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Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com.

When I got into modern board games back in 2010, I jumped in with both feet. One of the first games I bought was the giant Lovecraftian classic Arkham Horror. The 2005 game is just one game in a long string of Cthulhu-themed horror noir titles from publisher Fantasy Flight, but it perhaps best defines the company’s ethos when it comes to converting the Old Ones to cardboard: go big or go home.