You will see recurring madness cards from one game to another, but it won’t happen as commonly as you might think due to the way that madness escalates from one tier to the next.

This makes it especially funny when one player is completely silent and not responding to anything you're saying, until you say in jest looking at his character card, "This Danforth guy is a jerk", and he yells out "FINALLY I CAN SPEAK YOU FOOLS!Some of the madnesses function on specific game knowledge – such as using the names of the characters, or the titles of the cards instead of the values – and those are pretty challenging to deal with until you’re aware of what’s required to deal with them. Conversation ends as soon as the timer runs out, the Leader decides to use Leadership tokens, or when the Leader takes cards from a player and places them on the Sled board. You can play it as a family game and it's not hard to find a timer app that you can substitute for the sand timer if you find you all get too engrossed in coping with each other's Madness to notice when the sand has run out or if you feel the need to tweak the timer and permit yourselves a slightly less manic 45 seconds. The discarded Leadership tokens are moved from the Sled Board to the Leadership Token discard area on the board. As college turned to grad school and time dwindled, his ability to come up with a compelling story each week for RPGs waned.

As a party game, it can be quite a laugh forcing players to hum any communication, or to skip certain words whilst trying to be effective. Losing doesn’t prevent you from having fun, but as you grow familiar with the madnesses in play and the more efficient ways to explore, you’ll improve your score. Taking its name from the objectively best Lovecraft story, Mountains of Madness is a cooperative game that puts the players on an ascent to the craggy peak of an Antarctic summit.

Mountains of madness is super interactive and messy, so the energy created is great for first time boardgamers and for a group of friends wanting a fun night!