Arkham Horror: The Card Game – The Labyrinths of Lunacy: Scenario Pack — Rules Manual

Additional Rules & Clarifications

Paradox
The Labyrinths of Lunacy is a strange place. You will sometimes be confronted with seemingly impossible situations. Game text on cards might not make sense at first. Solving these paradoxes is the key to your survival. Keep a keen eye and be aware of your surroundings, and you might escape.

“Timed” objectives
Many act cards in this scenario have special objectives marked with the word Timed. These act cards represent a task or condition the investigators must perform by the time the agenda advances. Investigators do not advance the act card as soon as this condition is met. They must first wait for the agenda to advance.
In this scenario, the act and agenda cards do not advance independently of one another; when the agenda advances, it will instruct you to advance the act card, as well. The back of each act card will have further instructions based on whether or not you were able to succeed in your task.
When playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, a group cannot advance to the next act and agenda until all other groups are ready to advance to the next act and agenda.
When playing in Single Group Mode, if the investigators feel that they have completed their objective with time to spare, when adding doom tokens to the agenda during the mythos phase, they may choose to add doom tokens to the agenda until its doom threshold is satisfied.

Story Cards
Story cards are a new card type in this scenario. These cards serve as an avenue for additional narrative and game text. When a story card is drawn, read its story text and resolve its Revelation effect. Its game text is considered active for as long as the card is in play. The story cards in this scenario are double sided, with one side entitled “Deep Within the Labyrinth.” Do not flip them to this side until you are instructed to do so.

THE LABYRINTHS OF LUNACY
Think of this as a test of human will. Prepare to be trapped in The Labyrinths of Lunacy, a unique Arkham Horror: The Card Game scenario. This scenario can only be played using the two game modes described on the next page, and cannot be integrated into an existing campaign as a side story.

Expansion Symbol
The cards in The Labyrinths of Lunacy can be identified by this symbol before each card’s collector number.

Game Modes
The Labyrinths of Lunacy can be played in one of two ways: With a single group of 1–4 players in Single Group Mode, or with 3–12 players split into three groups of 1–4 players each in Epic Multiplayer Mode. Pages 3–4 include additional rules and clarifications for both versions of the scenario, while pages 6–7 include special rules pertaining to Single Group Mode and Epic Multiplayer Mode.
Regardless of which mode is being played, The Labyrinths of Lunacy has only two difficulty modes: Standard and Hard. Construct the chaos bag with the following tokens:
Standard: +1, 0, 0, 0, –1, –1, –1, –2, –2, –3, –4, –5, 1, 1, 1, 2.
Hard: +1, 0, –1, –1, –1, –2, –2, –2, –3, –4, –5, –6, 1, 1, 1, 2.

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STORY
You notice a doorway in your chamber that wasn’t there before. On the other side, the hall is pitch black. Where does it lead?
Revelation
Distortion location.
Spend 1 clue: You enter the doorway.
The Gate
Flip this story card over and follow the instructions on its other side.
Act 2.

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Time Limit
When playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, the players (or your event organizer) may impose a time restriction for each act and agenda of the game. The default limit for each act and agenda is 60 minutes. The players (or your event organizer) may impose a different time restriction, often depending on the number of players. If time runs out, any groups that have not yet completed the current round should continue playing until the next mythos phase, then place doom on the current agenda until its doom threshold is met and advance the agenda.

Giving and Exchanging Cards and Tokens
When playing this scenario in Epic Multiplayer Mode, there are some effects that allow investigators the option to give tokens, cards in hand, or assets in play to investigators in other groups. Please be courteous when receiving cards from another player, and treat those cards with respect. Once the game has ended, make sure any cards or tokens that changed control are returned to their respective owners.

Epic Multiplayer Mode
To play The Labyrinths of Lunacy in Epic Multiplayer Mode, first divide the investigators into three separate groups—Group A, Group B, and Group C. Each group requires its own copy of The Labyrinths of Lunacy in order to play. At least 1 investigator must be assigned to each group, and no more than 4 investigators may be assigned to a single group. During gameplay, observe the following additional rules:
=When constructing decks for The Labyrinths of Lunacy, use the rules for standalone mode on page 19 of the Rules Reference. You do not need to start with 0 experience.
=Each group has its own play area, and plays the game separately from one another. Rules, actions, and card effects cannot affect investigators in other groups, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
=At the end of each round, investigators must pause the game and wait until all three groups have reached the end of the round. At that point, each group may trigger “At the end of the round” abilities, in any order. Once all three groups have triggered “At the end of the round” abilities, continue to the next round.
=With the exception of asking other groups whether they have reached the end of the round, investigators cannot communicate with investigators in other groups, unless a scenario card permits them to do so. Investigators also cannot examine other groups’ play areas. (For the best effect, groups should play at different tables or in different rooms.)

