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An Important Clarification
One paragraph in the COSMIC BATTLE section in Combat is incorrect, and gives a mistaken impression of how Combat is
conducted. The correction is simple:
On page 27, delete the last sentence of the COSMIC BATTLE section (Bury all Monsters ... opponent's threat.) Thus, if your
DEEP ONE (1 point) battles a FLYING POLYP (5 points), the DEEP ONE absorbs 1 point and your Investigator loses 4 points of
Sanity. Only then are the monsters burried.
FAQ: Mythos Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions:
Q. When I start the game, do I have to start off walking to a Country location?
A. No. The first location played is going to be the start of your game and you may begin by playing it upright.
Q. What happens if I am forced to discard or bury the only card or location in my story deck? A. If you have to bury your only
Travel or Location card there is no effect. If you have to discard it, you do so and revert to the starting condition of being
Outside in the last region you visited, or Lovecraft Country if you have been nowhere yet.
Q. When I need to round, which way do I round?
A. Like regular math. For instance 1.5 would be 2.
Q. Can I change my mind while walking and go somewhere else?
A. Yes. Just discard the crosswise card and play your new location (either crosswise or standard depending on the Location
you came from).
Q. Can I start the game in Europe or another Region?
A. Yes, but you are assumed to be in Lovecraft Country until you play your first card.
Combat:
Q. What happens to turn order if someone else becomes the lowest Sanity value through Spell casting or Artifact use during
combat?
A. Combat turn order remains the same from assigning threats through using Spells and Artifacts. If there is a new lowest
Sanity for the start of the Cosmic Battle the turn order begins with that player and continues as normal until combat ends.
Adventure Cards:
Q. If my Adventure card requires me to have a Phobia, and I currently have one played on me, does it count for my
Adventure?
A. No. For a Phobia to count in your Adventure you must have been the one to play it. It can be affecting another player or
in your story deck to count.
Q. In Your First Big Story it says you need Gate locations in three different cities or towns. Do villages count too?
A. Yes. You need any three different locations that each have a City, Town, or Village as an attribute and come from different
subtype location (listed in the Region part of the card).
Q. My Adventure card needs a Corrupt Ally and I have a Tommy Gun on a Steadfast Ally. Does that Ally count for my
Adventure?
A. Yes, but if that Ally is buried in your story deck it reverts to a Steadfast Ally and will no longer count toward that
Adventure.
Q. Does the Color Out of Space count as 6 or 4 points for Adventure cards?
A. The default for any cards with two values is the higher, in this case 6.
Q. If an Adventure card requires a Private Eye, will a Detective work too?
A. No. Adventure card requirements are specific and must be matched as written.
Q. In The Great Epidemic do I need 2 Doctor Allies?
A. Yes, and at least one of them must be in your Story Deck.
Ally Cards:
Q. Do I have to be at an Outside location to play Zadok Allen?
A. Yes. However, remember that at the beginning of the game and while walking you are considered to be Outside. Zadok
can be played at these times too.
Q. When a Cultist is summoned into a threat, do cards that affect Allies still work on it? How about if an Ally with an
Enchanted Weapon joins the threat?
A. In both cases cards which affect Allies no longer work. Once an Ally has joined a threat for whatever reason, it is
considered a Monster for all game purposes until it is buried or discarded.
Q. If my Ally with an Enchanted Weapon joins my threat it can block invisible Monsters. What about if it is just a defending
Ally?
A. Defending Allies with Enchanted Weapons can block Invisible Monsters.
Q. Some Allies are Living Dead. What abilities does this give them?
A. If it is a Cultist, it can Join with other Living Dead that allow Joining with Living Dead when summoned at a Gate. It also
means when they are in the threat for whatever reason they count as Living Dead Monsters for all card effects.
Q. Allies with the command ability that raise the value of other Steadfast Allies are not cumulative, but since the Ally
giving that effect is not raised, is it affected by any other Allies with the same ability?
