally, it adds new monster tokens, including seven Epic Monsters and one regular monster, along with additional health and sanity tokens.

The fundamental objective of Eldritch Horror remains unchanged: investigators must work cooperatively to solve three mysteries associated with the chosen Ancient One before the Ancient One awakens. With the 'Forsaken Lore' expansion, players now have the option to face Yig as the Ancient One, introducing new mysteries and challenges specific to him and his serpent-men minions. The overall goal is still to prevent the Ancient One from fully awakening and destroying the world.

The expansion introduces a few new rules that affect gameplay. One significant rule change involves combat: if an investigator encounters an Epic Monster in a space that also contains other normal monsters, the investigator must now face all monsters in that space simultaneously. Another new condition, 'Lost in Time and Space,' can be acquired through certain encounters. When an investigator gains this condition, their investigator token is removed from the game board, and they cannot move, perform actions, or be affected by other game effects until they resolve a specific encounter by flipping the 'Lost in Time and Space' card.

Eldritch Horror, including its 'Forsaken Lore' expansion, is a fully cooperative game, meaning there is no individual or team scoring. The game is won or lost by all players collectively. Victory is achieved by successfully solving three mysteries before the Ancient One awakens. Loss occurs if the Ancient One awakens and defeats the investigators, or if all investigators are eliminated from the game.

The game concludes in one of two ways: either the investigators achieve victory by successfully solving three mysteries and defeating the Ancient One, or they suffer a loss. A loss can occur if the Ancient One awakens and the investigators fail to defeat it in a final confrontation, or if all investigators are eliminated from the game due to accumulating too much damage or horror. The addition of Yig and new cards means more varied paths to both victory and defeat.