First of all - hello to all fans of arkham horror

I would greatly appreciate your help regarding spells in arkham - "cast and exhaust" a spell - does it mean that after i have used / tried to use a particular spell, I have to get rid of it (i.e. does the investigator "spend" it and loose it, just like a spent clue token) or do I keep it to be able to use it during following turns, just like I keep my common / unique items?

Cast and exhaust, you keep but won't be able to cast it until next upkeep.

Cast and discard, if you (successfully, I think) cast it, you won't keep it. And I think that if you do not pass the Spell check, you exhaust it (but not sure that last part).

I think so. ALL spells are cast and exhaust—some get discarded if you succeed.

Hugues said:

yeah, I thought that cast and exhaust means I can keep it without using it until next round. I would also think that spell gets exhausted also when I fail a spell check.

next question - what is an area in arkham? is it 1 particular location or is it a street with surrounding locations - for example in heal spell u roll dies to gain stamina - either u or another investigator in "the same area" and hence my question re the definition of an area in AH.

zubu said:

That's a good question. Sadly, people at FFG have been, over the years, kinda lazy about the wording of some cards. Generally speaking, an "area" is a location or a street area. In your example, you can heal an investigator who is in the same location or street you are in

Tibs said:

Plague of Locusts? Or did they fix that in Revised, memory is hazy on that.

Certainly used to be able to multi-cast that one.

That was a mistake. It was always meant to be cast to exhaust.