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Investigating the dark side of Arkham

  • Core
    • > Articles
      • Resurgent Evils: Return to The Night of the Zealot
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Agents of Cthulhu
      • Agents of Hastur
      • Agents of Shub-Niggurath
      • Agents of Yog-Sothoth
      • Ancient Evils
      • Chilling Cold
      • Dark Cult
      • Ghouls
      • Locked Doors
      • Nightgaunts
      • Rats
      • Striking Fear
    • [1] The Gathering
    • [2] Midnight Masks
    • [3] The Devourer Below
  • Dunwich
    • > Articles
      • Best-Laid Plans: The Dunwich Legacy
      • Resurgent Evils: Return to The Dunwich Legacy
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Bad Luck
      • Beast Thralls
      • Bishop’s Thralls
      • Dunwich
      • Hideous Abominations
      • Naomi’s Crew
      • Sorcery
      • The Beyond
      • Whippoorwills
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
    • [1] Extracurricular Activity
    • [2] The House Always Wins
    • [3] The Miskatonic Museum
    • [4] The Essex County Express
    • [5] Blood on the Altar
    • [6] Undimensioned and Unseen
    • [7] Where Doom Awaits
    • [8] Lost in Time and Space
  • Carcosa
    • > Articles
      • Best-Laid Plans: The Path to Carcosa
      • Resurgent Evils: Return to The Path to Carcosa
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Byakhee
      • Cult of the Yellow Sign
      • Decay and Filth
      • Delusions
      • Evil Portents
      • Hastur’s Gift
      • Hauntings
      • Inhabitants of Carcosa
      • The Stranger
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
    • [1] Curtain Call
    • [2] The Last King
    • [3] Echoes of the Past
    • [4] The Unspeakable Oath
    • [5] A Phantom of Truth
    • [6] The Pallid Mask
    • [7] Black Stars Rise
    • [8] Dim Carcosa
  • Forgotten Age
    • > Articles
      • Best-Laid Plans: The Forgotten Age
      • Resurgent Evils: Return to The Forgotten Age
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Agents of Yig
      • Deadly Traps
      • Expedition
      • Forgotten Ruins
      • Guardians of Time
      • Pnakotic Brotherhood
      • Poison
      • Rainforest
      • Serpents
      • Temporal Flux
      • Yig’s Venom
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
    • [1] Untamed Wilds
    • [2] The Doom of Eztli
    • [3] Threads of Fate
    • [4] The Boundary Beyond
    • [5a] Heart of the Elders #1
    • [5b] Heart of the Elders #2
    • [6] The City of Archives
    • [7] The Depths of Yoth
    • [8] Shattered Aeons
  • Circle Undone
    • > Articles
      • Best-Laid Plans: The Circle Undone
      • Resurgent Evils: Return to The Circle Undone
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Agents of Azathoth
      • Anette’s Coven
      • City of Sins
      • Inexorable Fate
      • Realm of Death
      • Silver Twilight Lodge
      • Spectral Predators
      • The Watcher
      • Trapped Spirits
      • Witchcraft
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
    • [1] The Witching Hour
    • [2] At Death’s Doorstep
    • [3] The Secret Name
    • [4] The Wages of Sin
    • [5] For The Greater Good
    • [6] Union and Disillusion
    • [7] In the Clutches of Chaos
    • [8] Before the Black Throne
  • Dream-Eaters
    • > Articles
      • Best-Laid Plans: The Dream-Eaters
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Agents of Atlach-Nacha
      • Agents of Nyarlathothep
      • Corsairs
      • Creatures of the Underworld
      • Dreamer’s Curse
      • Dreamlands
      • Merging Realities
      • Spiders
      • Whispers of Hypnos
      • Zoogs
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
    • [A1] Beyond the Gates of Sleep
    • [A2] The Search for Kadath
    • [A3] Dark Side of the Moon
    • [A4] Where The Gods Dwell
    • [B1] Waking Nightmare
    • [B2] A Thousand Shapes of Horror
    • [B3] The Point of No Return
    • [B4] Weaver of the Cosmos
  • Innsmouth
    • > Articles
      • Best-Laid Plans: The Innsmouth Conspiracy
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Agents of Dagon
      • Agents of Hydra
      • Creatures of the Deep
      • Fog over Innsmouth
      • Malfunction
      • Rising Tide
      • Shattered Memories
      • Syzygy
      • The Locals
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
    • [1] The Pit of Despair
    • [2] The Vanishing of Elina Harper
    • [3] In Too Deep
    • [4] Devil Reef
    • [5] Horror in High Gear
    • [6] A Light in the Fog
    • [7] The Lair of Dagon
    • [8] Into the Maelstrom
  • Edge of the Earth
    • > Articles
      • Best-Laid Plans: Edge of the Earth
      • Best-Laid Plans: The Crew of the Theodosia