A. Yes. If you have two Allies with the command ability all Steadfast Allies are raised by 1 point, including the two
commanding Allies.
Q. When an Ally is brought back by Herbert West, does it still have all of its attributes and abilities?
A. Yes. The two cards now count as one Ally with the combined attributes and abilities of both cards. Remember that if the
Ally brought back costs Sanity, it must be paid again.
Q. If an Ally says Any City, but has no color background, can I play it in any Region?
A. Yes.
Artifact Cards:
Q. Do I have to activate the Star Stone of Mnar by turning it to make it work?
A. No. The effect of the Star Stone is always on. In the first Mythos set of cards the Lamp of Alhazrad is the only Artifact that
you have to rotate to turn on the effect and flip over to end the effect.
Q. What does lost mean for the Mist Projector?
A. It means that the Mist projector should suffer the same fate as the Ally using it if the Ally is buried or discarded.
Q. Do cards that affect Weapons affect the Orne Formula & Diagrams?
A. No. However, the Orne Formula must be assigned to a specific Ally like a Weapon is.
Q. The Sphere of Nath says that I may use Gate on the Location revealed by the Sphere. Can it be one that I have already
used?
A. Yes. You may reuse a Gate in your story deck if it becomes your Current Location due to the Sphere of Nath.
Q. The Ultra-Violet makes all attacking Invisible Monsters visible. Does this include my Monsters attacking an opponent?
A. No. Only those attacking you.
Events:
Q. Do I lose a point of Sanity every turn it is Day if I have Esophobia?
A. No. For Esophobia you only lose a point of Sanity if it is Day when the card is played on you. Then each time a new Day
event is played another point is lost. The same is true for Scotophobia and Night events.
Q. I know if I have a Storm in play and a Day or Night event is played my Storm is buried, but what about if another Storm
is played?
A. If another Storm is played your Storm remains in play. It is possible for many Storms to be in play at one time.
Q. Some cards such as Thieves in the Attic remove Artifacts from your opponent. However, Weapon Artifacts are connected
to their Allies and act as one card. Is it still possible to steal them?
A. Yes. Weapons are connected to Allies, but they are still affected by all cards that affect Artifacts.
Q. If I already have Hydrophobia, what is the effect of the same player or another player playing Hydrophobia on me again?
A. The errata added to the rules does not allow a player to be affected by more than one of the same type of any Event card, so
you can't have two "cases" of a phobia.
Q. Does Monophobia affect you if your Ally joins your threat? How about if you summon a Cultist into your threat at a gate?
A. Monophobia affects you when you lose an Ally in any way. When you have an Ally enter your threat it immediately
becomes a Monster, so is lost and costs a Sanity point. Cultists summoned directly to your threat enter play as Monsters, so
they are never Allies and Monophobia does not apply.
Q. If Townsfolk Riot has been played on you, can you play an Ally to block them? What happens if you pass and end the
round?
A. The Townsfolk Riot 5-point attack does not occur until you have done something besides play a Location or Travel event.
However, the attack occurs before your turn ends. You can play an Ally to have them block, but you cannot pass to end a
round and avoid the attack. If the round ends before your turn, they will affect you on your first turn of the next round.
Q. Can Flee to Special Room bring back Allies that I lost in Combat?
A. No. This card can only recover Allies lost since your last turn in the current round.
Q. What happens if I play Instability in the Mythos (Sullivan) and one of the cards now added to my threat is a weapon?
A. Weapons in threats must be able to be used by an Ally or Serpent Men card, but it does not have to be the one they were
played with. If you have no one capable of wielding a Weapon against an opponent (the cards must be assigned together)
then the Weapon is not used and is buried at the end of combat.
Q. Can I change my mind once I have already played a Travel card?
A. No. You must fulfill the requirements on the card before going elsewhere.
Q. What happens if I play Yithian Mental Contact in a multi-player game and my play would have made another player's
card play illegal?
