Drawn To The Flame

The Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game is out now. What secrets does it hold? How will it change how investigators approach the challenges of the mythos? And just which new investigators will be doing said approaching? Join Peter and Frank as they continue to look at the new player cards from the latest deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror. In this episode, Peter and F...

The Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game is out now. What secrets does it hold? How will it change how investigators approach the challenges of the mythos? And just which new investigators will be doing said approaching? Join Peter and Frank as they continue to look at the new player cards from the latest deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror. In this episode, Peter and F...

The Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game is out now. What secrets does it hold? How will it change how investigators approach the challenges of the mythos? And just which new investigators will be doing said approaching? Join Peter and Frank as they continue to look at the new player cards from the latest deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror. In this episode, Peter and F...

The Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game is out now. What secrets does it hold? How will it change how investigators approach the challenges of the mythos? And just which new investigators will be doing said approaching? Join Peter and Frank as they continue to look at the new player cards from the latest deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror. In this episode, Peter and F...

The Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game is out now. What secrets does it hold? How will it change how investigators approach the challenges of the mythos? And just which new investigators will be doing said approaching? Join Peter and Frank as they continue to look at the new player cards from the latest deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror. In this episode, Peter and F...

The Path to Carcosa deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game is out today. What secrets does it hold? How will it change how investigators approach the challenges of the mythos? And just which new investigators will be doing said approaching? Join Peter and Frank as they look at the new player cards from the latest deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror. In this episode, Peter and Frank take...

She's got no one to rely on but herself (... and maybe a stray cat or two). Carrying her mother's amulet wherever she goes, she's doing her best to stave off the encroaching terrors and roaming creatures in Arkham, Massachusetts, and beyond. To look at her, she's but a child, yet she's not entirely unprepared for combating the dark things of the mythos, as there's something of the trickster to her...

Join Frank and Peter for this, episode 23 of Drawn to the Flame. In anticipation of the upcoming release of Arkham Horror's second deluxe expansion, The Path to Carcosa, yours hosts look at Robert W Chambers' short-story collection The King in Yellow, particularly the stories The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, In the Court of the Dragon and The Yellow Sign. Who was Hastur? Where is Lake Hali?...

SPOILER POLICY: This is a special episode and we will be talking about the entirety of the Dunwich Cycle in some depth. Please avoid if you haven't yet finished the cycle! There are some secrets that once known will shatter our feeble consciousness, arcane rites and hidden mysteries so fell and terrible that to behold them is to fray the limits of one's sanity. In Episode 22 of Drawn to the Flame,...

SPOILER POLICY: We're talking about player cards up to and including Lost in Time and Space mythos pack. We'll skirt around encounter cards included in that pack, but talk freely about encounter cards from the core set up to Where Doom Awaits. In this, episode 21 of Drawn to the Flame, a podcast for fans of Arkham Horror: The Card game, join Peter and Frank as they discuss the conclusion of the Du...

WARNING: Discussion of Lost in Time and Space player cards in this episode! SPOILER POLICY: we'll happily discuss player cards up to and including the Lost in Time and Space mythos pack. We'll skirt around encounter cards included in that pack, but talk freely about encounter cards from the core set up to Where Doom Awaits. In this episode, it's a look at the player cards from Lost in Time and Spa...

SPOILER WARNING SPOILER WARNING All packs up to *Where Doom Awaits* mythos pack discussed! The full encounter set of Where Doom Awaits discussed! SPOILER WARNING ENDS Join Peter and Frank for episode 19 of Drawn to the Flame. This is another spoiler-policy-breaking episode in which your hosts settle down with a cup of tea and a large dose of trepidation to discuss everything in the Dunwich Legacy...

There are signs and sigils etched upon the ground at your feet, and they comprise a rough, hastily marked circle... a circle in which you stand captive. A... magic circle. In this episode, Frank and Peter are trapped inside a magic circle and they've enlisted the help of wayward research librarian John to help them get free. Join them as they talk to John about play and games, about how Arkham Hor...

