The first card + board expansion for Eldritch Horror . Requires the core set to play.
| Release | 18 Dec 2014 |
|---|---|
| Symbol |  |
| Type | Card + Board |
| Board | Antarctica Map |
| Investigators | 8 |
| Ancient Ones | 2 |
Expansion Overview
The Mountains of Madness expansion leads investigators on the Miskatonic Expedition to Antarctica to discover the history of the elder things, an ancient alien race that was once the dominant species on Earth.
It includes new investigators, Ancient Ones, Monsters, and encounters to be used with Eldritch Horror. It also introduces entirely new mechanics including a new side board, Unique Assets, the Focus action, Task Assets, and of course, an adventure into the Mountains of Madness.
Box Contents
This expansion introduces Focus mechanics, Unique Assets and Preludes. It also introduces another new concept with its 12 Antarctica adventures.
Ancient Ones
The expansion contains the 2 Ancient Ones below:
Elder Things
The Elder Things has 8 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 16 Special Encounter cards (A Dark God Final Mystery and Mysterious Disappearances). It uses the Antarctica Map Board with its 32 encounter cards and 16 Antarctica research cards.
| Mystey | Type |
|---|---|
| An Alien Ritual | Misc. |
| An Expedition Compromised | Misc. |
| At the Mountains of Madness | Eldritch Tokens |
| Binding the Dark God | Misc. |
| Discovery of an Ancient Civilization | Research Encounter |
| Invasion of the Elder Things | Epic Monster, Item Requirement |
| Mysterious Disappearances | Special Encounter |
| The Dark God's Prison Crumbles | Misc. |
Ithaqua
Ithaqua has 6 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 8 Special Encounter cards (Exploring Hyperborea).
| Mystey | Type |
|---|---|
| A Spreading Storm | Research Encounter |
| Exploring Hyperborea | Special Encounter |
| Growing Hunger | Eldritch Tokens |
| Hyperborean Aurora | Misc. |
| Supplying The North | Item Requirement, Eldritch Tokens |
| The Gnoph-Keh Attack! | Research Encounter, Misc. |
Investigators
This box contains the 8 Investigators below:
Agnes Baker- Daisy Walker
- Finn Edwards
- George Barnaby
- Patrice Hathaway
- Tommy Muldoon
- Ursula Downs
- Wilson Richards
Artifacts
It contains the 8 Artifacts below:
| Name | Trait |
|---|---|
| Alien Device | Item |
| Crystal of the Elder Things | Item |
| Dhol Chants | Item, Tome |
| Eltdown Shards | Item, Tome |
| Heart of Winter | Item |
| Hyperborean Crystal | Item, Magical |
| Livre d'Ivon | Item, Tome |
| Pnakotic Manuscripts | Item, Tome |
Spells
The box contains 16 Spell cards listed here. Each spell has 4 variants.
