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Arkham Investigator

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2013 · 1-10 players · 120min · weight 2.46 · 137 ratings

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ID
138963
Name
Arkham Investigator
Year
2013
Rank
9113
Min players
1
Max players
10
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.4615
Num weights
13
Bayes avg
5.60512
Average
7.64241
Users rated
137
Num owned
228
Wanting
21
Wishing
267
Num comments
76
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Cooperative GameRole PlayingStorytelling
Categories (5)
DeductionHorrorMurder / MysteryNovel-basedPrint & Play
Description (1543 chars)

Welcome to H.P. Lovecraft's Arkham, the 1920s. There will be many mysteries to uncover in this storytelling game of Lovecraftian terror. Using the provided newspaper, a list of allies, the directory of Arkham residents and a map of Arkham - your job is to follow the clues from location to location, suspect to suspect - to unravel the mystery and answer the questions posed at the end of each scenario. Your score will depend upon the number of clues points you needed to visit, the risks you took to your sanity in your investigations and your ability to find the correct answers to the questions. Match wits with Armitage's final score the man who has been exposed to the sanity-blasting truth about the existence of the age old evil! Can you beat his score? With that in mind it is time to collaborate with Armitage’s investigations to complete your training. This is not a typical board game: No dice, no luck, but a challenge to your mental ability. Planned cases to appear in print edition (order may change, titles may change): Case 1 - A Grain of Evil Case 2 - The King Cometh Case 3 - The Serpent's Vengeance Case 4 - The Slumbering Solace Case 5 - The Vanished Girl Case 6 - The Liber Mortis Case 7 - The Faceless Expedition Case 8 - A Stalker in the Shadows Two additional cases are in the works, and they may either appear in the printed box set or as promotional cases. We are keeping them secret for now, so stay tuned and be sure to play the print and play version of Cases 1 & 2. See below to download.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.