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Drawn To The Flame

Frank and Peter

Drawn To The Flame is a podcast in which Peter and Frank discuss Arkham Horror : The Card Game, a cooperative living card game of Lovecraftian horror.

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September 24 · 47 min
Episode 383: Think on your Feet LV
Join Frank for another Think on your Feet episode. Here we're tweaking our Tommy Muldoon deck to take on New Horizons in the middle of the night! In Think on your Feet episodes, 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 2.35 the 'new' deck 5.20 xp choices 6.10 the blood blight 7.50 scenario set-up 10.05 a random question 12.05 location arrangement 13.05 opening hand 13.58 gameplay begins 42.30 post-game review - what would a new Tommy list look like? 44.35 post-game resolution Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
August 20 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 382: Think on your Feet LIV
Join Frank for another Think on your Feet episode. Yet again, we step into the unknown, with an unplayed-before deck and an unplayed-before scenario. Let's go! In Think on your Feet episodes, 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 spoiler warning 1.35 question to the listener - what do you want to hear in ToyF? 2.10 investigator selection and deck discussion 4.30 campaign intro including chaos bag 5.45 prologue 8.55 scenario intro 10.30 map description 13.45 what are blood tokens? 15.00 act and agenda 16.55 stats and opening hand 19.15 gameplay begins 31.35 Tommy tips! 36.10 what is the Predator keyword ability? 48.30 what must I do with 'must'? 1.24.10 end of scenario and wrap-up, including looking at reward cards 1.07.15 I take an attack from Julia and forget that she is elusive-keyworded, but I spot it shortly afterwards. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
August 6 · 50 min
Episode 381: Where are You at with Arkham?
Join Frank and Peter for a riff on this question: where are you at with Arkham? How do you feel about allocation? How is chapter two hitting? What impact does that have on casting? And what else is catching our attention? Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
July 16 · 48 min
Episode 380: Crisis of Identity (of Sorts)
Join Frank and Peter for a head-scratcher: is Carolyn the new Daisy? What does that mean? And if it means what we think it means, what does that say about chapter 1 Arkham in comparison with chapter 2 Arkham, if anything? Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
July 2 · 1 hr
Episode 379: Wondrous Lands V
Join Frank for another instalment of Wondrous Lands, a live play series of Earthborne Rangers. This is the first campaign, Lure of the Valley, solo. As this is recorded live, slips and errors are sure to creep in, so please extend me your understanding - I hope you enjoy the journey alongside me! If you want more of an explainer of the game, check out the first Wondrous Lands episode, where I offer more of a rules explainer. You can view the map here, the campaign log here and my deck here. Timestamps: 0.00 preamble + where's the arkham? 2.10 setup 4.30 our first location 6.15 gameplay begins 8.00 I don't need to avoid the buck to avoid fatigue - I spot this at 8.25 though! 14.00 a new location... 26.50 I forget the mountain effect on Rising Waters - I catch this at 31.10 and add rain to accommodate it. 41.35 some damp business 44.50 a bit of scheming... 50.20 a set-aside card (please write in thoughts!) Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
June 11 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 378: Wondrous Lands IV
Join Frank for another instalment of Wondrous Lands, a live play series of Earthborne Rangers. This is the first campaign, Lure of the Valley, solo. As this is recorded live, slips and errors are sure to creep in, so please extend me your understanding - I hope you enjoy the journey alongside me! If you want more of an explainer of the game, check out the first Wondrous Lands episode, where I offer more of a rules explainer. You can view the map here, the campaign log here and my deck here. Timestamps: 0.00 intro 1.40 spoiler warning 2.01 setting up 2.35 opening hand 3.45 set-up continues... 5.10 a new entry for the day... 8.39 arrival! 10.15 start of round 1 36.00 a little retcon 45.55 travel time (I did my refresh first, but I spot that misplay) 52.35 travel time again! 59.45 travel time the third! Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
