Frozen in the Frozen Lake

This weekend we played Expedition to the Frozen Lake a few more times. We played three times, and it’s been a while, so I had honestly forgotten a lot of it and it was almost like playing it new.

Our first play was very short. On the road leading up to the lake, a tree had fallen (or been felled) across the road, so we decided to get out and walk the rest of the way. Bad move. We got separated from Noro, got hopelessly lost, and froze to death in the woods. Well, at least we didn’t spend a lot of time on it.

Second time through, she and Noro got to the outpost and found the place trashed, and most of the staff dead. Among the bodies was a Cobbler Industries saboteur, with a convenient business card and everything! That sure made it easy to identify the baddies here. As we made our way to the submarine platform, the saboteur (a velociraptor, though there was no indication whether he had chiseled abs) regained consciousness, and shot Noro dead. She lunged for cover, but wasn’t quick enough – POW! And that’s game over.

The third time, we made it down into the ancient Montanan temple at the bottom of Frozen Lake. We were asked a few choices, but we all know the answers – Love is real, and chocolate milk is the best. But then the real challenges started: how to escape from the template and make our way back to the surface. I fell asleep at this point, but was apparently still half-awake, so I was sort-of making choices. I’m told that we forced open a door with some tow chain, and survived an encounter with a tentacle monster, before we made it back to the surface with an ancient Montanan skull (the link between Montana human and non-Montana humans!).The finding was such a hit that not only did Cobbler Industries get kicked out of the Frozen Lake, but I even got elected mayor and kicked them out of town entirely. That must have been exciting; too bad I was asleep for it.

But here I am with a free evening after work, and it’s time to crack open another game book. I’m taking a break from Alone Against the Frost, as I’ve played it a dozen times in the last month, but I still want tentacles. How about The Tides of Innsmouth?