I love Arkham Horror. The theme, the game, I mean come on. Mainly this post is to just rant on how of the 300+ games I've played, this game just never gets old and honestly you can never explain it to other people unless they have tried it for themselves, and they too realize how amazing it is. So there's that. Win.

The other day I had a fun encounter to which I've never seen the game hate me so much. We were fighting Yig, just my friend and I and we were doing all right I suppose, don't even remember half the game, but we knew a seals victory was impossible and so we were prepped for a final combat and had our blessings to run and grab. Well turns out the 2 turns before the final doom token, my entire character goes downhill. In order here's how it played out:

1. Encounter: Gypsies Curse me.

2. Mythos: Luck check or be Cursed. I fail. Gate also opens on top of me.

3. Other World: Lost in Time & Space.

4. Mythos: Yig wakes.

It's those moments were you feel the game has literally had an utmost hatred of you that keep me coming back for more I think..

And speaking of fun game moments, I find it always quite hilarious that spending a Clue Token does not make sense thematically in this game whatsoever. What's that? I failed this check and this tree is alive and attacks me? Wait wait..I remember now (clue)..this tree is not alive.

What? My memory is fading away into darkness and I lose 2 sanity? Wait..I remember now, (clue) my memory is not slipping away.

Fun fun, love this game.

When you spend a clue, thematically you do it before you fail.

"And speaking of fun game moments, I find it always quite hilarious that spending a Clue Token does not make sense thematically in this game whatsoever. What's that? I failed this check and this tree is alive and attacks me? Wait wait..I remember now (clue)..this tree is not alive.

What? My memory is fading away into darkness and I lose 2 sanity? Wait..I remember now, (clue) my memory is not slipping away."

This would a great power for an Ancient One or a Madness card. (In fact, I thought it was, but couldn't find it..)

Cannot use Clues to aid with Skill checks.

It's not an ability, but many Injury/Madness cards make them harder to use, and the Dance of the Damned card discourages you from spending them on skill checks.

A better ability might be that you can't spend them on the four specialty checks.

Nominate the precise number of clues you're going to spend on a die roll before you roll the check?

That might make an interesting Enivronment. A simple change to the order of usage and a massive shift in the combinational probabilities.