Sandy Petersen is running a Kickstarter campaign for a new expansion for the Cthulhu Wars board game. It's The Daemon Sultan and, well, you know Cthulhu Wars already, so head on over and check it out.
From the campaign:
The campaign's around 4x funded with 11 days to go.
Sandy Petersen (and I triple-checked, it really is him this time) has only a half-day left on his Cthulhu: The Harbinger Kickstarter campaign. It's a huge Cthulhu mini that also has rules for many of Sandy's great games. Want a huge figure for Cthulhu Wars? It's got rules for that. Hyperspace? It works there, too. Eternal Adversary? You don't get much more eternal than a Great Old One.
From the campaign:
The Cthulhu: the Harbinger sculpt was a 3D sculpt we made for our Planet Apocalypse board game. We have made the molds and will be producing extra copies of the model for backers of this campaign.
We expect it will take about 3 months to make all the sculptures, and then we can ship them to you. We are putting October 2019 as the estimated arrival time just in case things take longer than expected.
If you are a backer of Planet Apocalypse you can get the art print and promo rules separately (since you may already be getting the statue as part of that project). Go to the pledge manager here and login to add the art print and promos as an add-on if you'd like.
The campaign's well up and over its funding goal, but there's only today left to get in on it.
56 Unpainted Fantasy Mini Figures
Cthulhu Wars’ original Kickstarter campaigns launched in 2013 and 2015 to stellar success. If you’re already a fan, now is the time to complete your collection!
If you have been waiting for the opportunity to get in on Cthulhu Wars, this is your best opportunity!
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Today we are going to look at a new tabletop game currently in funding on Kickstarter. Bermuda Crisis: Discovery Dawning is a game for 2-4 players that plays in about an hour.
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Cthulhu Wars – is a strategy board game published by «Green Eye Games» where players have an opportunity to become the alien race and god taken from the Cthulhu mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft. This game is quite large and includes 64 miniatures of cultists, monsters, aliens and Great Old Ones that differs in height from 20 mm to almost 180 mm. Main designer of this piece of horror is Sandy Petersen. The artworks have been created by Richard Luong.
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Picture the light playing over linen-finished game boxes. My powerful arms cradling components as if they were a baby animal. The caramel baritone of my voice.
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Today, we are going to dive into Cthulhu Wars, a game that was supposed to be designer Sandy Petersen’s last hurrah (he wrote the original Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu RPG), and instead helped him launch a new game company (Petersen Games). Cthulhu Wars was originally funded on Kickstarter and ended up raising over 1.4 million. With miniatures reaching as high as 7”, one can only hope that the game play holds up to the excellent looking components. Is Cthulhu Wars all style and no substance? Only one way to find out!
Cthulhu Wars is an action point and area control miniatures game for 2-4 players that takes about 60-90 minutes to play. Cthulhu Wars plays best with 3-4 players.
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Monday morning, and more Cthulhu Wars WIP sculpting. This time, everyone's favourite elephant-headed, flab-encrusted yoga teacher....Chaugnar Faugn.
We have put everything gameplay related into a single bundle "De Vermiis Mysteriis" for only $525!!! This makes it simple to get all of the gameplay items (including the 6-8 player map) and save money! See Pledge levels for more details!
Also, if you are on a budget but want choices, we also added the "The Book of Eibon" bundle for only $325! This gives you more freedom with the Player Marker and you can pick THREE out of the seven possible expansions. See Pledge levels for more details!
We are really excited about this one! So much so, that we are going to show you the photos that Fenris Games sent us of the Mutant. It is, technically, not finished or molded but you can certainly see how terrific this model is going to look.
The Mutant is one of the Monsters available to the Opener of the Way. His Cultists are actually able to "grow" into a Mutant, and then, later on, the Mutant can grow into an Abomination, and so up the line.
We haven't unlocked this yet, but I'm gonna be out of town, so... an early release!
As a change of pace, here are some more concepts in a different style. More Free Great Old Ones!
Cthugha, Rhan-Tegoth, Father Dagon, Mother Hydra, Chaugnar Faugn, and High Priest.
Thanks for all the great support so far everyone! The first part of our Kickstarter has been a huge success! Now we need your help getting the word out about Cthulhu Wars so we reach even more fans!
We are very grateful for all the backers so far, but need help spreading the word and will reward our loyal fans with tons of goodies. That is why almost all of the stretch goals from here on out are all FREE display figures, along with some "special" upgrade add-ons.
To reward you for helping us spread the word, you will get a Kickstarter exclusive, a free special set of display figures for all Cultist pledges and above. As we get more backers, we will give away more and more of these FREE figures. So tell your friends, share this news on Facebook, gaming forums, etc!
Thanks for all the support and help spreading Cthulhu's influence around the world!
Sandy has provided the latest version of the Rules for Cthulhu Wars!
(Please remember that this is still in Beta!)
Abhoth and Bokrug has been unlocked! Free to all of you great backers who are above the threshold!
You guys are Awesome! In case I didn't say that already. :)
“Cthulhu Still Lives …” H. P. Lovecraft
Now, the designer of the original Call of Cthulhu role playing game, Sandy Petersen, brings a colossal new chapter to the Cthulhu Mythos.
The marketplace today has many boardgames featuring the Cthulhu Mythos. In these games you strive to avert the impending catastrophe. But in Cthulhu Wars you ARE the catastrophe! The Great Old Ones have returned to claim the ruins of Earth, and you are one of them!
OK, sorry for the lack of communication the past 24 hours. I don't think I've gotten up from my computer this whole time. We had trouble with getting the final edits of the video and getting it rendered. BUT, it's done! It's been submitted for Kickstarter, and now we wait approval. We will launch it as soon as they give the OK. Their estimate is anywhere up to 3 days, so let's all cross our fingers. I hope to wake up in the morning and see the green light. Once again, we are really sorry for the lack of communication the past day. Thank you so much for you patience. We have lined up some MEGA discounts for early birds, as a token of our appreciation!
Some raw test shots in resin, but couldn't wait to share the Great Old One himself. Absolutely amazing work from concept to sculpture! Standing over 7 inches tall, this figure is the precious of our game, but he is not alone, there will be dozens of other equally impressive creatures.
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