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One thing I'm wondering, when I play this game -- who am I? I mean, in the sense of, say, MtG -- I am a Planeswalker. Or in Pandemic, I am a healthcare professional of some sort. In CW (sidenote: what a gakky name for a cool game) am I a human cultist or a GOO or nothing or what?

First free Great Old One concept, Yig, is now up!

 Manchu wrote:
One thing I'm wondering, when I play this game -- who am I? I mean, in the sense of, say, MtG -- I am a Planeswalker. Or in Pandemic, I am a healthcare professional of some sort. In CW (sidenote: what a gakky name for a cool game) am I a human cultist or a GOO or nothing or what?

That's a good question!

Since we're summoning all these things... I guess we're cultists?

Or High Priests?

But then, since there's an upcoming High Priest expansion... I have no idea!

First Free Great Old One Concept! Yig!
Update #30 · Jun 13, 2013 · 2 comments

Here's the concept for the front of the Great Old One, Yig.

I'm going to try to revamp the front page a little and show all the Great Old Ones and free Great Old One concepts in a visual guide. That way I won't be cluttering your inbox with updates.Just check the main page. Unless you want me spamming you

"Butt Tornado" indeed...

 Manchu wrote:
One thing I'm wondering, when I play this game -- who am I? I mean, in the sense of, say, MtG -- I am a Planeswalker. Or in Pandemic, I am a healthcare professional of some sort. In CW (sidenote: what a gakky name for a cool game) am I a human cultist or a GOO or nothing or what?

I'd say you're the whispering subconscious of whatever Great Old One leads your faction.

The voice that drove all those cultists to try and raise you while the stars were wrong and the Great Cthuluh (or whatever) still lay dreaming in R'yleh, the part that still whispers and plots and plans after it rises from the waters of the pacific and starts to reform the world in it's own image....


what do folk think?

Gotta love that central stalk eyeball.


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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
what do folk think?

I thought that whispering subconscious was Cthulhu (albeit indifferently).

I've always had the feeling they are part of the whole, but somewhat separate

why does Cthulhu need worship (or help) from mere mammals, the Stars are not Right, so he lies Dreaming

When the Stars are Right it will wake anyway

So in my version of the Mythos all the Great Old Ones have an internal 'voice' that is more actively malicious, that wants to destroy the world, that wants to return before their time, that WANTS

That's freaking creepy.

Perhaps that is their version of the Freudian Eros ... not so much a life instinct but rather something that compels them in the opposite direction of their usual indifference. Kind of like going out of one's way to step on ants.

Right near the top of the front page is this:

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!

So, I guess we are in fact a Great Old One, trying to dominate what's left of the Earth?

Okay, so I am directing my cultists to summon me. I dig. Still not sure what I want with the ruins of the Earth but hey, my squamous desires are unknowable to the sane mind.

Gameplay overview is out. There is a full gameplay vid coming, as well. I really like the mechanics, and seeing those MASSIVE GOO sculpts makes me really happy

Stretch goal achieved

$550K Cult leaders (I think these are a paid add on, no detail so far I'll edit this when I know)

next

$600K FREE 6 extra gate plastic markers for those who get the gate marker add on (I'm guessing Cult de Ghoules gets them too but no info on this so far, I'll edit this when I know)

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I've always had the feeling they are part of the whole, but somewhat separate

why does Cthulhu need worship (or help) from mere mammals, the Stars are not Right, so he lies Dreaming

When the Stars are Right it will wake anyway

So in my version of the Mythos all the Great Old Ones have an internal 'voice' that is more actively malicious, that wants to destroy the world, that wants to return before their time, that WANTS

Actually, to be a Cthulu geek about things, Cthulhu does need help in waking up even when the stars are right...

"They all lay in stone houses in Their great city of R'lyeh, preserved by the spells of mighty Cthulhu for a glorious resurrection when the stars and the earth might once more be ready for Them. But at that time some force from outside must serve to liberate Their bodies. The spells that preserved them intact likewise prevented Them from making an initial move, and They could only lie awake in the dark and think whilst uncounted millions of years rolled by."

I don't think he need's 'worship' as such, but he does need some pesky humans to act as an alarm clock.

A bit from the KS comments

Creator Sandy Petersen less than a minute ago

The rules for the High Priests are in final playtest, and Richard has not yet done concept art for him. I am pushing for the High Priest to be dressed like Noyes in The Whisperer in Darkness film (during the scene in which he is opening the gate to Yuggoth).

