Arkham Horror Boardgame (revised edition)

Based on the works of the influential cosmic horror writer HP Lovecraft, Arkham Horrror attempts to interweave a very solid theme onto a board game, and is pretty successful in doing so. Arkham Horror is a co-operative board game, which means that all the players work together to defeat the evil that is overshadowing the town of Arkham, Massachusetts in the 1920s. An Ancient One - one of a number of cosmic beasts - is stirring in its slumber, threatening to reawaken and rain doom upon the world. Unless the players can roam Arkham, closing gates to other worlds and defeating the nasty creatures wandering the streets of Arkham and put a stop to it before it's too late. Of course, all of this contact with evil creatures from other worlds and dimensions has a price - players can go insane or be killed - but surely with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the sanity of a few people is a small price to pay?