Single Group Mode
When played in Single Group Mode, The Labyrinths of Lunacy can be played in one of two ways—as a single standalone scenario, or over a series of three games, like a mini-campaign.
When played as a single standalone scenario, you may play as either Group A, B, or C. Use the setup instructions for the group chosen to set up the game.
When played as a mini-campaign, play three consecutive games—one for each group—in an order of your choosing. Unlike a normal campaign, the following rules apply:
=When constructing decks for The Labyrinths of Lunacy, use the rules for standalone mode on page 19 of the Rules Reference. You do not need to start with 0 experience.
=Players may swap investigators and/or decks in between each scenario, in order to represent the different groups of investigators who have been trapped inside the Labyrinths.
=Experience is not earned or spent in between scenarios during this campaign.
There is no Campaign Log for this campaign. During this campaign, investigators do not earn trauma, and investigators who are killed or driven insane may still be used in other scenarios.

Encounter Sets
This scenario has three encounter sets. The Epic Multiplayer encounter set is only used when playing Epic Multiplayer Mode. The Single Group encounter set is only used when playing Single Group Mode. Finally, The Labyrinths of Lunacy encounter set is used in both modes. Some of the cards in the Epic Multiplayer and Single Group sets have the same title, so make sure you are playing with the correct encounter sets!

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Group A Instructions
You wake up and realize you are in a strange place, with no memory of
how you arrived. Your muscles are weak and uncooperative. Your vision is
blurred. Simply rising to your feet takes a tremendous effort. Your legs are
wobbly and can barely support your weight.
For the first time since awakening, you study your surroundings. You have
been sealed in a windowless chamber, which is filled with copper pipes. The
faint whistling of escaping air surrounds you on all sides. You are a prisoner
here, with no means of escape. There is a note lying on the ground nearby.
It reads:
Greetings.
I have gathered you here as an experiment. Think of this as
a test of human will. You will survive. Or you will die.
You are not alone. Two other groups share in your fate. Will
you risk your lives to aid them? Or will you find freedom
upon the backs of their corpses?
I will allow you to escape, should you prove strong of will
and quick of wit. If not, your pain and anguish shall serve
as a reminder that humans are not the inheritors of Earth.
Setup
Gather all cards from The Labyrinths of Lunacy
encounter set. This set is indicated by this icon.
If you are playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, gather
all cards from the Epic Multiplayer encounter set,
indicated by this icon. Remove all cards from the
Single Group encounter set from the game.
If you are playing in Single Group Mode, gather
all cards from the Single Group encounter set,
indicated by this icon. Remove all cards from the
Epic Multiplayer encounter set from the game.
Construct the act deck using only the (Group A) versions of acts 1
and 2. Remove each other version of those acts from the game.
Randomly choose 1 of the 3 copies of Chamber of Secrets to
put into play. Remove the other 2 copies from the game. Each
investigator begins play in the Chamber of Secrets.
Set the following cards aside, out of play: Key of Mysteries,
Mysterious Syringe, Eixodolon, Eixodolon’s Pet, Rot Diagram,
Hunger Diagram, Decay Diagram, both copies of Faceless
Abductor, and each other location.
If you are playing in Single Group Mode, put the set-aside Key of
Mysteries into play in the Chamber of Secrets.
If you are playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, also set The Jailor
enemy and each double-sided story card aside, out of play.
The lead investigator takes control of Eixodolon’s Note.
Add 2 Doom tokens to the chaos bag.
Shuffle the rest of the encounter cards to build the encounter
deck.
Act 2 Setup
Shuffle each set-aside Faceless Abductor and the encounter
discard pile into the encounter deck.
If you are playing Epic Multiplayer Mode, choose one of the 3
groups at random. That group shuffles the set-aside The Jailor
enemy into the encounter deck.
Put the 3 set-aside Labyrinthine Halls into play.
Put the set-aside Chamber of Decay into play.
Remove all doom from play and proceed to act 2a & agenda 2a.
Act 3 Setup
Put the set-aside Abandoned Warehouse into play.
Disengage all engaged enemies and move each surviving
investigator to the Abandoned Warehouse.
Put the set-aside Eixodolon enemy into play at the Abandoned
Warehouse.
Remove all doom from play and proceed to act 3a & agenda 3a.