A. Nothing happens. Yithian can only affect cards still in play by the opponent it is played on.
Q. Some phobias (like Hydrophobia and Claustrophobia) state that you lose a point of Sanity each turn you meet the
requirement. Does this mean every one of your turns, or every turn for every player?
A. It means that you lose a point at the beginning of each of your turns that you meet the requirement.
Q. If I am playing the Pragmatic Hobo can I play An Unexpected Calamity?
A. No, because the card requires your to pass, which the Hobo can not do.
Investigators:
Q. Can my hand size get bigger than 7 with the Pragmatic Hobo?
A. Yes, but you must discard down to at least 7 during the discard phase.
Locations:
Q. Many of the cards (such as Sanitariums and Churches) say you may remain one turn and remove a phobia. Is it possible to
remain more than one turn to remove an additional phobia?
A. Yes. For every turn you spend waiting where you can remove a phobia you may use your play to remove one phobia.
Q. If my opponent's current location is the Boston Globe, are my reporter Allies' values also increased by one?
A. No. With all cards that increase the value of certain types of Allies (such as Press and University) only the Allies
belonging to the player at that current location get the increased value.
Q. If I have played a new location card cross-wise on my story deck to indicate I am walking to it, can I use it to play an
Adventure card?
A. No. A story deck card is not considered in play until it is right-side up. Additionally, the Sanity gain of the card is not
made until the card is right-side up as well.
Q. The North Burial Ground is in Providence, but it says it is a Country location. Is this correct?
A. Yes. It is a long trip out to the North Burial Ground, but it is still close enough to Providence to find Allies, etc. It does not
count as a City location ever.
Q. Can you remove a phobia at the St. John's Churchyard location because it has the Church attribute?
A. No. Not all churches are created equal and some do not offer the solace a frightened Investigator often seeks.
Q. Some Sanitariums require you to spend an additional turn in therapy. Can you do anything during this turn?
A. No. You lose your play for your next turn, even if your next turn is in the next round.
Q. At some Locations such as The Catacombs of Rome I can take Living Dead from my Story Deck instead of using the Gate
to summon cards from my hand. Can I take more than one from the Story Deck because they Join?
A. No. Joining only applies to playing cards directly from your hand.
Monsters:
Q. When Cthulhu is in play all monsters join, but if you have the Disk of the Hyades in play Living Dead can not join. What
happens when both are in play at the same time?
A. All Great Old Ones and Outer Gods such as Cthulhu have such tremendous power when they manifest themselves that
they overwhelm all other effects. In your case, even the Living Dead can join while Cthulhu is in play.
Q. If I use a Gate to summon a Great Old One or Outer God to my threat, can I use the same Gate later to summon a regular
monster?
A. No. Great Old Ones and Outer Gods are Monster cards, and each gate can only be used once to summon a Monster unless
another card supercedes this.
Q. If I have Zombies attacking an opponent who loses no Allies, but another player loses some Allies in the same Combat,
can I still create a new threat with the Zombie?
A. No, only if Allies defending against you are lost.
Q. If I have two Zombies, each attacking a different player, can I start a new threat with both of them if both players lose
Allies?
A. No. Zombies may only restart a threat with one card, no matter how many participated in the Combat phase.
Q. Serpent People join with Weapons. Does this mean I can play a Weapon Artifact to my threat if Serpent Men are in it?
A. No. It means that if you summon a Serpent Man at a Gate you can also play a Weapon with him at the same time. Note
that all regular rules still apply, so you must be at a Location with the Artifact attribute and you must pay any Sanity cost for
playing the Weapon.
Q. Do the Allies carried off by Nightgaunts still block Sanity loss?
A. Yes. Discarding of Defending Allies takes place before burying. So, it is possible to randomly choose a Defending Ally that
survived (or didn't and was going to be buried) for Discarding.
