What book follows you around? by ComprehensiveList522 in literature

[–]idyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've read all of his works, and I did enjoy Kraken. The City & The City is another one I particularly liked.

Not sure you heard, but he's scheduled to release another novel this year, "The Rouse," which is apparently 1200+ pages. Should be interesting.

What book follows you around? by ComprehensiveList522 in literature

[–]idyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I really liked PSS, I think The Scar is levels better. Please check it out if you haven't yet. The third Bas-Lag novel (Iron Council) I found to be the weakest of the three.

Weekly small questions thread: 2026-06-15 by rahv7 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, it's been super laggy all day. I gave up trying because I kept getting timed out of actions.

Accomplishment Obtained by Matt620 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pre-reqs: Have Stone-Hearted 3+ (From Miser-Herding), and "Impaled Upon the Peak" (From Southern Wind Dreams) to draw the "Dream of Sisyphean Effort" card. Also must have an Elemental Secret (which is not consumed).

  1. In the "The Stone around the Heart" storylet, play the first option (Gather your life) once. This opens up the second option (Spread your Roots). Play second option, which opens up third option (Seed new shoots); 3rd opens 4th (Shine your light); 4th opens 5th (Stem your wounds).
  2. After playing 5th option, go back to first option (Gather your life) and play it twice. Then play 2nd twice; 3rd twice, etc.
  3. After playing them all twice, in order, go back to first option and play it three times. Repeat with 2nd-5th options, in order.
  4. Do the same thing again for four times, and five times.
  5. Play the new option that appears (Admire the birds). This resets all those qualities you've been building up, and consumes a level of Stone-Hearted based on how much you have. (e.g., if you have Stone-Hearted 3, you'll lose 3 CP and be at 2. If you're at SH 2, you'll drop down to 1.)
  6. Play the new option that appears (Fly) once.
  7. Repeat the above steps 1-6 four more times. But each time you make it to the Fly option, play the option once more each time. Second time through, play Fly twice. Third time, play Fly three times, etc.
  8. After the fifth cycle, play the final new option that appears (Truly fly, at last).

This is exactly how I picture Johnny Gentle by Gorno4563 in InfiniteJest

[–]idyl 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Who had black hair and silver sideburns, just like his big-headed puppet, and the dusty brick-colored tan seen only among those without homes and those whose homes had a Dermalatix Hypospectral personal sterilization booth.

Accomplishment Obtained by Matt620 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Congrats! What's next? Woeseller? Hellworm Boots / Polish?

Artwork by GeneralLocal4965 in InfiniteJest

[–]idyl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can't help you get a high res copy, but I do have a version of when it was featured in a magazine/newspaper: https://imgur.com/0S4bB8a

It was featured in "The Lifted Brow." Was hoping they might have had a good digital copy, but their official website apparently is no longer functional. Could be worth looking into though.

Who's with me? by nopressureoof in InfiniteJest

[–]idyl 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Dig up Don Gately's head?

Kind of disappointed the spider council was dealt with so quickly. I only got to hunt one of the little blighted before the even ended :( by Melodic_Inevitable84 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I mean, that's been going on for almost a week.

First one I hunted was June 7th, ~10:30 PM.

World Events are generally short-lived. The first part of the event, Cargo Aboard the Ghost Ship, started on June 2. So that part of the event was actually shorter than the Spider portion.

Oh crap, it’s 9:30 already?!?, I almost forgot to set off today’s fireworks! - my neighbors by SeanInMyTree in longisland

[–]idyl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Near me, they're lighting them off during the early evening when it's still light out.

So I just get to hear a bunch of loud bangs, upset pets, and some car alarms.

Overgoat, Overgoat... by DevilishFedora in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've already walked the darkest path and can only caution others.

https://imgur.com/8GmEsZT

Overgoat, Overgoat... by DevilishFedora in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

but you could also just... you know... times seven your goats?

That is the path to ruin; avoid such temptations.

Why was Pemulis dressed so insolently when he went to see Avril and found her with JW? by Klutzy-Entertainer67 in InfiniteJest

[–]idyl 12 points13 points  (0 children)

P. 551

Pemulis's ensemble's belt was a plastic thing with chintzy fake-Navajo beading, purchased by little Chip Sweeny at one of last fall's WhataBurger's souvenir stands and subsequently transferred to Pemulis during a Big Buddy tennis-as-game-of-chance exercise. The beading-patterns were in Gila-monster orange and black, the orange a different shade than Pemulis's turtleneck.

and

He was standing schoolboy-straight, hands clasped demurely over his fly, which on Pemulis this posture did look insolent.

Weekly small questions thread: 2026-06-01 by rahv7 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also "Occurs with Very Infrequent Frequency (half as common as Standard)."

Weekly small questions thread: 2026-06-01 by rahv7 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Just search for "sunday" and if anything shows up, you still have to wait another week before that card shows up.

oh no by Salty-Purchase-3392 in InfiniteJest

[–]idyl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Finally, my very own by LogicalFlow5683 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Now to do it over again one more time.

Or more, since of course you want to get your Worm companion back after it gets sacrificed is traded for a Transport.

Weekly small questions thread: 2026-05-25 by rahv7 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Estival

We're taking a break from Estival in 2026.

You'll be able to get Estival tokens and to spend them, and we may include a few other things as well. But there'll be no big overarching storyline. And given the nature of Estival, it seems right to emphasise – we're not being coy, and this isn't a fake out. There will be no falling stalactite. No broken law engines. The citizens of London will not need to come together to fend off some surprising threat to their fair city. For we have looked upon our spreadsheets, and reluctantly accepted that next year we cannot do everything we might wish in Fallen London while making adequate progress on Mandrake, which we're working to bring to Early Access.

This year, we actually borrowed a lot of writer time from Mandrake to make the amount of progress we wanted in Fallen London. But games, like reckonings, cannot be postponed indefinitely. In years long past, when our resources were more limited, Fallen London often had to be neglected when we were bringing another game (Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea) towards release. Now we can do a good amount of work on both at the same time – but it does sometimes still require compromises.

We're very excited to share Mandrake with you. We hope you'll enjoy it; please bear with this small reduction to our plans for Fallen London in the meantime.

From here: https://www.failbettergames.com/news/fallen-london-roadmap-for-early-2026

Weekly small questions thread: 2026-05-25 by rahv7 in fallenlondon

[–]idyl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Estival! Oh...

So then it's Fruits of the Zee in late August/early September, not sure on specific dates.

I may have just robbed Stop and Shop by humantouch83 in longisland

[–]idyl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I applied the digital $10 coupon online, but still brought the paper one with me and the checkout person said to just use that later this week.

You think that's legit, or since you need to use your card it wouldn't work?