Drawn To The Flame
Episodes
Episode 164: Think on your Feet XXIII
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XXIII, in which Norman Withers returns to Arkham only to find reality disintegrating before his very eyes! This is t...
Episode 163: Frank's First Look at Weaver of the Cosmos
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a first look at the player cards of Weaver of the Cosmos, the sixth mythos pack of The Dream-Eaters cycle for Arkham Horror. This one w...
Episode 162: Live, Sort Of...
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter for a different kind of episode: this episode was recorded in front of a digitally live audience of patrons of the cast. In it, y...
Episode 161: Investigator Starter Deck First Impressions
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they take a look at the newly announced investigator starter decks: Nathaniel Cho, Harvey Walters, Winifred Habbamock, Jacquel...
Episode 160: Lost in the Woods
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for Lost in the Woods, a podcast all about a game you're not expecting! Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join NAME REDACTE...
Episode 159: Think on your Feet XXII
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XXII, in which Norman Withers takes his investigations first to the Silver Twilight Lodge and then to the Unvisited ...
Episode 158: Norman Upgraded
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they take a look at the state of Norman Withers' deck after four scenarios in Think on your Feet. Where should it go from here...
Episode 157: Frank's First Look at Where the Gods Dwell
08 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a first look at the player cards of Where the Gods Dwell, the fifth mythos pack in The Dream-Eaters cycle. Is your host merely an empty...
Episode 156: Father Mateo Castile
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for another one of their investigator-specific episodes, this time exploring the blessed padre, Father Mateo Castile. Whether it'...
Episode 155: Mandy Thompson
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for another one of their investigator-specific episodes, this time describing the lore-delving, clue-finding, secret-hunting rese...
Episode 154: Think on your Feet XXI
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XXI, in which Norman Withers sets off to explore the Witch House, followed by a jaunt to an abandoned crypt, in his ...
Episode 153: Frank's First Look at Point of No Return
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank (and Peter!) for a first look at the player cards of Point of No Return, the fourth mythos pack in The Dream-Eaters cycle. Make haste and e...
Episode 152: Further Delving into the Mailbag
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter for a mailbag episode - they're sitting back with a big old sack of questions and reflecting on three years of Drawn to the Flame...
Episode 151: Think on your Feet XX
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XX, in which Norman Withers continues his ventures against witches and the Silver Twilight Lodge in The Circle Undon...
Episode 150: Frank's First Look at Dark Side of the Moon
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a first look at the player cards of Dark Side of the Moon, the third mythos pack in The Dream-Eaters cycle. Amazing logo courtesy o...
Episode 149: Think on your Feet XIX
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XIX, in which we embark on a new campaign with a new investigator! In Think on your Feet episodes, a live play se...
Episode 148: Visions of Futures Past XVI
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they announce a player card from the upcoming Mythos Pack Dark Side of the Moon from The Dream-Eaters cycle. Hey look, Three A...
Episode 147: Frank's First Look at A Thousand Shapes of Horror
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and special guest (it's him, Peter!) as they take a first look at the player cards from A Thousand Shapes of Horror, the second mythos pack...
Episode 146: What Makes a Card Good
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they announce the winner of their Blackest Friday competition, in which you, the listener, could win the entirety of The Forgo...
Episode 145: Visions of Futures Past XV
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they announce a player card from A Thousand Shapes of Horror, a mythos pack in The Dream-Eaters cycle. Amazing logo courtes...
Episode 144: The Unspeakable Covenant
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they talk to a special guest - Steven from Team Covenant! - about the distribution model of Arkham Horror and how it compares ...
Episode 143: Frank's First Look for The Search for Kadath
16 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank as he embarks on a first look at the player cards of The Search for Kadath. Will he be daring? Build up some momentum? Read the signs? Or j...
Episode 142: Visions of Futures Past XIV & Two Competitions
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they announce a player card from the upcoming mythos pack The Search for Kadath, the first in The Dream-Eaters cycle. Then sta...
Episode 141: Diana Stanley
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they look at another investigator for Arkham Horror. This time, it's the redeemed cultist. She was a Silver Twilight Lodge ins...
Episode 140: "Skids" O'Toole
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they look at another investigator for Arkham Horror. This time, it's a long-neglected but never quite forgotten Rogue, "Skids"...
