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Episode 331: Getting to Know Nyarlathotep

Join Frank and Peter for the first part of an extended interview with Azathoth's replacement Nyarlathotep, aka Duke Harrist, the lead designer of Arkham Horror LCG. In this episode, we talk to Duke about his background as a designer, how he ended up at FFG, what he brings to the role and what it's like following on from Maxine Newman, as well as where he wants to take Arkham in the future. 

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Episode 330: The Untamed Wilds

Join Peter and Frank for another scenario-specific episode. This time, they're popping on their backpacks and hiking boots and straying into The Untamed Wilds, scenario one of The Forgotten Age campaign. How tough is the scenario? How do you beat it? And how does it beat you??

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Episode 329: FHVFHV II

Join Frank as he talks about FHVFHV for the second time - we're talking Alessandra, Kate, Wilson, routes, highs, low low lows, what's the point of parley and many other things. Enjoy!

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Episode 328: Think on your Feet XLVII

Tune in for Think on your Feet XLVI, in which the play through of The Innsmouth Conspiracy, featuring Subject 5U-21, continues. 

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 

0.00 intro
1.36 story intro
4.30 little bit of setup for listeners
5.52 agenda / act / opening hand
8.45 gameplay starts
1.13.15 gameplay wrap-up

At 44.05 Peter takes a 4-action turn, forgetting he spent an action on the blue key. Somewhere between 44 & 49 minutes, Peter draws a reality acid and forgets to flip Ravenous. Same at 57. So there's a ten-ish minute window where Ravenous is ticking the wrong way. Sometimes these things happen! At 49.20 Peter pathfinds as though locations are connected by adjacency rather than icons, but he spots this and docks actions. Finally, at 1.10.05 Peter draws mysterious chanting and forgets the initiate of Dagon is in play, so fetches an Acolyte. It doesn't make a difference as he finishes that turn...

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Episode 327: Dreaming of the Drowned City

Join Frank and Peter as they look at the latest news from Fantasy Flight Games all about the forthcoming expansion The Drowned City. What do Marion and Agatha do? What's the deal with specialist cards? And just how will Arkham never be the same again?

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Episode 326: Think on your Feet XLVI

Tune in for Think on your Feet XLVI, in which the play through of The Innsmouth Conspiracy, featuring Subject 5U-21, continues. 

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 

0.00 preamble
2.10 scenario intro, act and agenda
5.03 opening hand
6.30 gameplay starts 
50.00 gameplay ends, wrap up.

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Episode 325: FHVFHV I

Join Frank as he talks about FHVFHV for the first time.

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Episode 324: Arcs

Join Frank and Peter as they talk about a non-Arkham Horror game: Leder Games' Arcs. It's space, it's strategy, it's trick-taking (ish) and it's loads of fun. 

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Episode 323: Prepared for the Worst

Join Frank and Peter as they talk about Shadows Over Scotland at Tabletop Scotland and the decks they're thinking of making for the two epic multiplayer games. 

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Episode 322: News Chat

Join Frank and Peter as they talk about Shadows Over Scotland at Tabletop Scotland and then take a look at the Arkham Horror news out of Gencon. 

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Episode 321: Think on your Feet XLV

Tune in for Think on your Feet XLV, in which the play through of The Innsmouth Conspiracy, featuring Subject 5U-21, continues. 

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 

0.00 preamble
3.40 upgrade chat
4.30 blooper chat - it crops up at minute 33 next, and again at 53.
9.10 act and agenda
10.55 opening hand
13.35 gameplay begins

At 15.30 I forget to remove the first Old Innsmouth Road, but I remember shortly afterwards. 

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Episode 320: Mark Harrigan

Join Peter and Frank as they talk about everybody's favourite soldier, all-round man-about-the-front fighting and raging against the dying of the light: Mark Harrigan.

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Episode 319: Carson Sinclair

Join Peter and Frank as they talk about everybody's favourite butler, all-round man-about-the-home helping the team to greatness: Carson Sinclair.

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Episode 318: Analytical Wonderings

You've just finished a scenario but how do you know you've done ok? What are the things you can consider and ponder to improve your play? Join Frank and Peter as they talk about self-analysis and self-improvement in Arkham. 

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Episode 317: Suzi Takes a Breather

Join Frank and Peter for an Innsmouth interlude, in which they take a breather with Suzi after four hard-fought scenarios and reflect on possible upgrades to the deck. We'd love to hear your thoughts too - please get in touch. 

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Episode 316: Think on your Feet XLIV

Tune in for Think on your Feet XLIV, in which the play through of The Innsmouth Conspiracy, featuring Subject 5U-21, continues. 

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 

0.00 intro / preamble 
2.35 scenario intro
5.12 setup / vehicle rules / locations / fishing vessel
9.23 act / agenda
10.30 opening hand
12.30 gameplay begins
1.08.50 gameplay ends, resolution, wrap up

Three times (19.05, 34.11, 56.07) Peter takes a 4-action turn, but then the same turn or the next turn he spends an action to play Regurgitation, so it always evens out.  
At 47.20 Peter forgets to move The Thing That Follows.