Sandy

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I am pushing for the High Priest to be dressed like Noyes in The Whisperer in Darkness film

For reference:

Well done Manchu,

I went away to look for a picture but you beat me to it


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The High Priest expansion includes 7 High Priest figures. They all are the same shape, cast from the same mold, but they come in 7 different colors - one for each faction (Great Cthulhu, Crawling Chaos, Black Goat, Yellow Sign, Opener of the Way, Sleeper, Windwalker). You get all 7 even if you chose not to get the add-on in which a particular faction appears!

The High Priest is a Cultist, technically, but oh what a Cultist! He adds amazing powers and dynamizes your activities. His precise abilities depend on which Great Old One he worships (as you'd expect).His powers play right into a variety of strategies which, as always in Cthulhu Wars, vary by Faction. By which I mean that each faction will have a variety of strategies in which to employ High Priests.

High Priests are Recruited, like Cultists, but they MUST be Recruited BY a Cultist. After all, you can't have a captain without a crew! They have all normal Cultist abilities, plus more.

EDIT: Add on price $12 (MRSP $15)

That movie is really well done, btw. For any who don't know:

http://www.cthulhulives.org/whisperer/

Price is up for the high priests now - KS price of $12. Expected RRP of $15.

Tempting...

...even though I know there will be a lot more I'll want to buy too!

I'm blown away with how well this one is doing, and how quickly it is climbing:




I haven't had a chance to watch the gameplay video yet, but if it is solid, this thing should then REALLY take off!

Man, those bundle announcements really did help didn't they?

They usually do!

But yeah, you can easily identify the 'what' behind that spike!

And I'll bet it they also set up a spike in waiting too with folk in the EU like me waiting to for the shipping issue to be officially sorted out

$240 x lots of pledgers waiting to land

(cackles madly, Ia Ia Cthulhu F'tagn)


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Atlach Nacha concept art

Looks freaking awesome! love the style, the deals seem good....only one thing, Cthulhu and Hastur are both Great old ones, while Nyarlathotep and Shub-Niggurath are both Outer Gods, IIRC.

 Manchu wrote:
That movie is really well done, btw. For any who don't know:

http://www.cthulhulives.org/whisperer/

I have their Call of Cthulhu and I love it, Is Whisperer on the same level? I always had the impression that the story was mostly written by somebody else.



Many of the new expansions and Great Old Ones are leaving me cold. Seeing them reminds me why I decided to avoid many of the writers other than Lovecraft in the Mythos circle.

I'd like to know how the base for Atlach-Nacha is going to be designed.

I get the spider design. Is it going to have a rocky outcrop like Yig and Squid-face to perch on, or will we get a cool web design for it to look nasty on?

Man I would hate having to paint piles of spiderweb they go that route.

12 is reasonable for the High Priest, but I still think they should have tossed everyone a bone and included them for free. But I'm a cheapskate, so it's not like they need to listen to me.

I hope we see at least one humanoid shaped Old One/ Outer God before all is said and done (besides sleepy tentacle mouth man). Maybe Dagon?

Well the very reason Sandy went to Fenris games to design the sculpts was his deep ones and dagon interpretation (pictured)



I'd imagine the stuff in the box will be influenced by them (even if not identical), I know Sandy's said the deep ones will be quadrupeds (as they are in the stories, even if they are rarely portrayed that way in art)

I'm up to 557 for the 240 pledge level and map and additional faction expansions. Is that correct? This one is well on its way to KD/ Bones territory.

Are those added great old ones coming for free add on with the stretches?

Not a bad looking Dagon.

I'd be happy with something similar to that.

Still hope to see a bipedal humanoid shaped Old One at some point.

How many days before this thing hits 600k?

 Grot 6 wrote:
I'm up to 557 for the 240 pledge level and map and additional faction expansions.

Fortunately, no.

$240 comes with Opener of the Way. So that's $120 for the expansion bundle plus $120 for the map bundle. You're in the USA so that $0 added to ship. So that's $480.

Throw in the High Priest expansion for another $12 and you're still significantly below your estimate.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:

How many days before this thing hits 600k?

Hmmm weekends are typically slow, and the current stretch is fine, but not an OMG must add cash one

so I'll guess late Sunday night (about $19K needed)