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Agents of the Unknown
      • Creatures in the Ice
      • Deadly Weather
      • Elder Things
      • Hazards of Antarctica
      • Left Behind
      • Miasma
      • Nameless Horrors
      • Penguins
      • Shoggoths
      • Silence and Mystery
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
    • [1a] Ice and Death #1
    • [1b] Ice and Death #2
    • [1c] Ice and Death #3
    • [2] To the Forbidden Peaks
    • [3] City of the Elder Things
    • [4a] Heart of Madness #1
    • [4b] Heart of Madness #2
    • [?] Fatal Mirage
  • Scarlet Keys
    • > Articles
      • Campaign Review
      • The Keys
    • > Encounter Sets
      • Agents of Yuggoth
      • Crimson Conspiracy
      • Dark Veiling
      • Mysteries Abound
      • Outsiders
      • Scarlet Sorcery
      • Secret War
      • Shadow of a Doubt
      • Spreading Corruption
      • Strange Happenings
    • > Player Cards
      • Investigator Expansion Review
      • Scarlet Keys Visual Spoiler
      • Hot Takes: The Investigators of The Scarlet Keys
      • The Gaze of Kane
      • Customizables
        • Armor, Servitor, Testimony, Distillation
        • Tool, Axe, Word, Quill
        • Hypothesis, Grizzled, Low Places, Shotcaster
        • Ink, Trap, Instinct, Modifications
      • Spoiler Discussion
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        • 2022-07-16
        • 2022-07-09
        • 2022-07-01
    • [London] Riddles and Rain
    • [Buenos Aires] Sanguine Shadows
    • [Istanbul] Dealings in the Dark
    • [Marrakesh] Dead Heat
    • [Kuala Lumpur] Shades of Suffering
  • Standalones
    • Carnivale of Horrors
    • Curse of the Rougarou
    • Murder at the Excelsior Hotel
    • The Blob That Ate Everything
    • War of the Outer Gods
  • News & Articles
    • > Buying Guide
      • Arkham Horror LCG Buying Guide, Wall-Of-Text Edition
      • Review: Investigator Starters
      • Review: Dunwich
      • Review: Carcosa
      • Review: Forgotten Age
      • Review: Circle Undone
      • Review: Dream-Eaters
      • Review: Edge of the Earth
      • Review: Innsmouth
      • Review: Scarlet Keys
    • > Single Card Deep Dives
      • Sled Dogs
      • Versatile
    • > Campaing Deep Dives
      • Experience Overviews
      • The Dunwich Legacy
      • The Path to Carcosa
      • The Forgotten Age
      • The Circle Undone
      • The Dream-Eaters
      • The Innsmouth Conspiracy
      • Edge of the Earth
      • The Crew of the Theodosia
    • > “Return To” Reviews
      • Return to The Night of the Zealot
      • Return to The Dunwich Legacy
      • Return to The Path to Carcosa
      • Return to The Forgotten Age
      • Return to The Circle Undone
    • > Arkham/LotR/MC
      • Clocks/Timers
      • Randomization
      • Round Sequence
    • > Scenario rankings
      • > 2021
        • Core, Dunwich, Carcosa
        • Forgotten Age, Circle Undone, Dream-Eaters
        • Conclusion
      • > 2022
        • Core, Dunwich, Carcosa
        • Forgotten Age, Circle Undone
        • Dream-Eaters, Innsmouth, Edge
        • Conclusion
    • > Other
      • Recent Posts
      • News
  • Other
    • Community
    • Custom Encountersets
      • > Core
        • Screeching Rats
        • Stalking Nightgaunts
      • > Dunwich
        • Churchyard Crows
        • Cruel Fate
        • Dunwich Folk
        • Harbinger’s Thralls
        • Monstrous Thralls
        • Naomi’s Enforcers
        • Otherworldly Abominations
      • > Carcosa
        • Gnawing Evils
      • > Circle Undone
        • Anette’s Favored
        • Unyielding Fate
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Core

Laying the foundation for years to come, the Core Box introduces a host of encounter sets that are haunting the players to this day:

  • Agents of Cthulhu
  • Agents of Hastur
  • Agents of Shub-Niggurath
  • Agents of Yog-Sothoth
  • Ancient Evils
  • Chilling Cold
  • Dark Cult
  • Ghouls
  • Locked Doors
  • Nightgaunts
  • Rats
  • Striking Fear

The scenarios of the Core Set came with their own set of obstacles as well:

  • The Gathering
  • The Midnight Masks
  • The Devourer Below

Related articles:

  • Resurgent Evils, a look at the Return To product for this cycle

RSS Ancient Evils: New Posts

  • Secret War March 17, 2023
  • Dead Heat March 4, 2023
  • The actual Keys of The Scarlet Keys February 25, 2023
  • Scarlet Sorcery February 24, 2023
  • Spreading Corruption February 20, 2023
  • Dealings in the Dark February 10, 2023
  • The Scarlet Keys: A spoiler-free(ish) campaign review January 31, 2023
  • Agents of Yuggoth January 27, 2023
  • Single Card Deep Dive: Versatile January 11, 2023
  • Sanguine Shadows January 7, 2023
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