Episode 139: THE DREAM-EATERS
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they sit down to work their way through The Dream-Eaters deluxe expansion for Arkham Horror The Card Game. Fresh off a weekend...
Episode 138: In Azathoth's Domain
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they sit down with none other that the daemon sultan himself, Matt Newman, lead developer of Arkham Horror and the mind behind...
Episode 137: Think on your Feet XVIII
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XVIII, in which Diana Stanley heads up to Sentinel Hill to stop a ritual... and maybe travels even further. In Th...
Episode 136: Visions of Futures Past XIII
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they announce a new card from the forthcoming deluxe, The Dream-Eaters. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join Drawn to th...
Episode 135: Think on your Feet XVII
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XVI, in which Diana, now in the village of Dunwich, investigates curious disappearances in the region and contends w...
Episode 134: Frank's First Look at Return to the Path to Carcosa
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Late for some, early for others, tune in for Frank's first look at the player cards of Return to the Path to Carcosa. Amazing logo courtesy of th...
Episode 133: Visions of Futures Past XII & Competition!
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A card to announce, this time from Return to the Path to Carcosa, and stay tuned for details of a competition from your hosts, Frank and Peter. Amazi...
Episode 132: The Circle Undone... Done?
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Circle Undone is fully released now, so join Peter and Frank as they look back on the player cards from the cycle and reflect on how the factions ...
Episode 131: Three Investigators Walk into a Bar
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they talk about player types, which is to say, the sort of types you can divide players of Arkham into, particularly the playe...
Episode 130: Think on your Feet XVI
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XVI, in which Diana continues her investigation into two missing professors. With Francis Morgan and Henry Armitage ...
Episode 129: Frank's First Look at Before the Black Throne
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank – and guests – for a first look at the player cards of Before the Black Throne, the sixth mythos pack in The Circle Undone cycle. Am...
Episode 128: Visions of Futures Past XI
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they announce another card, this time from Before the Black Throne, the sixth mythos pack in The Circle Undone cycle. Turn tha...
Episode 127: Frank's First Look at In the Clutches of Chaos
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a first look of the player cards of In the Clutches of Chaos, the fifth mythos pack in The Circle Undone cycle. What ghastly revelation...
Episode 126: Think on your Feet XV
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XV, in which we start a new campaign! That's right, after Finn's escapades in the jungle, we're back in the sleepy t...
Episode 125: Leo Anderson
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for a detailed consideration of everyone's favourite Guardian, Mr Grumpy himself! Whether he's berating his comrades or shooting ...
Episode 124: Visions of Futures Past X
22 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for another Visions of Futures Past, this time with a card (a third card, no less!) from In the Clutches of Chaos, the fifth myth...
Episode 123: Rita Young
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for another investigator-specific episode, this time about everyone's favourite athlete, Rita Young. In this episode, we talk abo...
Episode 122: Frank's First Look at Union and Disillusion
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a first look at Union and Disillusion, the fourth mythos pack in The Circle Undone cycle. Amazing logo courtesy of this guy Join ...
Episode 121: Thoughts after the Expo
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter for a short first thoughts after the UK Games Expo 2019, at which we did a day of demoing Arkham Horror, ran a double Guardians o...
Episode 120: Live at the UK Games Expo 2019
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank LIVE as they reveal two new cards from In the Clutches of Chaos, play a challenge with the audience and create plenty of dead air...
Episode 119: Lodgistics of a Broken Circle
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they look at the story of the first five scenarios of The Circle Undone. If you've not yet caught up with The Circle Undone, s...
Episode 118: Visions of Futures Past IX
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they announce a new card from Union and Disillusion, the fourth mythos pack in The Circle Undone cycle. Yep, we know, plenty o...
Episode 117: Taboo
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for a discussion of the new List of Taboos, an additional feature added to Arkham Horror in the most recent update for the FAQ. C...
Episode 116: Frank's First Look at For the Greater Good
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a first look of the player cards for For the Greater Good. Spoiler: I get card two very wrong and upside down! You can ignore most of w...
Episode 115: Think on your Feet XIV
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XIV, in which Finn Edwards is back in the jungle, ready to get snakebit once again! (Just kidding, he's too slippery...
