A Beginner’s Guide to Cthulhu Wars

enjoyed the article. the pledge manager is ending for the cat faction tomorrow and im sitting here trying to decide if i will play Cthulhu Wars enough to justify dropping $60-120 on more stuff for it. i backed at a dollar, and now its rubber meets the road time. I like Cthulhu Wars but its just not the kind of game i have a solid group for. and thats a shitload of $ to throw at something in the hopes of maybe playing it. i can get the base game played somewhat regularly at the weekly game night i go to, but almost always with new players who don't need more stuff piled on top of an already hard to figure out game the first time through. that said i do have the cat faction, the opener faction, and the primeval earth map sitting in my cart tempting me.

Consume, you coward

Ah_Pook wrote: that said i do have the cat faction, the opener faction, and the primeval earth map sitting in my cart tempting me.

In order, I'd value those as:
Opener
Cats
Map

Bubastis is strange and if you're going to be regularly playing with new people, Opener would be far easier to digest for them. I really like the concepts behind a lot of the maps but, again, if you're mostly playing with new people, it's a lot easier to get them involved and point out strategy on a map that you're used to playing.

That said, if you got the coin, hotseat is right. Variety, spice of life, etc.