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Lurker at the Threshold is the seventh expansion for Arkham Horror 2nd Edition, and was released in July 2010. It is a "small box" expansion, meaning that it does not include a new game board. What it does include are 56 Investigator Cards, 110 Ancient One Cards, 18 new Gate tokens (which replace those normally used), and some new mechanics.
Arkham Horror is a lot more complex that the average board game, and it has a number of situational rules that are easy to forget: rules that don't come up all the time, but that can have a big impact on how the game plays out if you consistently forget them (or misremember them). The rulebook is well-designed, well-written, and does a good job of teaching the game, but these situational rules are scattered throughout it, and the rulebook is thus not the best possible in-game playthrough guide.
Old Man Metal attempts to re-ink an empty Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pen with Noodler's Black ink, but not because he's cheap! The 13th episode of his solo podcast includes a quick look at fountain pen history and anatomy, and a direct comparison of the original ink vs. the Noodler's. Featuring the first use of both the new overhead camera and voiceover segments, all while drinking a Hop Drop 'N Roll IPA from NoDa Brewing Co.
Arkham Horror 2nd edition (now sadly out of print) is a Role-Playing Board Game set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts in the Roaring Twenties, and is based on the weird fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.
Of the hash of Crouch Ende Towen much amiss was spoken, from witchery, to weakening, to covenants long-broken.
Once in every celestial cycle the stars come right, and Those Who Sleep may live. These rare conjunctions, foreknown and long-awaited, are inevitably periods of slaughter and devastation, as those who serve the Great Old Ones seek to return Them to Their rightful dominion, at any cost.
Alliuminaughty is a new sauce that Inferno Farms bills as "a savory and very spicy combo of Black Garlic and Smokin' Ed's Carolina Reaper. Roasted garlic, onions and a special blend of spices round out this delicious umami bomb."
67 free LUTs tested side-by-side with ungraded drone footage in 4 second segments. I made this to simplify selecting the right Color Look Up Table for color grading podcast footage, out of the pile of LUTs that I accumulated during a deep rabbit-hole dive searching the internet for "free LUTs".
Can you stack multiple chromakeyed tracks? Yes you can! Old Man Metal goes behind-the-scenes with new background test footage, including stacking two chromakey tracks with overlapping green screen areas on top of a third video clip for a superlative dynamic studio backdrop... all while drinking a Bells Two Hearted Ale, the IPA of kings.
"The enemy has very deceitfully taken advantage of the Midsummer cease-fire to launch an offensive all over the realm. Sauron has hit *every* major military target in Middle Earth, and hit 'em hard. In Rohan, the Gap has been overrun by suicide squads. Minas Tirith is standing by to *be* overrun. In strategic terms, Sauron's cut the realm in half. In other words, it's a huge shit sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite."
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