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Episode 315: Shadows over Scotland

Join Peter and Frank as they talk about Shadows over Scotland, an event for Arkham Horror this summer/autumn at Tabletop Scotland games convention, 6th-8th September 2024. We cover what it is, what we'll be doing, and why you might want to come! 

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Episode 314: Enter the Vault of Knowledge

Join Peter and Frank as they talk about investigator signature cards. What makes a good signature? Why do some signatures feel super powerful and others just fizzle out? And what is the best signature in the game?

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Episode 313: Stay Alert - Hidden Truths Concealed Within

Join Peter and Frank as they talk about keywords and other mechanics a campaign might introduce. What makes a good keyword? Why do some keywords land well and others fizzle or are ultimately forgettable? What gives specific campaigns their memorable flavour?

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Episode 312: Feast First Look VI - CKV

Join Frank and Peter for the sixth first look of the player cards of The Feast of Hemlock Vale.

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Episode 311: Feast First Look V - MLO

Join Frank and Peter for the fifth first look of the player cards of The Feast of Hemlock Vale.

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Episode 310: Feast First Look IV - FHE

Join Frank and Peter for the fourth first look of the player cards of The Feast of Hemlock Vale.

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Episode 309: Feast First Look III - STO

Join Frank and Peter for the third first look of the player cards of The Feast of Hemlock Vale.

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Episode 308: Feast First Look II - FEA

Join Frank and Peter for the second first look of the player cards of The Feast of Hemlock Vale.

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Episode 307: Feast First Look I - THE

Join Frank and Peter for the first first look of the player cards of The Feast of Hemlock Vale.

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Episode 306: Folk Horror

Join Peter and Frank as they talk about folk horror: what is it and how does it link to Lovecraft, Arkham Horror and the Feast of Hemlock Vale? Check out Black Aquarius on BBC Sounds, too, if you want more on 1970s Occultism. 

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Episode 305: Think on your Feet XLIII

Tune in for Think on your Feet XLIII, in which the play through of The Innsmouth Conspiracy, featuring Subject 5U-21, continues. 

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 

0.00 intro / preamble
1.28 interlude: the syzygy
3.50 upgrading Suzi
6.10 scenario intro
11.30 running through the map
14.28 opening hand
16.22 gameplay begins
1.35.40 gameplay ends, resolution, wrap up

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Episode 304: How I Realised I Sucked at Arkham

Join Peter and Frank as they talk about being good at Arkham Horror or, more specifically, not being bad (aka sucking) at the game - when to take tests, what the consequences of failure are, how to be a better player. The usual jazz! 

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Episode 303: Falling out of Love with Arkham

CONTENT WARNING: we talk about some health challenges and serious stuff in this episode. Please be warned.

Join Frank and Peter as they talk about the ebb and flow of their interest in Arkham Horror, and the sorts of things that might combine to knock their interest in the game.

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Episode 302: Visions of Futures Past XXVI

Join Frank and Peter as they announce not one, not two, but three new cards from The Feast of Hemlock Vale Investigator Expansion (for players). We share the cards up front and then go down the rabbit hole to discuss the ins and outs of these cards. Enjoy! 

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Episode 301: Think on your Feet XLII

Tune in for Think on your Feet XLII, in which the play through of The Innsmouth Conspiracy, featuring Subject 5U-21 continues. 

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 

0.00 preamble
2.15 intro text
9.50 upgrades and set up
12.26 agenda and act
14.40 opening hand
17.45 gameplay starts
1.26.40 post-gameplay assessment

At 21.05 Peter forgets to add a doom to the agenda the first couple of turns. But when he notices it he corrects it immediately. 
At 33.30 Peter takes a four-action turn. Given how things end, that doesn't seem a problem, really. 

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Episode 300: R-land B-nks

Join Frank and Peter for a very special investigator-specific episode to celebrate 300 episodes of Drawn to the Flame. Thank you to you, the listener, for being along with us on this ride! 

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Episode 299: Visions of Futures Past XXV

Join Frank and Peter for Visions of Futures Past XXV, an occasional series in which we reveal cards, thanks to the generosity of Fantasy Flight Games. This time, we look at a card from The Feast of Hemlock Vale investigator expansion for players! 

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Episode 298: Think on your Feet XLI

Join Frank for Think on your Feet XLI, the start of a new campaign, with a new investigator, the newness shiny and, well, new.

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 

0.00 intro and story
4.45 act and agenda
8.35 opening hand
9.25 gameplay begins
53.40: 2 turns forgetting The Thing That Follows - I guessed 'at least one, maybe two' and move it two, which was right, and then I move it three, 'to be on the safe side', which was wrong!

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Episode 297: Calling in Favors

Join Frank and special guest Jaya, who kindly steps up so that we can take a look at the new investigators of The Feast of Hemlock Vale Investigator Expansion (for players). We're doing a pre-first look, an initial impressions episode, sharing our enthusiasm and our wonderings about who's coming up. Spoilers, understandably, for FHV. 

