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Arkham Horror
Notes for the board game by Chaosium

Summary of Places
Sometimes a character needs a particular something, but has rolled a low dice result and has limited options. These summaries should save reading time:

Where to get items:

Black Cave, Boarding House, Dark's Carnival, City Hall, Curiositie Shoppe (x2), Devil's Beach, Founder's Rock, Graveyard, Hib's Roadhouse, Historical Society, Lake Miskatonic, Miskatonic University, Police Station, Silver Twilight Lodge (x2), Train Station, Velma's Diner, Woods

Where to get spells:

Dark's Carnival, City Hall, Curiositie Shoppe, Devil's Beach, Harney Jones' Shack, Historical Society, Library (x2), Lighthouse, Miskatonic University (x2), Shunned House

Where to get money:

Boarding House, City Hall, Harney Jones' Shack, Hib's Roadhouse, Lighthouse, Miskatonic University (x2), Newspaper (4), Shunned House, Woods

Where to get local characters:

Black Cave, Shunned House

Where to get strength:

Boarding House, Dark's Carnival, Hospital, Library, North Church, Velma's Diner

Where to get sanity:

Boarding House, City Hall, Curiositie Shoppe, Founder's Rock, Graveyard, Lake Miskatonic, Library, North Church (x2), Police Station, Sanitarium

Where to get a free ride:

City Hall, Graveyard, Historical Society, Hib's Roadhouse, Lake Miskatonic, Lighthouse, Newspaper, Police Station, Train Station (x2), Woods (x2) Misfortunes at the Gate Tables
Each Gate has its own challenges. Since each character is good at some things and not as good at others, the details can be important to know:
Abyss
Strength roll required
Fight roll required
lose 2 Sanity
Another Decision
shift to Celeano or R'lyeh
City of Great Race
lose 2 Strength
lose 2 Sanity
Earth's Dreamlands
Fast Talk roll required
Great Hall of Celeano
Fast Talk roll required
Sneak roll required
Plateau of Leng
lose 2 Strength
Strength roll required
Fight roll required
lose 2 Sanity
R'lyeh
lose 2 Sanity
lose d6 Sanity
Strength roll required
Yuggoth
lose 2 Sanity
lose 1 Spell
lose 1 Item
Sneak roll required
Mon Dec 20 13:44:59 PST 1999
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