May 28 · 48 min
Episode 377: Arcane Environments
Join Peter and Frank as they tease apart two related but not quite the same things: environments and chapters. What are they both? How do they impact the game? How do they even work? Should we care? All this and more in this episode! Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
May 14 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 376: Arkham Horror Core Set 2026 - First Impressions
Join Frank and Peter as they look at some of the hits and misses of the chapter two core set - aka the 2026 core set - for Arkham Horror The Card Game, and specifically the highs and lows of Brethren of Ash, the core set campaign. We're looking at what we love, what worked for us, and what left us wanting more. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
May 7 · 52 min
Episode 375: Think on your Feet LIII
Join Frank for another Think on your Feet episode. Here ends our Brethren of Ash solo playthrough! In Think on your Feet episodes, 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. My deck: third scenario 0.00 intro and audio stuff 1.35 xp options 3.42 note from previous scenario 5.10 scenario intro 8.20 setup 10.50 act and agenda 11.50 opening hand 12.50 or so: gameplay begins 45.20 a little codex interlude 45.50 resolution and wrap-up. 49.00 design notes At 30.10 I defeat Servant of Flame and forget to trigger its codex - I remember at 45.10! Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
April 30 · 1 hr 36 min
Episode 374: Think on your Feet LII
Join Frank for another Think on your Feet episode. The patrons have voted, so we're embarking on "<patron choice of chapter 2 investigator> versus Brethren of Ash" In Think on your Feet episodes, 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. My deck: first scenario | second scenario 0.00 preamble 2.05 first scenario intro 4.35 opening hand 5.05 gameplay begins 33.10 first scenario analysis 33.55 second scenario intro 36.55 what's the map like? 41.03 opening hand 41.26 gameplay begins 1.27.15 I forget to take a horror from a pursuing Whippoorwill but a minute later I remember it. During the recording, I realise I may have made a rather major mess-up this playthrough, somehow internalising that Izzie's ability is once per test rather than once per round. I do spot this error at 1.01.25... and during the edit I've checked and I never in fact make the error! Phewee! Just shows how things can slip by. So even though I am not sure whether I used her ability multiple times per phase, it turns out... I didn't. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
April 16 · 1 hr 42 min
Episode 373: Think on your Feet LI
Join Frank for another Think on your Feet episode. After our last episode, in which Frank tried out two of the premade decks, here Frank tries another one (or two, or three). In Think on your Feet episodes, 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. 0.00 preamble 3.57 who are we playing? 6.15 class overview 9.13 final setup 10.47 opening hand 12.05 gameplay begins - or at least scheming 49.50 taking a breath, resetting, class overview 54.05 gander in the rulebook 55.17 opening hand 1.09.45 resetting, class overview 1.13.37 opening hand At 31.23: I say skulls are -2 on a 5 v 2 test. I'm wrong, skulls are -3s by this point in the scenario. Luckily, that doesn't matter! I spot it at 36.05 or so. At 1.17.13: I miscount my handsize due to the assistant, but I spot it shortly afterwards. Throughout: I keep calling Servant of Flame Servant of the Flame. Maybe it's because I'm so used to Drawn to the Flame rather than Drawn to Flame? Anyway, I spot it, apologise for it, and continue to do it pretty much indiscriminately throughout. Sorry! At 1.26.00 or so: I kill two experiments and forget to be horrified by them, but I spot this and correct it at 1.32.40. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
April 2 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 372: Think on your Feet L
Join Frank for another Think on your Feet episode - this time, it's tearing into the new 'chapter two' core set for Arkham Horror The Card Game The Living Card Game. In Think on your Feet episodes, 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. At 29.30 I get confused - I'd missed a damage from fire on the mutant from the previous turn, so it should've died at this point (and me with it). Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky Thank you for listening and subscribing.