| Name | Trait |
|---|---|
| Arcane Insight | Ritual |
| Banishment | Ritual |
| Intervene | Incantation |
| Storm of Spirits | Incantation |
Assets
It contains its 16 Asset cards, as we see here:
| Name | Trait | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomy Guidebook | Item, Tome | 2 |
| Blunderbuss | Item, Weapon | 2 |
| Courier Needed! | Service | 1 |
| Cultist's Journal | Item, Tome, Magical | 3 |
| Gambler's Dice | Trinket | 3 |
| Genealogy Research | Task | 1 |
| Investment | Task | 1 |
| Map of the Ley Lines | Item, Tome | 4 |
| Mineralogy Research | Task | 1 |
| Monster Hunter | Ally | 3 |
| Newspaper Report | Task | 1 |
| Patrolling the Streets | Task | 1 |
| Profane Tome | Item, Tome | 1 |
| Secret Page | Item, Tome | 2 |
| Search the Archives | Service | 2 |
| Tome of Horrors | Item, Tome | 3 |
Unique Assets
This expansion contains 42 Unique Assets, listed here:
| Name | Trait | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Tilton | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Antarctic Guide | Ally | 2 |
| Constance Hawberk | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Courier Run | Task | 4 |
| Danforth | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Dog Sled | Ally | 2 |
| Dr. Hiram Upham | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Esteban Herrero | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Father Merluzzo | Ally - Character | 1 |
| For the Greater Good | Task | 3 |
| Henry Wilcox | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Kid O'Brien | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Old Journal | Item - Tome | 4 |
| Professor Armitage | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Provisions | Item | 4 |
| Purifying The World | Task | 3 |
| Sacrifices to Make | Task | 3 |
| Sealing the Old Ones | Task | 3 |
| Sir William Brinton | Ally - Character | 1 |
| Walking the Ley Lines | Task | 3 |
| William Dyer | Ally - Character | 1 |
Conditions
It contains 32 Conditions cards, listed here:
| Name | Traits | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Amnesia | Madness | 1 |
| Blessed | Boon | 1 |
| Cursed | Bane | 1 |
| Dark Pact | Deal | 1 |
| Debt | Deal, Common | 2 |
| Detained | Restriction | 1 |
| Funding | Deal | 4 |
| Hunger | Madness | 4 |
| Hunted | Pursuit | 4 |
| Hypothermia | Exposure | 8 |
| Infection | Illness | 4 |
| Internal Injury | Injury | 1 |
Preludes
The box contains 6 Prelude cards listed here.
| Prelude | Mechanic used |
|---|---|
| Beginning of the End | Azathoth |
| Doomsayer from Antarctica | Elder Things or Antarctica adventures |
| Key to Salvation | Task Unique Assets |
| Rumors from the North | Ithaqua |
| Ultimate Sacrifice | Defeated Investigators |
| Unwilling Sacrifice | Character Unique Assets |
Mythos
It also contains the 26 Mythos cards listed below:
| Name | Type | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| A Brief Respite | Yellow | Easy |
| A Dark Path | Green | Hard |
| A Helping Hand | Yellow | Easy |
| Abandoned Goals | Green | Medium |
| Call to Duty | Green | Easy |
| Cold White Silence | Blue | Medium |
| Crime in the Streets | Yellow | Hard |
| Devourer of Stars | Blue | Easy |
| False Bargain | Green | Medium |
| Hindering Agony | Green | Medium |
| Impending Doom | Yellow | Hard |
| Losing Hope | Green | Hard |
| Mysterious Benefactor | Yellow | Easy |
| Outbreak! | Yellow | Hard |
| Prepared For Anything | Green | Easy |
| The Crawling Chaos | Blue | Hard |
| The End is Nigh | Yellow | Hard |
| The Horror in the Museum | Blue | Medium |
| The Time Has Come | Green | Hard |
| Time is Running Out | Blue | Medium |
| Twin Spawn of Cthulhu | Blue | Hard |
| Vile Wounds | Green | Medium |
Monsters
The expansion contains 22 Monster tokens (14 normal, 8 epic).
| Name | Class | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Child of the Goat | Normal | 1 |
| Crawling Chaos | Epic | 1 |
| Crazed Elder Thing | Epic | 1 |
| Cultist | Normal | 2 |
| Dhole | Normal | 1 |
| Flying Polyp | Normal | 1 |
| Ghast | Normal | 1 |
| Giant Penguin | Normal | 1 |
| Hunting Horror | Normal | 1 |
| Ithaqua | Epic | 1 |
| Leng Spider | Normal | 1 |
| Nctolhu | Epic | 1 |
| Nctosa | Epic | 1 |
| Proto-Shoggoth | Normal | 1 |
| Rampaging Shoggoth | Epic | 1 |
| Rhan-Teggoth | Epic | 1 |
| Rat-thing | Normal | 1 |
| Shan | Normal | 1 |
| Tcho-tcho | Normal | 1 |
| Wendigo | Normal | 1 |
| Zombie Horde | Epic | 1 |
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