Mythos: The Art of Playing Mythos

The Art of Playing Mythos

THE ART OF PLAYING MYTHOS [#1304, $8.95] Since its release, players have discovered and appreciated the simplicity of play and the depth of possibilities provided in the MYTHOS collectable card game. This tome reveals additional secrets about the game, and provides hints, strategies, and deck-building guidance for intrepid Mythos Investigators everywhere.

UPDATED MYTHOS RULES: Featuring many clarifications and corrections. The rules are printed in much bigger type. Any rules additions have been highlighted to make it easier for you to find them.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: A collection of some of the most common questions that we received, and our answers. With so many cards, situations arise that are hard to predict. Here are our rules on many of those situations that you, the players, have found. Also includes Important Errata (oops, we made a few mistakes).

MYTHOS STANDARD TOURNAMENT RULES: These are the rules which we will use at our convention tournaments. Also useful for those cutthroat family players out there.

SOLO RULES: There will undoubtedly be many solo variants out there; here is one.

MONSTER MAYHEM RULES: Adventures? What Adventures?

A MYTHOS STORY: Written one lonely night at the printers, a story about how Mythos came to be.

EXAMPLES OF COMBAT: Brian, Meghan, and Austin are at it again, in some detailed examples of how certain monsters are used in combat. Also, an important interpretation of that new Mythos verb "to Yithian."

CUSTOMIZING MYTHOS: A guide to fully understanding Mythos as a whole and the various aspects of the game. Suggests some of the most useful cards to use in your Mythos decks. Includes a recipe for building a good, solid deck--we tell you exactly the cards to use.

CREATING ADVENTURES: Once you leave our tutelage and decide to create your own Adventures, this section illuminates adventure creation, including a detailed table helping you to value your Adventure correctly. Also includes a summary of all of the attributes appearing on the Mythos cards.

THE CARDS: A comprehensive section selecting various cards from the Mythos array and providing the "story behind the story." We wish more of Lovecraft's stories could have been told on the Mythos cards--here is a chance to learn just why certain cards appear and what they have to do with the body of Mythos literature.

THE LISTS: Various sortings of the complete Mythos card array. Also includes a summary of attributes by Location.