Confused about the Affair of the Box

Fallen London
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As I mentioned above, I have 1 point in Turncoat. I find the story very confusing and wasn’t aware of these details before encountering them.

It’s been a year or two since I did anything with this arc. Looking at the Wiki, with &quotSurvivor…&quot at 14 I must have finished Mahogany Hall. As I mentioned above, I only get the storylet &quotThe D–nable Box&quot in Spite and no other Affair of the Box storylets.

As I mentioned above, I only have &quotInterested Parties&quot, which is locked until &quotA Boxful of Intrigue&quot is 13. As my ABoI is 8, it is locked for me.

So, is my character configuration broken and should I report this to Failbetter Games? Or must I wait for opportuniy card actions to raise ABoI to 13?
edited by Jacke on 9/1/2016

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I’d recommend sending in a bug report. support@failbettergames.com

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Do you have the quality A Power in Waiting? It’s necessary for those storylets to appear.

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I have the Accomplishment &quotA Power in Waiting - A Guardian of the Realm&quot.

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It appears I have to wait for opportunity cards to raise my “A Boxful of Intrigue”. I just had “A familiar face by the school railing”:

http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/A_familiar_face_by_the_school_railings

and I picked the 3rd option “Set her to spy on the Gracious Widow”, which raised my ABoI from 8 to 9. Four more cards with Affair-of-the-Box options and I will have 13 and the Spite storylet will unlock for me. Slow but I will get there.

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Pretty sure it’s a bug. Report it. I will reiterate this infinitely, but to save me the effort and them the gigabytes, return to the start of this message and read it again every time you read this.

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Yep, sounds like there’s a bug all right. The requirements I see for the storylets you’re missing are A Turncoat under 4, A Boxful of Intrigue anywhere under 13 (specific storylets have tighter ranges), A Power in Waiting, and A Survivor of the Affair of the Box at least 12. Bug reporting is best done by emailing support@failbettergames.com or visiting the support site.

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I emailed Failbetter Games, I thought it over, and Failbetter got back to me. I can’t recall how I got into this state, but as I thought just above, it’s not a bug but a rare state. To get out of it, I have to wait until I exercise enough opportunity card AotB options to raise my &quotA Boxful of Intrique&quot to 13 and allow me to use the Spite storylet. It appears to be working as intended.
edited by Jacke on 9/5/2016