NB: there's an audio quirk on this episode - Jaya's mic is a little scratchy, but he's still completely audible. 

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Episode 296: Failing Forwards

Join Frank and Peter as they continue their discussion of efficiency and build on it to look at the concept of failing forwards. What is failing forwards and how does it pertain to Arkham? More strikingly, how do reward mechanics influence and direct decks and play patterns?

NB: there's an audio quirk on this episode - Frank's mic has gone doolally and he's somewhat quiet. Apologies; it'll be rectified on the next episode. 

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Episode 295: Efficiency or the Action Economy

Join Frank and Peter as they explore what's meant by 'action economy' in Arkham Horror, or, in other words, what it means to be 'efficient' in play. We talk about efficiency as a concept, how it applies to Arkham and whether it's a useful concept to bear in mind when making decks and playing. 

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Episode 294: Sizing up 5U-21

Join Frank and Peter as they attempt to grasp the scale and majesty of the latest investigator for Arkham Horror: Subject 5U-21, Maxine Newman's final contribution to the game we adore. 

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Episode 293: Follow in Footsteps I

Join Peter and Frank for Kal Iver's Beginner Ranger Guide, or 'Some Things We've Learned about Earthborne Rangers as We've Been Playing It'... we're talking about some more initial impressions of the game and, as ever, comparing it relentlessly to Arkham Horror.

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Episode 292: The Pallid Mask

Join Frank and Peter for a deep dive into a single scenario in our new series, our 'scenario tech' or 'scenario specific' sort of episodes. We hope you like it! 

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Episode 291: A First Look at Dunwich Legacy V

Join Frank and Peter for a fifth first look at The Dunwich Legacy investigator expansion for players. With a class chosen at random! 

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Episode 290: Trish Scarborough

Join Frank and Peter for a new investigator-specific episode, this one all about everyone's favourite spy, Trish Scarbados!

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Episode 289: Post UKGE Bits

Join Frank and Peter for a review of what they did at UKGE 2023, discussion of taking part in Arkham Horror events, and all sorts of bits. We talk Earthborne Rangers and Machinations Through Time. And what's the deal with Carson Sinclair?

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Episode 288: UKGE Bits

Join Frank and Peter for a preview of what they're doing at UKGE 2023, discussion of taking part in Arkham Horror events, and all sorts of bits.

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Episode 287: Darrell Simmons

Join Frank and Peter for a new investigator-specific episode, this one all about the photographer Darrell Simmons.

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Episode 286: Undimensioned and Unseen

Join Frank and Peter for a deep dive into a single scenario in what we hope will be a new series, a 'scenario tech' or 'scenario specific' sort of endeavour that we're toying with. We hope you like it! 

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Episode 285: Think on your Feet XL

CONTENT WARNING: this is a face-check playthrough, so it may contain shocking content.

Join Frank for Think on your Feet XL, in which Amanda Sharpe concludes her sci-fi journey in Dark Matter, a fan-made campaign for Arkham Horror: The Card Game.

In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play series, I endeavour not to edit much at all. Sometimes I cut some shuffling sounds or abbreviate some of my longer pauses (a chap's got to think!), but otherwise, it's uncut, unaltered and meant to feel like you're with me at the table. There may be mistakes and misplays, but hopefully some successes too.

Timestamps: 
0.00 intro, setup, act, agenda
6.27 ancestral knowledge and opening hand
9.42 gameplay begins
19.35 I think I misplay: I commit The Eye of Truth from under Amanda to Alienation and pass, which I believe means TEOT should've attached to Alienation and placed both cards in the victory display...
34.00 I seem to become obsessed with the word 'anyhoo'??
51.30 I get in a bit of a tangle but I sort it out. 
58.55 I add a resource on the Moonbase Laboratory even though I've carefully made sure not to be there...
1.18.00 My grasp of 'as if' is probably shaky at best, but I'm hoping I'm playing this right and not completely wrecking the scenario...
1.31.00 I miscount actions and shortchange myself one.
1.35.50 Major derp: I could've used the Pallid Mask to move! To... do something at the end! I catch that the Cassilda is once per turn but then forget the Pallid Mask - and I use the Pendant illegally... but I could've used the Pallid Mask so it works out nearly the same?

Here's my deck: CLICK ME

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Episode 284: A First Look at Dunwich Legacy IV

Join Frank and Peter for a fourth first look at The Dunwich Legacy investigator expansion for players. With a class chosen at random! 

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Episode 283: Worn Wanderers

Join Frank and Peter for a first look at a game coming shortly to Kickstarter, Worn Wanderers, on 23rd March. Cleromancy Games were kind enough to share a prototype with us via Tabletop Simulator, so we've tried out the game and we introduce you to it and talk about what we enjoyed about trying it. You can also join their VIP pin club here. Thanks Cleromancy! 

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Episode 282: A First Look at Dunwich Legacy III

Join Frank and Peter for a third first look at The Dunwich Legacy investigator expansion for players. With a class chosen at random! 

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