A Touch of Evil

So for the last two months "A Touch of Evil" has been the game of choice for my local group of gamers on a friday night. This game by Flying Frog Productions seems to hit all the key points for use to enjoy it. Wonderfully thematic like Arkham Horror, "A Touch of Evil" is very hammer horror movie inspired. It has the roleplaying feel of an in-depth Fantasy Flight game but is far simpler to setup and play so that the Eurogame fans in our group are willing to play it. It has competitive, cooperative, and team play to satisfy all of us. In fact we have so far been playing almost entirely team based.

   In a game the group will pick a villian to fight. It could be the Vampire, Werewolf, Headless Horsemen, or Scarecrow. Each plays very differently so that you get a very different game each time. Then you pick your hero, each hero has 4 different statistics and various special abilities. Then you are off to visit various important locations around the small community and in the process accumulate helpful items, allies, and progress your investigation with clues and favors denoted in the "investigation" currency of the game. To win the game you have to beat the Villian in a "Showdown" fight which is very dramatic and climactic. Your allies will try to help you while your opponents will try to sabotage your effort to fight so that they can slip in after you fail to beat the villian. It is an excellent game and if your gaming group likes thematic games then I can't recommend "A Touch of Evil" enough.