Daniel (@dungeondive) takes a guided tour through his five favourite locations in Arkham City proper, treating the city itself as the true main character of the Arkham Files games. Arkham is a place of hidden things—unwanted people, light in darkness, powerful relics, secret knowledge, and forbidden books—and each of his picks embodies that thematic through-line.
First stop: Arkham Asylum in Downtown, where the mentally unwell are locked away—the perfect destination after Mythos exposure shatters your investigator’s mind. Second: South Church on the Southside, where Father Michael Kyrianos trades slain monsters for blessings that transform the game’s difficulty. Third: The Curiosity Shop on the North Side, Oliver Thomas’s antique hoard where the Sword of Glory or the Enchanted Blade might appear. Fourth: The Silver Twilight Lodge in French Hill, the secret-society front for Carl Sanford’s cult of Yog-Sothoth, whose membership cards in Eldritch Horror unlock hidden encounter entries. Finally: The Orne Library at Miskatonic University, guarded by Abigail Foreman, where the dread Necronomicon and Cultes des Goules lurk in restricted shelves.
For each location Daniel reads favourite encounter cards aloud, celebrating how Arkham Horror’s random events build memorable stories—Nurse Heather dropping elder signs in asylum hallways, unlicensed confessionals, Abigail throwing rowdy investigators to the street.
Which Arkham City location gives you the best stories at the table?