With Elder Sign though, I don't have to make excuses - this is a beautifully-presented game. Readers who remember my review of popular games critic Yahtzee Crowshaw's game in the genre, The Consuming Shadow, will likely recall that while the graphical element was rather weak, the strong theming of the game really carried it for me, because it stayed very true to the beats of that mythos and all that surround it. I have to admit, I'm an easy mark for games in the sort of Lovecraftian, cosmic horror theme. The presentation of the game is top notch

Or rather, from the one big flaw of that format. Digression aside, the lack of coverage leads one to wonder: is Elder Sign: Omens an under-appreciated gem, or did it not get that attention rightly so because it failed in some significant way? I couldn't help but look further when my wife got the game for me as a gift, and, well, the truth is as always, somewhere in between: this is a well-produced - nay, beautifully produced game for an independent board game adaptation - but it suffers from a lot of the flaws of the source format. The only video game I can think of that stays close to an adaptation and got a lot of media attention is the Witcher Adventure Game, and let's fact it, that's not because of the game itself, it's because of the name on it. As much as a very few critics have picked this up since then, it's still something that doesn't get a lot of attention, likely because it sticks very close to a board game adaptation.

The original tabletop game was a dice game with a lot of niche appeal for the rich Lovecraftian lore it was based upon, and the PC adaptation released, at least initially, without much fanfare. Elder Sign: Omens is a PC adaptation of the board game of the same name, developed by Fantasy Flight Games and published by Fantasy Flight Publishing.

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