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2016
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Description
Welcome to H.P. Lovecraft's Arkham in the 1920s. There will be many mysteries to uncover in this storytelling game of Lovecraftian terror. Using the provided newspaper, a list of allies, the directory of Arkham residents, and a map of Arkham, your job is to follow the clues from location to location, suspect to suspect, to unravel the mystery and answer the questions posed at the end of each scenario.
Your score in Mythos Tales depends upon the number of clues points you needed to visit, the risks you took to your sanity in your investigations, and your ability to find the correct answers to the questions. Match wits with Armitage, the man who has been exposed to the sanity-blasting truth about the existence of the age old evil! Can you beat his score?
With that in mind, it is time to collaborate with Armitage's investigations to complete your training. This is not a typical board game: No dice, no luck, but a challenge to your mental ability.
The cases that appear in print edition are:
Case 1 - A Grain of Evil
Case 2 - Flesh and Blood
Case 3 - The King Cometh
Case 4 - The Slumbering Solace
Case 5 - The Serpent's Vengeance
Case 6 - The Star of Tokelau
Case 7 - The Vanished Girl
Case 8 - Pasquale's Wager
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Gaming with Edo & Jessica Discussion at 7:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- More controlled than other mystery games due to a timer mechanism and limited exploration time.
- Can potentially be played again due to its structured nature.
- Includes multiple cases.
Cons
- The host is not particularly fond of the horror genre, though enjoys the mystery aspect here.
- Only one case has been played so far.
Thematic elements
- Cthulhu-themed mysteries
- Cthulhu mythos universe
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- case-based — There's a bunch of cases included.
- Timer mechanism — You do have kind of a timer mechanism and limited areas or limited time I should say to explore before you kind of reach the end and need to piece it together.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I feel like solo mystery games are really sort of an interesting topic.
- I really like this one and I say I really like it and I've only played one or two cases um but I like that I can sort of replay those cases a little bit.
- This one is an app assisted game which I'm not a huge fan of I try to steer clear of apps I like having just you know my my old-fashioned board games on the table with no technology.
- The best part potentially is the app and the the soundtrack or the noise it plays when you get it wrong is pretty great.
- Each case you actually have this giant newspaper that you can go through and I love going through that because the newspaper itself there's some clues that may or may not be hidden in there.
- The challenge with mystery games they're kind of you solve it and you're done unless you forget the solution then it might be that it might be worth it to play again at some point.
- It's just a really interesting mix of sort of actually having a novel but rather than just reading through a mystery you're actually trying to solve it and you have to deduce everything too.
- I found a board game geek listing for a game that I forgot about for ages the babysitter's club mystery game from the 90s.
- I just liked imagining what's in the area and kind of like traveling down the different streets and seeing what's where.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Top 10 List at 11:17
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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none
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Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Time Story is a great game if you haven't played Time Stories go check it out with a lot of caveats
- the narration is a big part of it
- Time Stories is a great game
- I love how it makes then all of the things you're doing in Clank evolve and change
- the story part was so good yes like it was fantastic
- We are so lucky to have all these great games in our lives
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 1:28:59 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Sold out print run, high demand for reprints
- Loved by the reviewer
- Good for cooperative mystery solving
- Cthulhu theme applied to investigative gameplay
Cons
- Player count (1-10) is misleading; it's effectively a 2-3 player game.
Thematic elements
- Investigative mystery
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Narrative-driven, similar to Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Comparison games
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — The game is played cooperatively.
- Deduction — Players use clues to deduce information, similar to Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective.