Q. If 1 Point of Sanity loss from my Mi-Go goes through to the Allies/Investigator, does it count as surviving and steal an
Artifact?
A. Yes. Monsters are assumed to survive unless they lose all their value and are buried.
Q. Since Byakhee can not affect people in Inside Locations, do they still participate in the Cosmic Battle if they have no legal
target?
A. Yes. But if they win they have no affect on the Target's Sanity or Allies.
Spells:
Q. Can I have more than one copy of the same Spell in the same Tome?
A. Yes, as long as you do not exceed the total Spell capacity of the Tome printed in the upper left hand corner.
Q. With Circles of Thaol and the Star Stone of Mnar, does Circles Summon or Control a Greater Independent, or both
Greater and Lesser Independents?
A. While the Star Stone of Mnar is in play the Circles of Thaol Spell can affect both types of Monster. So, it could possibly
affect two cards in your opponent's threat if both Monster types are present, or if you have both types in your hand.
Q. Can I use a Summon/Control Spell during Combat?
A. Yes. If you are summoning, the card is immediately revealed (never part of threat) and attacks immediately. Your
opponent may block with any Allies they have, even if not assigned to block you.
Q. Do Phobias in the story deck also affect your opponent with Curse of the Rat Thing?
A. No, only those currently in play.
Q. Can I play Joined Monsters with the Create Gate Spell?
A. As long as you have the Sanity needed to play them.
Tomes:
Q. If I have two Cultes Des Goules out, does my threat increase by two if I have Living Dead in it?
A. No. Similar bonuses from another of the same card (or another card with the exact same bonus) are not cumulative
unless they state they are.
Q. If I split my threat against multiple opponents and each part has Living Dead, does the Cultes Des Goules give each part of
my threat a bonus of 1?
A. No. The Tome gives your threat a bonus of one. You must assign the point to an opponent after the Spells and Artifacts
are used, but before threats are revealed.
Q. The English Book of Dyzan says you can also find one Yellow Sign Spell in the Tome if Aldebaran Moves in the Sky is in
play. Does this mean my one spell I can put in is now Water and Yellow Sign, or can I put two Spells in the Tome, if one is a
Yellow Sign Spell? What happens when Aldebaran leaves play?
A. When Aldebaran Moves in the Sky is in play, and you have the Book of Dyzan, you can find an additional Yellow Sign
Spell instead of just the one Water Spell. The Yellow Sign Spell remains in the Tome if Aldebaran Moves in the Sky is no
longer in play.
Errata
ÑAsenath Waite Derby - Arkham should be on a Green background.
ÑBecome Spectral Hunter - Pentagon should be Yellow.
ÑBook of Dyzan (Atlantean) - Is a Tome, not an Artifact.
ÑBrown University - Should have the University attribute.
ÑCall of Cthulhu - To reroll Investigator, Bury, not Discard, Tome.
ÑChant of Thoth - Pentagon should be Yellow.
ÑDominate - Should read "Replace the languages and card benefits of one of your Allies with the target Ally's
languages and card benefits, for as long as your Ally remains in play. Flip target Ally."
ÑFaraz Najir - The correct artist is Stephen Barnwell.
ÑK. J. Hooper - Should have Knows English.
ÑMosque of Ibn Tulan - Is Unique.
ÑPonape Scripture Hoag Ms. - The background should be Tome/Artifact colored.
ÑPowder of Ibn Ghazi - Should read 'Round', not 'Turn'.
ÑSimon Orne - Should have two Region colors, green and purple.
ÑSummon Great Cthulhu - +13, not +7.
ÑThe Necropolis - Should have a Gate swirl.
ÑThe Pragmatic Hobo - Should have a Maximum of 7.
ÑThe Secret of Power and Glory is Yours! - Should be +6, with +2 for the Sanity gain.
ÑVoola Ritual - Pentagon should be Yellow.




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