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Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game

Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game

Wyvern Gaming · 2016
1–645–120 min14+ yrs2.6/5 complexity6.8 BGG#8.270 BGG751Co-op
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How do you play Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game?

The Elder Gods greet and invite you to participate in trying to save your wretched existence. The stars are aligning soon and only those who have dared to piece together the clues from the mythos even know what's coming.

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The Elder Gods greet and invite you to participate in trying to save your wretched existence. The stars are aligning soon and only those who have dared to piece together the clues from the mythos even know what's coming. Do you and your fellow investigators have what it takes to save everything? I think not...

In Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game, you cooperatively work with fellow players (1-6 players) as Investigators to banish the Elder God and his minions by using Moxie (force of character, determination, or nerve) to reduce their health to zero. If you banish the Elder God before he reduces all of the Investigators health to zero you win the game.

There are two phases of the game, a planning and combat phase.

  1. In the planning phase, the Investigators activate cards in their hand, research new cards at the Miskatonic University and then ready themselves for final preparation.

  2. In the combat phase, the Elder God and his minions attack the Investigators' health and sanity. Investigators may go crazy or die out right, however, they have a chance to fight back. The Investigators use Moxie to push back the waves of the occult and supernatural.

Building your personal library by researching in the Miskatonic University makes you stronger and is your only hope against the Elders. Keep in mind, every bit of resource used to research is a bit not used against the Mythos. It is a balance you must solve to defeat the Elder Gods.

game anatomy
Complexity2.6 / 5
BGG rating6.8 / 10
Vibe
Co-op
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
45–120 min
Players
1–6
Recommended age
14+ yrs
BGG rank
#8.270
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Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game is a card game game, for 1–6 players, taking ~45–120 minutes, featuring cooperative game. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game support?
Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game is played by 1–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game take?
A game of Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game takes about 45–120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game for?
Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game?
Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.6 out of 5.
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