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Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe

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2018 · 4-8 players · 30min · weight 1.24 · 876 ratings

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ID
253786
Name
Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe
Year
2018
Rank
3288
Min players
4
Max players
8
Playing time
30
Min playtime
1
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.2353
Num weights
17
Bayes avg
5.9806
Average
7.33502
Users rated
876
Num owned
1973
Wanting
27
Wishing
268
Num comments
203
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Team-Based GameTraitor Game
Categories (6)
BluffingCard GameDeductionHorrorNegotiationParty Game
Description (1322 chars)

Don’t Mess with Cthulhu is a social deduction game with secret identities. Players are either Investigators trying to keep Cthulhu from waking and controlling the world, or Cultists that want to bring the world to a disturbing end. The game takes place over four rounds. The Investigators must uncover all the Elder Signs to win; the Cultists win when Cthulhu is revealed or if the game ends before all the Elder Signs are discovered. Before each round players receive a number of Investigation cards, which they look at but then shuffle and put in front of themselves so they know what cards they have, but they don't know which card is which. Each round has a number of actions equal to the number of players in the game. Players take actions to reveal Investigation cards, and gather all unrevealed cards are shuffled an redistributed evenly among the players. Reveal Cthulhu, and the Cultists win instantly. Reveal all the Elder Signs, and the Investigators win. If you want to play multiple rounds (it's highly recommended), the losers in each game get Insanity tokens. Get three tokens, and the night is over with the winner(s) being those most sane. Don’t Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe is a new edition of this game with the Necronomicon and Objects of Power that allows for play with 4-8 players.

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