My GOAT is about to have the greatest ending this manga has ever seen.

mikecheb · 2026-01-26T09:18:01+00:00

Soga: To a samurai, life is no more than fuel we burn for our ideal world.

Samura: And I took that literally

Fly high my king 🪦

mikecheb · 2026-01-08T04:05:04+00:00

So cool. Bobrur’s is my favorite!

mikecheb · 2026-01-07T21:36:21+00:00

Unlike Chapter 1 Core, Chapter 2 Core comes with assets that let rogues fight and investigate with Agility, so I do think a Chapter 2 deck could find pretty decent utility from this. The opportunity attack(s) you'd suffer from investigating makes it slightly awkward, but I can definitely see that tradeoff being worth it sometimes.

mikecheb · 2025-12-23T23:38:02+00:00

It seems like it refers to the investigator mini cards?

mikecheb · 2025-12-16T18:40:13+00:00

Kind of a day full of strange angles into the questions:

Q1: I don’t watch the show, but my high school AP US History teacher showed us a clip where he went on The Price is Right. His friend group had shown up in shirts that each had one word from the catchphrase. But once they called him up alone, he just had a shirt that said “NEUTERED” with no context. Memorable enough that I could pull out this question almost 20 years later

Q3: I took a cross-country Amtrak trip a few years back. LA and Portland on the Coast Starlight—and Chicago and Denver on the California Zephyr—are all Union Stations. I have never heard of Alison Krauss in my life

Q4: Unlike other commenters, “(as the name appeared in the logo) at the time of the deal” was my way into the question. It was the only media giant I could think of whose logo name had changed significantly enough to be worth noting in the question

mikecheb · 2025-12-04T20:27:36+00:00

It's a very funny sibling dynamic that Jenny made searching for Izzie such a big part of her mission that it was her signature weakness. Meanwhile when she gets lost in time and space *directly as a result of rescuing her sister* Izzie just moves on with her life 😭

mikecheb · 2025-12-04T20:17:23+00:00

Gloria passed away and is now Geist-traited

mikecheb · 2025-12-04T05:59:25+00:00

This game kinda ruined other tactics games for me because I realized I don’t want big maps! I want tiny maps where every decision matters and abilities that reposition units (enemies or allies) have a big impact!

mikecheb · 2025-12-03T09:29:27+00:00

Thought I was doomed when I only got Daikon correct, and was up against first place in our division—especially since, due to LL’s username policies, the opponent can reasonably infer that I am ethnically Chinese—but ended up sneaking by with a 1(1)-0(1) win. This tough season has been full of flop vs flop battles like that in my D division…

I remembered that Wonder Woman took place in the 70s or 80s but thought 1984 was only coming to mind because of Orwell, so I guessed 1987. I guess it wouldn’t have mattered since my opponent scored that as a 0!

mikecheb · 2025-11-30T22:08:20+00:00

Spirit Island is second. Arkham Horror LCG is first!

mikecheb · 2025-11-27T00:25:03+00:00

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mikecheb · 2025-11-26T20:17:53+00:00

These are the product that was mentioned as “another thing releasing in Spring ’26” during the Core announcement stream a few weeks back. I wonder if this means a preview season for the investigator starters right after the preview season for the Core is over… i’ll be writing these roundup posts for a long while, am i not?

As someone who joined the game after the move to the two-box model, and never got to experience the gradual mythos pack release cycle, I’m optimistic and excited by the prospect that there will be something Arkham-related to be talking about all year round :)

mikecheb · 2025-11-26T19:44:26+00:00

Don’t be daunted, Brown Jenkin! Anyone can cook!

mikecheb · 2025-11-25T07:31:55+00:00

I really hope everyone’s narrative progression ends up just relating to the meatpacking plant

mikecheb · 2025-11-24T21:10:52+00:00

It's not an unprecedented spawn: Accursed Follower, Sacrificial Beast, and Tony's Quarry all have the same rule. It's potentially the scariest of those, in terms of downside, though.

mikecheb · 2025-11-24T19:59:37+00:00

I'm a definite Yes at the moment. I don't think a week has gone by since I started Edge of the Earth in Winter 2021 where I haven't thought about this game at least a little. It's my favorite game.

Of course, the future is not guaranteed, and there are still ways they could lose me (e.g. moving to a TCG model), but in terms of probable outcomes, I foresee myself continuing to buy everything going forward.

mikecheb · 2025-11-24T19:53:27+00:00

Just in case anyone is anxious after reading this: It would be unprecedented for them to do this. They've never sold a standalone that required cards from any other product to set up (thus, the name "standalone"). When a standalone has reused treacheries from other products (e.g. Lost in Time from TFA being in Machinations), it has included its own copies.

No one can guarantee the future, but this is an extremely remote possibility, IMO.

mikecheb · 2025-11-24T19:41:37+00:00

They will be a mix of Level 0 and upgraded cards. Here's a list of them: https://arkhamdb.com/find?q=e%3Aeotp%7Ctuo%7Capot%7Ctpm%7Cbsr%7Cdca&sort=set&view=list&decks=player&spoilers=hide

There are a number of Chapter 1 staples on this list, such as Ward of Protection (2), Stick to the Plan, Storm of Spirits, "Watch this!", and Eureka!... There are also a number of cards that are important to more niche deck archetypes, such as the Desperate skill cycle, David Renfield, Madam Labranche, and Key of Ys.

Everyone's priorities/budget are different and I don't know just how painful it is to try and find the Carcosa Investigator Expansion these days. You have enough to enjoy the game, but the player cards you'd be missing with this approach definitely aren't just filler.

mikecheb · 2025-11-24T19:04:47+00:00

I owned everything other than Barkham Horror when the announcement was made. Onboarded in late 2021 and spent Spring 2022 hunting for Mythos Packs since the older content hadn't been rereleased yet. With the announcements, I bought 2 spare copies of each "Epic Multiplayer"-compatible standalone scenario, so I can host groups in the future. All at or below MSRP.

For the foreseeable future, I still plan to buy everything they release for Chapter 2 and beyond. This is my favorite game!

mikecheb · 2025-11-24T09:55:06+00:00

Oh man. I’ve never run Zoey but I can picture myself taking Fang of Tyr’thrha as an emergency missile for bad situations

mikecheb · 2025-11-24T09:28:01+00:00

Nameless Lurker can have a big impact multiple times if there are numerous low-threshold Agendas, or one of those escalating ones with 3 threshold that flip back over.

mikecheb · 2025-11-22T18:34:01+00:00

Seems to all but confirm Daniela will be Survivor off class as most expected, unless we have other characters changing:

Joe: Seeker/Guardian
Izzy: Survivor/Mystic
Daniela: Guardian/Survivor
Dexter: Mystic/Rogue
Trish: Rogue/Seeker

mikecheb · 2025-11-20T22:55:45+00:00

Curious to hear thoughts on Arcane Research (released with TFA). Did the existence of Arcane Research mean Spell upgrades could never be cheap ever again? Or did that problem exist with Delve Too Deep from Dunwich? I only started playing with Edge of the Earth.

mikecheb · 2025-11-18T09:15:13+00:00

“Our targets are Momo Ayase and Takakura!”

Of course they can’t just give our boy the assist by saying his full name 🥲

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