Episode 114: Visions of Futures Past VIII
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they announce not one but two cards to the community from For the Greater Good, the third mythos pack in The Circle Undone cyc...
Episode 113: Exileptional
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they settle down to talk about two card keywords: exile and exceptional. These cards are the domain of the survivor and (predo...
Episode 112: Basic Weaknesses
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they open up (at last) and talk about their failings, foibles and, ultimately, their weaknesses. Whether it's their fear of ho...
Episode 111: Frank's First Look at the Wages of Sin
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join sickly Frank (sorry!) for a first look at The Wages of Sin, the second mythos pack in The Circle Undone cycle. Amazing logo courtesy of this...
Episode 110: Think on your Feet XIII
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XIII, in which Finn Edwards is back in Arkham, never to head to the jungle again! In Think on your Feet episodes,...
Episode 109: Visions of Futures Past VII + Arkham in Flames 2019
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frank and Peter are delighted to announce a forthcoming player card, this one from The Wages of Sin, the second mythos pack in The Circle Undone cycle...
Episode 108: Frank's First Look at The Secret Name
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a first look of the player cards of The Secret Name, the first mythos path in The Circle Undone cycle. Are they something worth fightin...
Episode 107: Think on your Feet XII
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XII, in which Finn Edwards ventures into the jungle on the start of The Forgotten Age campaign! In Think on your Fe...
Episode 106: Visions of Futures Past VI
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hooo boy have we got a treat for YOU, listener! We've been given another card to announce to the community and it's only gonna blow your socks off! Tu...
Episode 105: ONE
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sit back, relax and listen to us unbox and consider the player cards from The Circle Undone deluxe expansion, part 5. Tickets for Arkham in Flames...
Episode 104: UND
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sit back, relax and listen to us unbox and consider the player cards from The Circle Undone deluxe expansion, part 4. Tickets for Arkham in Flames...
Episode 103: CLE
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sit back, relax and listen to us unbox and consider the player cards from The Circle Undone deluxe expansion, part 3. Tickets for Arkham in Flames...
Episode 102: CIR
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sit back, relax and listen to us unbox and consider the player cards from The Circle Undone deluxe expansion, part 2. Tickets for Arkham in Flames...
Episode 101: THE
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sit back, relax and listen to us unbox and consider the player cards from The Circle Undone deluxe expansion, part 1. Tickets for Arkham in Flames...
Episode 100: Two Years of Drawn to the Flame
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been two years of Drawn to the Flame. Holy smokes! And we've made one hundred episodes in that time. Smoly hokes! So sit back, relax and enjoy as...
Episode 99: Circulore
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With The Circle Undone right around the corner, Peter and Frank are setting off to explore further lore, this time all about Arkham's past, the Hermet...
Episode 98: Finn Edwards
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He's everyone's favourite bootlegger, getting the merchandise in and out and never losing sight of the exit. Please put your hands together and raise ...
Episode 97: All Yellow All The Time
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hi hi hi, listener. We're taking part in the community activity #allyellowallthetime, where #contentcreators make Seeker decks for a hypothetical #all...
Episode 96: Visions of Futures Past V
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's another Visions of Futures Past episode, which means Peter and Frank have another card from Fantasy Flight Games to share with the community. Tha...
Episode 95: Think on your Feet XI
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet XI! After the surprise Think on your Feet with odd investigators last episode, we're back on track with Lola Hayes v...
Episode 94: Think on your Feet X
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for Think on your Feet episode ten! How did we get to ten episodes of Frank struggling at Arkham? Who knows? But this description won't hav...
Episode 93: Did You Think Azathoth Had Forgotten You?
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they go toe to toe with the blind idiot god itself, Azathoth... aka Matt Newman, lead developer of Arkham Horror: The Card Gam...
Episode 92: Seeking Questions
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for a mailbag episode. Patrons have been sending in their questions, so your hosts settle down with a cup of joe, ready to answer...
Episode 91: Announcing Arkham in Flames
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter for real - in the flesh - at Arkham in Flames 2019, a weekend of playing Arkham Horror in London organised by us over here at Dra...
Episode 90: Frank's First Look at Shattered Aeons
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank - and an end of cycle special guest! - for a first look at the player cards of Shattered Aeons, the sixth mythos pack in The Forgotten Age ...