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Group B Instructions
You wake up and realize you are in a strange place, with no memory of
how you arrived. Your muscles are weak and uncooperative. Your vision is
blurred. Simply rising to your feet takes a tremendous effort. Your legs are
wobbly and can barely support your weight.
For the first time since awakening, you study your surroundings. You have
been sealed in a tall glass tank, and water fills the chamber to your ankles.
Outside the dull glass, you can see many more tanks like yours, wreathed in
mist. You are a prisoner here, with no means of escape. There is a note lying
on the ground just outside the tank. It reads:
Greetings.
I have gathered you here as an experiment. Think of this as
a test of human will. You will survive. Or you will die.
You are not alone. Two other groups share in your fate. Will
you risk your lives to aid them? Or will you find freedom
upon the backs of their corpses?
I will allow you to escape, should you prove strong of will
and quick of wit. If not, your pain and anguish shall serve
as a reminder that humans are not the inheritors of Earth.
Setup
Gather all cards from The Labyrinths of Lunacy
encounter set. This set is indicated by this icon:
If you are playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, gather
all cards from the Epic Multiplayer encounter set,
indicated by this icon. Remove all cards from the
Single Group encounter set from the game.
If you are playing in Single Group Mode, gather all
cards from the Single Group encounter set, indicated
by this icon. Remove all cards from the Epic
Multiplayer encounter set from the game.
Construct the act deck using only the (Group B) versions of acts 1
and 2. Remove each other version of those acts from the game.
Put the Chamber of Rain and Chamber of Sorrows locations
into play. Randomly choose an investigator to begin play in the
Chamber of Rain. Each other investigator begins play in the
Chamber of Sorrows.
Set the following cards aside, out of play: Key of Mysteries,
Mysterious Syringe, Eixodolon, Eixodolon’s Pet, Rot Diagram,
Hunger Diagram, Decay Diagram, both copies of Faceless
Abductor, and each other location.
If you are playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, also set The Jailor
enemy and each double-sided story card aside, out of play.
The lead investigator takes control of Eixodolon’s Note.
Add 2 tokens to the chaos bag.
Shuffle the rest of the encounter cards to build the encounter
deck.
Act 2 Setup
Shuffle each set-aside Faceless Abductor and the encounter
discard pile into the encounter deck.
Put the 3 set-aside Labyrinthine Halls into play.
Put the set-aside Chamber of Rot and Chamber of Poison
locations into play.
Remove all doom from play and proceed to act 2a & agenda 2a.
Act 3 Setup
Put the set-aside Abandoned Warehouse into play.
Disengage all engaged enemies and move each surviving
investigator to the Abandoned Warehouse.
Put the set-aside Eixodolon enemy into play at the Abandoned
Warehouse.
Remove all doom from play and proceed to act 3a & agenda 3a.

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Group C Instructions
You wake up and realize you are in a strange place, with no memory of
how you arrived. Your muscles are weak and uncooperative. Your vision is
blurred. Simply rising to your feet takes a tremendous effort. Your legs are
wobbly and can barely support your weight.
For the first time since awakening, you study your surroundings. You are
in a dark chamber, lit only by a few candles. Old barrels, crates and rotten
storage shelves fill the cramped chamber. You cannot see any windows or
doors leading out. You are a prisoner here, with no means of escape. There is
a note lying on the ground nearby. It reads:
Greetings.
I have gathered you here as an experiment. Think of this as
a test of human will. You will survive. Or you will die.
You are not alone. Two other groups share in your fate. Will
you risk your lives to aid them? Or will you find freedom
upon the backs of their corpses?
I will allow you to escape, should you prove strong of will
and quick of wit. If not, your pain and anguish shall serve
as a reminder that humans are not the inheritors of Earth.
Setup
Gather all cards from The Labyrinths of Lunacy
encounter set. This set is indicated by this icon.
If you are playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, gather
all cards from the Epic Multiplayer encounter set,
indicated by this icon. Remove all cards from the
Single Group encounter set from the game.
If you are playing in Single Group Mode, gather
all cards from the Single Group encounter set,
indicated by this icon. Remove all cards from the
Epic Multiplayer encounter set from the game.
Construct the act deck using only the (Group C) versions of acts
1 and 2. Remove each other version of those acts from the game.
Put the Chamber of Night and Chamber of Regret locations into
play. Each investigator begins play at the Chamber of Night.
Set the following cards aside, out of play: Key of Mysteries,
Mysterious Syringe, Eixodolon, Eixodolon’s Pet, Rot Diagram,
Hunger Diagram, Decay Diagram, both copies of Faceless
Abductor, and each other location.
If you are playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, also set The Jailor
enemy and each double-sided story card aside, out of play.
If you are playing in Single Group Mode, randomly choose 1 of
the 3 set-aside copies of Chamber of Secrets and place it
underneath the scenario reference card, without looking at its
revealed side.
The lead investigator takes control of Eixodolon’s Note.
Add 2 doom tokens to the chaos bag.
Shuffle the rest of the encounter cards to build the encounter
deck.
Act 2 Setup
Shuffle each set-aside Faceless Abductor and the encounter
discard pile into the encounter deck.
Put the 3 set-aside Labyrinthine Halls into play.
Put the set-aside Chamber of Hunger into play.
Put the set-aside Eixodolon’s Pet into play, near the Chamber of
Hunger, but not at any location. While it is not at any location, it
is considered to be “locked away.”
Remove all doom from play and proceed to act 2a & agenda 2a.
Act 3 Setup
Put the set-aside Abandoned Warehouse into play.
Disengage all engaged enemies and move each surviving
investigator to the Abandoned Warehouse.
Put the set-aside Eixodolon enemy into play at the Abandoned
Warehouse.
Remove all doom from play and proceed to act 3a & agenda 3a.

