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Cthulhu Wars has considerably more flexibility with player count though feels different with two and can lean towards more chaotic over 6. 3-5 means it will make it to the table more often, and as a bonus -- setup is trivial.
Part of the appeal of Cthulhu Wars for me is that it is pretty easy to teach and fast to play, so adding extra complexity and high risk/reward units is not a good thing. The game plays best IMO at 4 but 3,5 and 6 are also fun.
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For the uninitiated, Cthulhu Warsis an asymmetric war game/dudes-on-a-map game, where each player controls a faction dedicated to one of Lovecraft’s various Great Old Ones* —monstrous immortal beings squabbling over annihilation rights to a doomed Earth. That’s right. In this game you’re not the investigators trying to stop otherworldly horrors fro...
This is where things get a little crazy, because Cthulhu Wars’“miniatures” are actually freakin’ HUGE, and are one of the main things that resound with folk even if they’ve never played the game. “Oh Cthulhu Wars. That’s the one with the stupidly huge figures, yeah?” Yup. That’s the one. Actually, most of the miniatures in the game are just in the ...
(Download the full Omega edition O3 rulebook here.) For such an asymmetric game where each faction literally has different rules that apply to each of them, Cthulhu Warsis relatively easy to teach and learn — just hard to master Whilst it looks like a Risk-style area-control game at a glance (and you can certainly con folk into playing it with you ...
Let’s just get this out of the way: I hugely enjoy Cthulhu Wars, and will never turn down an opportunity to play, regardless of the faction. It’s a game that I’ve seen have resounding success on the table with both experienced gamers and newcomers alike. The core rules are actually surprisingly light and players are usually gleeful about having the...
This review wouldn’t be complete without a word about the balance of the games highly asymmetric factions. I usually find games with the four core set’s factions are the most balanced, and the closest in terms of final scores. That said, some of the expansion factions (like Opener and Sleeper) require a little more finesse and experience in their u...
Probably the worst thing you can say about Cthulhu Warsbeyond the cost, is that the upgrade components you actually want to hand over fistfuls of money to Petersen Games for, are actually diabolically hard to get hold of. Mostly you’re looking at pledging on Kickstarter or getting gouged on ebay to get anything beyond basic expansions, and the stoc...
Dec 22, 2023 · Cthulhu Wars excels in robust mechanics and rich player interaction, offering deep strategic gameplay within a thematic Lovecraftian universe. A high replay value makes it an outstanding choice for serious and casual gamers alike. Jamie Hopkins. December 22, 2023.
Jun 7, 2019 · Cthulhu Wars is about as straightforward as a modern area control game gets; going as far as to outright copy Chaos in the Old World’s action point system, which was... exactly the right decision.
May 23, 2019 · Brilliantly editorial in its design yet over-the-top in production, the final question in regarding Cthulhu Wars is one that has likely been on the minds of any reader who has not yet either bought the game from the previous Kickstarter campaign or pledged on the recent one. “Is it worth it”?
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Aug 15, 2019 · It doesn't mean that you have to play the same way each time you play Yellow Sign, but it is a huge step outside of what you'd normally do to take a round to summon Yig, for example, and I'm wondering if the return is worth that risk.