March 27 · 53 min
Episode 371: Visions of Futures Past XXX
Join Frank and Peter as we preview half a dozen cards as part of the Survivor investigator deck preview season. We recorded this episode before we knew any of the other cards, so these are our time-capsule takes shorn of the context of the other previews. Thank you to FFG for sending us the cards to preview. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Find us on Bluesky. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
March 19 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 370: Wondrous Lands III
Join Frank for another instalment of Wondrous Lands, a live play series of Earthborne Rangers. This is the first campaign, Lure of the Valley, solo. As this is recorded live, slips and errors are sure to creep in, so please extend me your understanding - I hope you enjoy the journey alongside me! If you want more of an explainer of the game, check out the first Wondrous Lands episode, where I offer more of a rules explainer. You can view the map here, the campaign log here and my deck here. Timestamps: 0.00 intro + rewards 3.15 setup + a new mission 11.25 gameplay begins 30.25 our first travel 50.30 our second travel 1.02.50 trade, you say? 1.07.20 I realise I've forgotten the weather - I punish myself by flipping to the hot sunny side. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
February 26 · 45 min
Episode 369: Yew Can't Cedar Wood Fir the Trees
Join Frank and Peter as they look at the five announced 'evergreen investigator decks'. Who are these evergreen folks? What do they do? What might their decks contain? Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
February 19 · 45 min
Episode 368: Sinister? Dexter!
Join Peter and Frank as they take a moment to look at another (number five) of the new investigators from the chapter two core set and consider what impact that might have on the design as a whole and on specific classes. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
February 12 · 1 hr 28 min
Episode 367: Wondrous Lands II
Join Frank for another instalment of Wondrous Lands, a live play series of Earthborne Rangers. This is the first campaign, Lure of the Valley, solo. As this is recorded live, slips and errors are sure to creep in, so please extend me your understanding - I hope you enjoy the journey! If you want more of an explainer of the game, check out the first Wondrous Lands episode, where I offer more of a rules explainer. You can view the map here, the campaign log here and my deck here. Timestamps: 0.00 intro 2.58 moments on the path / spoilers / couple of small corrections / the elder's book of uncommon wisdom 7.05 a question to the listener 7.39 setup and gameplay begins 27.30 what are aspirations? 37 or so: I fail the Remember test (0 vs 1) and still draw a card, which is wrong - I don't get to draw if I don't pass. It doesn't ruin the day, but definitely would've warped the final parts of it! 50.00 let's go travelling! 1.03.00 I have no clue why I kept in my coughing on the recording - but I can't edit it out without losing explaining what I'm doing. Sorry about that! 1.11.02 she's *not* an atrox. Derp! It's kind of obvious about three seconds later... Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
January 29 · 44 min
Episode 366: Are You Going to (Trish) Scarborough Fair?
Join Frank and Peter as they take a moment to look at another (number four) of the new investigators from the chapter two core set and consider what impact that might have on the design as a whole and on specific classes. Little erratum note: 14mins in, Peter talks about how Daniela might help with the Black Chamber Operative, and talks about chapter 1 Daniela's ability rather than chapter 2. It's not a big boo-boo, but we wanted to acknowledge it! Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
January 22 · 45 min
Episode 365: Daniela? I 'ardly Knew 'er!
Join Frank and Peter as they take a moment to look at another (number three) of the new investigators from the chapter two core set and consider what impact that might have on the design as a whole and on specific classes. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.
January 15 · 1 hr 51 min
Episode 364: Wondrous Lands I
Join Frank for something a little bit different: a live play series of Earthborne Rangers. I'm starting simple: Lure of the Valley, solo, and sharing my experience with the game. As this is recorded live, slips and errors are sure to creep in, so please extend me your understanding - I hope you enjoy the journey! And as this is my first time sharing EBR live, there's a bit more rules explaining than future episodes will contain. As ever, your feedback is welcome! You can view the map here, the campaign log here and my deck here. Timestamps: 0.00 intro and setting the scene 5.15 the campaign begins 10.43 what are shapers? 11.37 Kal's fate and more setup 15.34 Lone Tree Station and its setup 17.57 energy, fatigue, common tests, scouting 24.26 opening hand 29.22 playing some actions! 35.11 a friendly face! (For the query I have here - I answer it later on in the ep, at 1.23.45!) 42.10 setting out from Lone Tree Station 59.44 arriving at White Sky 1.14.00 the weather changes... 1.30.45 something in the water... 1.37.30 I forget to add a cloud to the weather 1.45.15 small misplay: I forget to take two fatigue from the buck and the doe when swimming - the day ends shortly anyway, so not a major misplay, but would have shortened the day! Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to the Flame on Patreon: www.patreon.com/drawntotheflame Email us on drawntotheflamepodcast@gmail.com | Twitter is here and Facebook is here. Thank you for listening and subscribing.

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