More than half of the gates appear at a handful of locations on the board. The steps you take to win by closing or sealing gates will partially coincide.īecause a new gate opens every turn, except when the Mythos card identifies a location where a gate is already open or sealed, it is difficult to win by closing gates unless you seal some of the locations where gates are most likely to appear. Defeating the Ancient One in battle is usually considered a sub-optimal fall-back strategy (and a non-option if Azathoth is drawn as the Ancient One) prepare for it in the final turns before it awakes if it is apparent you will not be able to seal or close enough gates in time.
In general the investigators should try to win by sealing or closing gates.
