An Age to Remember

The Forgotten Age (or "TFA") is easily the most controversial of the campaigns. I personally liked it, but plenty of people found it frustrating. Luckily, we're almost certain to see Return to the Forgotten Age after Dream-Eaters is done, so FFG has a great chance to redeem the campaign in the eyes of the fans. So, let's get speculating, shall we?

Card Review: The Dream-Eaters

It's the most magical time of the year again: Time for a new AHLCG deluxe expansion! The newest cycle comes with a full roster of exciting investigators (whom I'll be talking about in a separate post) and two keywords. The first of these keywords is Bonded, previewed in Before the Black Throne. I have my own post on that, of course, but to say this expansion threw a curveball at it would be an understatement. In fact, it threw the glove at me, then ran off the mound to play water polo: These new Bonded cards do all sorts of crazy things with the mechanic, to the point where it's now impossible to generalize it. The other keyword is the brand-new Myriad, which lets you take three copies of a given card for the experience cost of one, making it easier to find the card and enabling effects that care about multiple copies of the same card.

This expansion's a bit of an odd one in that it's thoroughly tied to those two mechanics. Every single card I'm about to review either has a Bonded card or is Myriad (or both, in one case). The Dreamlands are weird, and normalcy is but an illusion. Let's dive in!

Card Review: Return to the Path to Carcosa

(Now there's a mouthful of a title). Welcome back, not only to my reviews, but also to the domain of Hastur! It's another Return set, and that means a whole new slew of upgrades, downgrades, and the odd sidegrade to review!

Card Review: Before the Black Throne

We've finally made it to the end of the cycle. Of particular note here is the new Bonded mechanic, which I've discussed in detail in my last post. Otherwise, we've just got a new set of high-level cards to sort through, so let's get started!

Bonds of the Occult

The Occult keyword has been taunting us ever since Carcosa's release. What makes something Occult as opposed to just an ordinary Tome or Relic? Why do two separate investigators have deckbuilding rules for such an obscure trait? With Before the Black Throne's two new Occult cards, we finally have our answer: Occult cards are cards that give their owners access to Spells while not being Spells themselves. With the original Occult card, Archaic Glyphs, that was via the Untranslated branching upgrade mechanic. With BtBT's Hallowed Mirror and Occult Lexicon, it's via the new Bonded keyword.

Card Review: In the Clutches of Chaos

Card review time? Card review time! This pack comes with a whole host of high-level cards, including two new Permanents, to make your last stand against Azathoth a fight to remember (assuming there's a universe left to remember it afterwards).

Card Review: Union and Disillusion

No gimmicks this time, just more cards!