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Minions of Cthulhu

Minions of Cthulhu

(Self-Published) · 2011
2–460 min10+ yrs7.3 BGG10Co-op
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You are a team of paranormal investigators working from Miskatonic University where you track the expansion of 4 doomsday cults across the North American continent.

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You are a team of paranormal investigators working from Miskatonic University where you track the expansion of 4 doomsday cults across the North American continent. Your mission is to prevent these cults from opening cosmic gateways that will summon Great Cthulhu from his slumber in R'lyeh and usher a new age of human suffering, culminating in the utter destruction of the world as we know it

Players must work cooperatively to mesh their investigators strengths, rooting out and exposing each cult to the cold light of judgment. But the cults are migrating and expanding at a frightening rate and time is running out: the team must try to expose all four and prevent the gateways from opening. If the cults are permitted to spread unchecked, the players all lose. If they can find ways to expose all cults while retaining their sanity, they win. But unspeakable horrors lurk in every shadows, and traitors may be closer than the players realize... .

The board shows the North American continent with both widely and sparsely populated areas. On each turn a player can use four actions to travel, remove, expose and build. Cards are used for this but the deck also contains horrors from the Lovecraft Mythos and the dreaded rallying call of cultists, "Cthulhu Fhtagn!" ...

game anatomy
BGG rating7.3 / 10
Vibe
Co-op
Play time
60 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Minions of Cthulhu is a horror game, for 2–4 players, taking ~60 minutes, featuring action points. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Minions of Cthulhu — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Minions of Cthulhu support?
Minions of Cthulhu is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Minions of Cthulhu take?
A game of Minions of Cthulhu takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Minions of Cthulhu for?
Minions of Cthulhu is recommended from age 10.
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