WARNING: Discussion of Where Doom Awaits player cards in this episode! SPOILER POLICY: we'll happily discuss player cards up to and including the Where Doom Awaits mythos pack. We'll skirt around encounter cards included in that pack, but talk freely about encounter cards from the core set up to Undimensioned & Unseen. In this episode, Frank looks at the player cards from Where Doom Awaits, which...

You can throw thirty cards together smartly enough, but you want to up your deckbuilding game, from simply knowing the rules that govern decks in Arkham Horror all the way to making scintillating creations that fizz with ingenuity and versatility. How? In this, the sixteenth episode of Drawn to the Flame, join Peter and Frank as they get stuck into the tricksy topic of deckbuilding. This episode i...

You always pack bandages. You're a dab hand at lightening someone's pockets. You do your best work alone. You can read a map really really well. You seek forbidden secrets. You adapt to situations around you.... You are: talented. In this, the fifteenth episode of Drawn to the Flame, join Peter and Frank as they discuss another trait in Arkham Horror. In earlier episodes we've covered weapons, all...

WARNING: Discussion of Undimensioned & Unseen player cards in this episode! SPOILER POLICY: we'll happily discuss player cards up to and including the Undimensioned & Unseen mythos pack. We'll skirt around encounter cards included in that pack, but talk freely about encounter cards from the core set up to Blood on the Altar. In this episode, Frank looks at the player cards from Undimensioned & Uns...

A life of luxury, furnished by material wealth and a resourceful spirit had Jenny Barnes want for nothing. Like so many of her class and means, she travelled to Europe to sample the finest delights of the Old World - its culture, heritage, cuisine and charms... until word reached her: her beloved sister was missing. So Jenny Barnes finds herself back in Arkham, relying on her wits (and a little bi...

SPOILER WARNING All packs up to *Blood on the Altar* mythos pack discussed! The *story* of Blood on the Altar discussed! SPOILER WARNING ENDS Join Peter and Frank for the twelfth episode of Drawn to the Flame, in which they take a brief moment - a respite from the storm of horrors, if you will - to reflect on what their steadfast investigators have endured so far, and to ponder what fresh devilry...

She leads a peaceable life, waiting tables and getting by - at least she used to. But lately her dreams have spoken to her of times long past and places distant and terrible to behold. In that Hyperborean world, in those visions, she is no mere waitress, but a sorceress of fey and dreadful power. And now she feels that power stir within her blood... Yep, that's right, ladies and gents, she's Agnes...

WARNING: Discussion of Blood on the Altar player cards in this episode! SPOILER POLICY: we'll happily discuss player cards up to and including the Blood on the Altar mythos pack. We'll skirt around encounter cards included in that pack, but talk freely about encounter cards from the core set up to Essex County Express. In this episode, Frank looks at the player cards from Blood on the Altar, relea...

SPOILER POLICY: we'll happily discuss player cards up to and including the Essex County Express mythos pack (still a mouthful). We'll skirt around encounter cards included in that pack, but talk freely about encounter cards from the core set up to Miskatonic Museum (we don't discuss the museum scenario in any detail in this episode though). Esoteric Devices I: Adaptable & Delve Too Deep In this ep...

Peter and Frank are back with another trait-focused discussion, and this time it's all about spells. Spells, huh, yeah? What are they good for? Who can run them? Why should they? Is magic really bad??? All this and more in this episode of Drawn to the Flame. Spoiler policy: we'll happily discuss player cards up to and including the Essex County Express mythos pack (still a mouthful). We'll skirt a...

SPOILER WARNING: Drawn to the Flame's spoiler policy states that player cards from the most recently released mythos pack are fair game for discussion, and today, Thursday 16th March, was the release date of the second pack in the Dunwich Legacy cycle, the Essex County Express. SPOILER WARNING So Frank's not really breaking the policy, but there may be players out there who want to wait until they...

Drawn to the Flame, episode 6: Rex Murphy He's got a nose for a good story, and wherever he goes, he finds clues of a more pressing conspiracy... if only he could catch a break. It feels like Rex Murphy is the unluckiest reporter alive. Today, Peter and Frank discuss another investigator, and this time is the seeker Rex, who's a veritable bloodhound when it comes to clue collection, but things don...