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DO NOT READ
until the end of the scenario
If no resolution was reached (each investigator was
defeated): Go to Resolution 1.
Resolution 1: In the wrong hands, your anguish is a powerful
weapon. Your blood fuels the arcane glyph carved into the cement
floor at the labyrinth’s core. For the cruel mastermind who
trapped you here, it is a moment of triumph and vindication. The
entire world will feel this pain. This fear. This despair.
´The investigators lose.
Resolution 2: The mastermind falls to his knees, his mask
cracked. Blood drips from his open wounds onto the cement floor.
“Do you really think you can escape?” he wheezes. His distorted
voice is pained but triumphant. “Do you really think… I would
ever let you leave this place?” His body collapses to the ground.
Seeing an opportunity to escape, you rush to the iron doors
sealing you in the warehouse. With a desperate effort, you are
finally able to break the padlock and push open the heavy doors.
A sudden gust of cold evening air sweeps over you. You are
surprised to see wooden docks on the side of the Miskatonic River.
A few ducks quack in surprise and swim away from the nearest
dock. Water sloshes along the shore. You hear dockworkers
going about their business, their work day almost finished as
the sun sets to your left. After taking a few steps, you collapse to
the ground. You are too exhausted and injured to go on. “Who’s
that?” a dockworker calls out. “Someone is hurt—quick, let’s
get them to St. Mary’s!” You drift into unconsciousness just as a
muscled man lifts you into his arms.
You wake up and realize you are in a strange place, with
no memory of how you arrived. Your muscles are weak and
uncooperative. Your vision is blurred. Simply rising to your feet
takes a tremendous effort. Your legs are wobbly and can barely
support your weight. A note on the ground nearby reads:
Greetings. I have gathered you here as an
experiment. Think of this as a test of human will.
You will survive. Or you will die…
´The investigators survived, but in another timeline, the
labyrinth has a new guest.
Resolution 3: The mastermind falls to his knees, his mask
cracked. Blood drips from his open wounds onto the cement floor.
“Do you really think you can kill me?” he wheezes. His distorted
voice is pained but proud. “I am everywhere and everywhen.
This vessel is but one. There are others. And if even one of them
is proven right, I will never truly die.” His body falls limply to
the ground. Seeing an opportunity to escape, you rush to the iron
doors sealing you in the warehouse. With a desperate effort, you
are finally able to break the padlock and push open the heavy
doors.
A sudden gust of cold evening air sweeps over you. You are
surprised to see wooden docks on the side of the Miskatonic River.
A few ducks quack in surprise and swim away from the nearest
dock. Water sloshes along the shore. You hear dockworkers
going about their business, their work day almost finished as
the sun sets to your left. After taking a few steps, you collapse to
the ground. You are too exhausted and injured to go on. “Who’s
that?” a dockworker calls out. “Someone is hurt—quick, let’s get
them to St. Mary’s!” A muscled man lifts you into his arms, and
you are driven to the hospital.

