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The Cards of Cthulhu

#145642BGG ↗

2014 · 1-4 players · 90min · weight 1.83 · 550 ratings

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ID
145642
Name
The Cards of Cthulhu
Year
2014
Rank
5824
Min players
1
Max players
4
Playing time
90
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
1.8293
Num weights
41
Bayes avg
5.72418
Average
6.79991
Users rated
550
Num owned
1198
Wanting
35
Wishing
189
Num comments
170
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Cooperative GameDice Rolling
Categories (2)
Card GameHorror
Description (1089 chars)

Based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos, in this Kickstarter card game you select an Investigator, and battle the invading Cthulhu Minions and Horrors while building up a team of Followers to help you. This card/dice game involves combating various monsters from the Cthulhu universe separated into Minor, Major and Unspeakable Horror cards across 4 different Cult boards. Along the way, your character can bring followers with special abilities into play that may or or may not have a cost. Additionally, you can buy special items that help you defeat the monsters. Certain cards have special abilities such as The Gate Card that makes you draw an additional cult card or The Cursed Scroll which forces you to pay XP or draw three more cult cards. To win: If there are more than 5 Minions on any Cult Board at the end of any turn, that Cult summons their Elder God. You lose. No mortal can hope to face these beings and, the world is lost. If, however, you are able to empty the Cult Deck without the world ending, you have foiled the arrival of the Elder Gods, and you win the game.

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