Episode 89: Opening Moves
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they talk about opening moves. What's the best way to exploit a mulligan? How important is it to play assets turn 1? What do y...
Episode 88: Trick or Treat
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they talk to a special guest from across the ocean - not Matt Newman, but nearly as good, and certainly as friendly. They talk...
Episode 87: Think on your Feet IX
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for the ninth Think on your Feet, in which Calvin Wright – or his successor – continues investigations into the madness and mystery sur...
Episode 86: Thinking about Carolyn Fern
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank as they talk about Carolyn Fern. This isn't quite a Carolyn Fern investigator-specific episode so much as a 'one deck we made tog...
Episode 85: Frank's First Look at The Depths of Yoth
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The depths of Yoth! The depths of Yoth! Join Frank for a first look at the player cards of the fifth mythos pack in The Forgotten Age cycle. His mind ...
Episode 84: Decktrospective I
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for our first decktrospective (no idea what that name means - hopefully someone will clear it up for us), in which we take a deck...
Episode 83: Visions of Futures Past IV
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for the fourth of Drawn to the Flame's Visions of Futures Past, where we announce a forthcoming player card to the community. We'...
Episode 82: Think on your Feet VIII
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for the eighth Think on your Feet, in which Calvin Wright – or his successor – continues investigations into the madness and mystery su...
Episode 81: Frank's First Look at The City of Archives
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Will Frank be on his own, a sacrifice to the elder gods, as he tries to fathom the player cards from The Forgotten Age's fourth mythos pack, The City ...
Episode 80: Return to... Drawn to the Flame?
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for a brief Good Question style episode, in which they try out their new microphones (thank you so bloomin' much, patrons!), look...
Episode 79: Slumber Party
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter for a little slumber party (lol!), as they settle in, after playing The Endless Slumber together, to discuss their investigators ...
Episode 78: Think on your Feet VII
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for the seventh Think on your Feet, in which Calvin Wright continues his investigations into the madness and mystery surrounding the King i...
Episode 77: Frank's First Look at Heart of the Elders
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Take heart! Intrepid Frank dives into another first look, this time for Heart of the Elders, the third mythos pack in The Forgotten Age cycle. And he'...
Episode 76: Triple Threat
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for a bag of Arkham allsorts: we look at Then It Multiplied, the first designer challenge laid down by Matt Newman, then some fan...
Episode 75: Visions of Futures Past III
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for the third of Drawn to the Flame's Visions of Futures Past, where we announce a forthcoming player card to the community. We'r...
Episode 74: Frank's First Look at The Boundary Beyond
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank - and special guest! - for a first look at the new player cards of The Boundary Beyond, the second mythos pack in The Forgotten Age cycle. ...
Episode 73: Think on your Feet VI
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for the sixth Think on your Feet, in which Calvin Wright finds himself in the sleepy town of Arkham, taking a trip to the Ward Theatre for ...
Episode 72: Jim Culver
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He's a dab hand on the trumpet and his music has the power to wake the dead. In the face of unspeakable creeping doom, he's unfazed, even cool. He's a...
Episode 71: True Solo
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank and Peter as they talk about playing Arkham Horror solo... and not that two-handed malarkey we've been hearing rumours of, but the true sol...
Episode 70: Frank (and Peter)'s First Look at Return to the Night of the Zealot
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for a brief look at the new player cards in Return to the Night of the Zealot, and then hear Peter's Perspective on the cards, which is ver...
Episode 69: Lore of the Jungle
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Most people have had a chance to stray into the wilds of southern Mexico, or are in the final stages of planning an expedition this very minute. Eithe...
Episode 68: Frank's First Look at Threads of Fate
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Frank for his first look at the player cards of Threads of Fate, the first mythos pack in The Forgotten Age cycle. To glance or not to glance, to...
Episode 67: Welcome to the Jungle
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Forgotten Age deluxe expansion is still out, so join Peter and Frank as they talk about their first impressions of the scenarios, including: how ...
Episode 66: Laws of the Jungle
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Forgotten Age deluxe expansion is out, and with it came a slew of new rules and some new, rather terrifying basic weaknesses. Join Peter and Frank...
Episode 65: AGE
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Peter and Frank for a FIRST LOOK at the player cards - especially the Guardian player cards - of The Forgotten Age deluxe expansion. We dive in w...