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You have somehow made it out of your captor’s hellish labyrinth, but his dying words haunt your thoughts. What did he mean by “others?” You recall the strange visions you saw in his maze, and a terrible thought seeps into your mind. The kidnapper had mentioned other groups, but you were never able to find them, and you have no idea if they made it out alive. You tell the police there are others and insist that they search the docks, but there is no trace of the warehouse you had escaped, nor of the mastermind who trapped you there…

´The investigators survived, but Eixodolon lives on.

Resolution 4: The mastermind falls to his knees, his mask cracked. Blood drips from his open wounds onto the cement floor. The outline of his body twists and blurs, like a wrinkle in the fabric of space and time. “So, the ritual has failed!” His bitter cackle descends into a cry of pain. “Perhaps humanity has a chance after all. This agony, this suffering! Such power is not meant for humans to wield. It is for the ones beyond!” He gasps and wheezes, collapsing to the ground. “Do not follow the path I followed,” he begs, “it leads only to… despair.” His breathing stops.

You have somehow defeated your captor, but many questions remain. Deciding to explore the labyrinth further, you find a way to break open the iron doors leading into the other sections of the complex. To your surprise, you find no other victims trapped in the labyrinth—only signs of their struggles, and of their survival. It takes only one solid strike to break open the padlock sealing the warehouse’s iron doors. The sound of metal slamming against metal is tripled in its volume. You do not believe your kidnapper meant for you to ever leave, but somehow you have defied the odds stacked against you. You wonder if the others are opening these heavy doors at this very moment, too.

A sudden gust of cold evening air sweeps over you. You are surprised to see wooden docks on the side of the Miskatonic River. A few ducks quack in surprise and swim away from the nearest dock. Water sloshes along the shore. You hear dockworkers going about their business, their work day almost finished as the sun sets to your left. You watch the sun disappear under the horizon, and the others watch in turn.

´The investigators win!

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Optional Variant: The Shifting Labyrinth
Now that you have completed The Labyrinths of Lunacy, try playing again with the following variant! Typically, each game of The Labyrinths of Lunacy has each Group (A, B or C) following a set path of act cards. However, these act cards can be mixed and matched to randomize which chambers and puzzles are encountered.
To play with this variant, instead of building the act deck with only one Group’s act cards, each group constructs their act deck with a randomly chosen act 1 card and a randomly chosen act 2 card. Use the Setup instructions for the Group designated in the title of the randomly chosen act 1 card.
When transitioning from act 1 to act 2, use the Act 2 Setup instructions for the Group designated in the title of the randomly chosen act 2 card. For the remainder of the game, you are now considered to be in that Group.
For example: Charles, Kate and Edwin are playing The Labyrinths of Lunacy using “The Shifting Labyrinth” variant. They randomly choose “The Levers (Group C)” to be act 1 and “Distortions in Time (Group A)” to be act 2. The act deck is constructed with those cards, along with “The Escape” as act 3. Throughout act 1, they are considered to be in Group C, and should use the setup instructions listed for Group C. When transitioning to act 2, they should use the Act 2 Setup for Group A. From that point onward, they are considered to be in Group A.
If you are playing in Epic Multiplayer Mode, randomize the act cards from one set of The Labyrinths of Lunacy and deal one act 1 and one act 2 card to each group, so that no act card is repeated between the three groups.
If you are playing in Single Group Mode and wish to use this variant over a series of three games, record the names of the act cards randomly chosen for each game and do not use those act cards again for the remainder of the mini-campaign.
Credits
Expansion Design: MJ Newman
LCG Manager: Mercedes Opheim
Arkham Horror Story Review: Dane Beltrami, Katrina Ostrander, and Nikki Valens
Expansion Graphic Design: Christopher Hosch
Graphic Design Manager: Brian Schomburg
Art Direction: Tim Flanders
Managing Art Director: Melissa Shetler
Fiction Editor: Katrina Ostrander
Senior Project Manager: John Franz-Wichlacz
Senior Manager of Product Development: Chris Gerber
Executive Game Designer: Corey Konieczka
Creative Director: Andrew Navaro
Production Management: Jason Beaudoin and Megan Duehn
Publisher: Christian T. Petersen
Playtesters
Jaffer Batica, Crystal Chang, Marcia “Not the Pet!” Colby, Grace Holdinghaus, Matt Holland, Gwendolyn Kornblum, Todd Michlitsch, Kathleen Miller, Brandon Perdue, Jake “Hourly” Ryan, Michael Strunk, Zach “My Partner’s
Additional Layout: Clayton Grey
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