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If I have a net negative number of dice, how many clue tokens do I need to spend to attempt a roll?

You always gain bonus dice from clue tokens spent, regardless of how negative your actual ability check is. So in your example you do not have to spend one to overcome the negative, then another to ...
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Arkham Horror Put a Clue Token on this card?

They're just markers; effectively you have to draw three unique items to pass her story. Rules-wise, there's nothing that explicitly says this, it's just that the tokens are on the card, not in your ...
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Is The Next Act Begins a valid first mythos card during setup?

If a mythos card with no gate is drawn during step 14 of Game Setup, discard it and draw again until you draw a mythos card that depicts a gate. Source: Arkham Horror Core FAQ or Complete Arkham ...
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Complexity of Eldritch Horror versus Arkham Horror

I own both AH and EH. I have the Kingsport, Innsmouth and Black Goat of the Woods expansions for AH. Only have the base game for EH right now but those four expansions call me pretty loudly. I really ...
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Ancient one awakes and battle

During the final battle, the only thing that matters is the Ancient One and any Investigators who were not lost in time and space. Everything associated with the old board is irrelevant. Take a look ...
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Complexity of Eldritch Horror versus Arkham Horror

It has been a while since I played Arkham Horror, but I own Eldritch Horror myself. There are a few very obvious differences. The gate encounters in Arkham take multiple turns to complete. In ...
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Arkham Horror: Is there any thematic introductory text out there for first time players?

Each of the investigators has some flavour on the back of their investigator card. I've found using that gives the player some insight in to the strange going ons in Arkham, but leaves them just ...
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Are tasks and missions considered items?

Tasks and missions are considered "items" as per the Dunwich rulebook (Page 5): Tasks are a type of item found in the Common Item deck, while Missions are items found in the Unique Item deck. If ...
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Is the only time a monster encounter occurs during the movement phase or when 'a monster appears'?

If you start your movement phase on a location or Street with any monsters, you must either evade them all or fight them. If you attempt to pass through a location or street with a monster on it, ...
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Sent from one Other World to another. Another encounter in the same turn?

Your character moves to the Dreamlands, no further encounter that turn. As the card says "Move to the Dreamlands" the character is not delayed. If it had said something like "A Gate Opens and pulls ...
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Does the Retainer card grant $2 on the first Upkeep phase?

It means you merely skip the roll (you do not skip all upkeep instructions) "It's like a salary. You usually get them through encounters. Darrell Simmons and Rita Young also start with one." https://...
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Do some combat checks occur without monsters?

You don't draw a monster. Like you said, you just make a combat check - except there is a modifier, the (-1) specified by the encounter. And it really is a combat check, not a weird fight check; that'...
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In Arkham Horror, if a monster surge exceeds the max allowable monsters, does the monster that caused the max to be exceeded get discarded?

Yes. See this example from the official Arkham FAQ, p.12 (emphasis mine): In a 3-player game, the monster limit is 6 and the maximum number of monsters in the Outskirts is 5. There are 3 ...
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In Arkham Horror, do you ignore counting items that can't be lost or stolen when going insane or unconscious?

While the ruling may seem a little bit weird, everything they say in the errata section makes sense. During an unconscious or madness scenario, you are the one looking at your items and choosing to ...
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Can Flute of the Outer Gods be used for monsters "not on the board" like in The Terrible Experiment?

No, While I'd be tempted to allow this as it would be a very cool thing to do and it is hard to find a good use for the Flute of the Outer Gods, this question is addressed directly in the FAQ, pg 10. ...
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Do I immediately get any clues at a location I jump to from the "Lost In Time And Space" location?

No you don't. Moving from Lost in Time and Space happens during the Upkeep phase, and you may only pick up clues at the end of movement that happens during the Movement phase. From the Arkham Horror ...
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Can I trade exhibit items from the Curse of the Dark Pharaoh expansion with other investigators?

Yes, Exhibit items can be traded like other items. From the Curse of the Dark Pharaoh rules: The Exhibit Item cards represent the ancient Egyptian artifacts brought to Arkham as part of the "...
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Can I use Duke to immediately restore sanity right after I discover I'm going to lose it?

No, you couldn't use Duke in that situation. Certain cards such as Flesh Ward specifically allow interrupting the order of things to prevent you from taking damage, but Duke does not. You would need ...
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Can a player take both a madness and injury card if his investigator gets reduced to zero stamina and sanity?

The investigator is devoured. The Dunwich Horror rulebook reiterates the basic rule If an investigator is reduced to both 0 Sanity and 0 Stamina at the same time, that investigator is devoured.
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Do I add all Mask monsters from the base game and expansions when Nyarlathotep is the Ancient One?

You use them all. The closest the rules get to directly saying this is things like this from the Dunwich Horror rules: As with the “Mask” monster markers from Arkham Horror, do not place the Spawn ...
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Possible to spend clue tokens to re-roll attempts at sealing gates?

You can spend clue tokens to roll extra dice for any skill check, including closing gates. You can spend them one at a time, and stop after you have a success. After you've successfully closed the ...
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Can I use Sir William Brinton's ability immediately after discovering I have to lose Stamina?

You can use powers like that before drawing the encounter, or after resolving it (if you are not yet unconscious/insane), but you cannot use it during the resolution of an encounter. From the Arkham ...
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Do skill check re-rolls include dice gained from spending clue tokens?

Reroll all 4 dice. It's important to do things in the right order though. Using the cigarette case and then clues results in fewer total rolls. This is clarified in the FAQ contained within the ...
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In Arkham Horror, should the newly placed monsters or the final count of monsters be evenly distributed?

It's the newly placed monsters you're distributing evenly. The "they" in that sentence refers to the monsters you're placing. So you're mostly right about your example: to place six monsters on three ...
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Voice of Ra: does "all skill checks" apply to all players or just the caster?

It's just the caster, i.e. the "you" at the beginning of the sentence. Same way casting Wither or wielding a weapon only helps your combat checks.
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In Arkham Horror, if I lose a turn and then am drawn into a gate, am I then only delayed?

Losing your turn is different to being delayed. Being delayed means you cannot do anything during your movement phase If you have lost your turn, you skip all phases (including upkeep) except for the ...
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Can you become the deputy of Arkham after another player has?

This is explicitly answered in the FAQ: Q: Can an investigator trade in trophies to become the Deputy if another investigator is already the Deputy (the existing Deputy would stop being Deputy)? If ...
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If maximum stamina gets reduced during an environment card, when the card is discarded, do I return to max?

No you wouldn't. You don't instantly gain stamina/sanity when your maximum increases, thus you also wouldn't gain stamina/sanity if a penalty to your maximum was removed.
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Do Dunwich monsters get removed from gate closings?

Yes, monsters on the Dunwich board would also be removed. From the Arkham Horror Rules (page 18): Monsters and Closing Gates When a gate is closed, all monsters in Arkham, the Sky, and the Outskirts ...
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Does a stalker monsters always stay if there is an investigator in its current area or location?

The basic monster movement rules state that monsters don't move when they are in the same space as an investigator. There isn't any reason to think that the stalker addition in Dunwich changes this ...
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