- Narrative Play — The game focuses on unfolding a narrative through investigation.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The Grudge and Spaceballs yes Kabuki that one five oh uh Bill pman Bill pman yes you got there that is correct nice PA I could see his face but pton came to so as as side sleepest in Seattle fine whatever romcom whatever like Bill pulman is Melanie Griffith's like fiance or whatever and they have this whole thing where it's like and and but she's like like with Bill fulman and and everything like that and then they have like their their meal or whatever and then then they've got the moment where the lights turn on at the whatever place and she realized she needs to go to the skyscraper to meet Tom Han because and like like literally like she's been with this bill pulman guy for years get married and then then he she's just like I have to go and and and and meet this guy that i' I've never met in real life or whatever or anything like that and then she like they have like a long like weren't they emailing or something no that was that was you got mail he was reading her his books or something I don't know I forget why but I was always just like bill fman got hosed in that movie he's just like he was he wasn't a jerk he wasn't an a-hole he he had like some things about him that were kind of maybe a little bit annoying like he was a hyper condra or I remember he had like a stuffy nose or something and like you know she was always handed him Kleen X I think was one scene but it was like also and then and then like he was just a nice guy and then she's like I'm sorry I can't marry you or whatever I have to go meet this complete stranger on a skyscraper and he's just like are you okay with this and he's like yeah it's fine you go I don't remember like thanks for wasting years of my life I really I really just I Really they had to move the plot along
- The horrible thing the horrible thing about Hollywood is that if an actress gets old she doesn't get movies anymore but men do it's it's just it's it's an incredibly like weird misogynistic sexist thing that happens in Hollywood
- I worked security for a concert where Marilyn Manson was the opening opening act for White Zombie I'm trying to remember what the second band was it'll come to me in a second I can picture them the Melvin no
- He was such an unknown he was just wandering around in the crowd and people didn't recognize him and like and he was just sign people were walking up and they're like oh my gosh are you Mary Manson and he was like so out of his gour like either either he was out of his gour on drugs or he was acting like it or he was just really weird and he was just kind of Mechanical Animals was the one I was thinking oh yeah and people were like people were like are you m he was like yeah
- It's tough to explain but that movie is like reading Japanese fiction how like everything's just got everything's got a backstory and everything's got something else behind it and surprising things happening all constantly and stuff like that bull tree really really good movie yeah it's one of those movies that like you think oh I can just kind of half pay attention to this and no but like it it kind of grabs you and you start I don't know it's highly enjoyable
- The Scandinavian version of Let the Right One In is way better than the American have you ever watched that
- I mean you kind of want your kids to watch it but like not at that age you're at now okay I think it's R date night movie got it yeah it's it's the 1985 version oh nice love what yeah it's just like Strangers in the Night just ah he he um the guy played the vampire is just so good and uh Peter Vincent Fearless Vampire killer Yes Rod McDow yep yeah yeah he's good he's great
- The whole concert was good but man body count was for real man they were just okay I didn't even know now I'm excited you see you never you never you know go go listen to body counts album is I mean they I think they have two or three and they they were they were good freaking albums
- I'm planning on making a Spotify list of all bands that I've seen and then going through it like because I've a lot of them I love but some of them I don't know
- It's just like you know I mean that was the thing that annoyed you know why was that like that was like what I liked you know and so it was like it was annoying to my my parents that it was like something that I was like all about you know so maybe it's different though you know this it's been you know 10 15 year social experiment is basically what social media is I mean this has affected people in ways that they did not understand or predict back when it was built you know it's arcade games that's different in my opinion it's that didn't change the way people think like this does it doesn't make sheep out of people like social media does
- I got a grievance I got a grievance all right forgot defly Tred to be pretty happy but good lucky uh I follow for a handyman filled out a form online to have a local haing man come uh actually yeah I got a damn I got a double [ __ ] grievance that both connect
- I am crushed it right now I'm feeling good this email feels good some of them feel not so good this one feels good
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Board Gaming Ramblings Top 100 List at 13:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong theme and atmosphere
- cooperative storytelling with deduction
Cons
- reading-heavy, requires mood to engage
Thematic elements
- investigative storytelling and deductive adventure
- Cthulhu mythos
- story-driven deduction
Comparison games
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
- Bureau of Investigation (Spacecow)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — players explore clues in a shared narrative to uncover leads.
- deduction / exploration — players explore clues in a shared narrative to uncover leads.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's so simple but it's so clever
- one of the best experiences
- go check it out on Kickstarter
- it's a fantastic experience sadly like the other things that came after it hasn't been that good
- I would love to play it more
- this is a game that can have an abrupt ending if you do poorly
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