When comparing City of Horror vs Arkham Horror: The Card Game, the Slant community recommends City of Horror for most people. In the question“What are the best scary board games to play around Halloween?” City of Horror is ranked 8th while Arkham Horror: The Card Game is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose City of Horror is:
In order to live, you'll have to vote others to death. Great moments like the priest voting to kill the little girl.
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Pros
Pro Survival is based on backstabbing
In order to live, you'll have to vote others to death. Great moments like the priest voting to kill the little girl.
Pro Works well with bigger groups
The more people, the more voters to convince to let you live and the more likely someone will have to die.
Pro Multiple expansions and add-ons will continue to help the game grow and evolve over time
Fantasy Flight has already announced and released several add-on packs that include new storylines, characters, monsters, and equipment, further broadening the depth and replayability of this game.
Pro High replayability due to multiple decision points and possible endings to both individual missions and the overall scenario
At different points along each mission players will be forced to make decisions that will affect not only that mission, but the storyline overall. This means that even playing the same scenario will have different results based on the decisions made by each player.
Pro The storylines provided by the game are interesting and draw players into the game
Each scenario features an overarching storyline that encourages players to keep playing as they slowly uncover more and more details about the mystery that is unfolding. Each mission in a scenario is designed to reveal more and more information about the dangers players are facing while giving clues as to the nature of the mystery they are trying to solve.
Pro The limited time to complete each mission gives players a sense of urgency
During each Scenario players will need to complete a number of individual missions, each taking up 1 game, in order to finish the scenario. During setup for each mission they are instructed in creating an Act deck of goals to complete as well as an Agenda deck that is used as a countdown timer for the forces of evil. In order to complete the mission players will need to race to finish the tasks given by the Act deck before Agenda deck finishes counting down. This mechanic really helps make the game feel like a struggle to thwart the forces of evil before humanity is overrun.
Cons
Con Elimination gameplay
It can happen that someone is eliminated from the game, though in my experience it's not often that you have all of your characters voted off.
Con The core set is limited to 1-2 players
Unfortunately a base set of the game will only allow a maximum of two players at a time. However, if you are willing to buy a second core set then the game can play 4 players cooperatively.