Cthulhu Wars
A board game by Sandy Petersen, Lincoln Petersen
A moderate amount of text on components is needed during play.
2-4 Players 90-120 minutes Medium
Variable Player Powers, Action Points, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
Fantasy, Fighting, Horror
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Description
Cthulhu Wars is a strategy board game where players take on the roles of alien races and gods from the Cthulhu mythos. The game is set on a map of Earth, where each player controls one of four factions, recruiting cultists, moving units, and engaging in battles to accumulate power. Players spend their power to accomplish various tasks, such as summoning monsters, building gates, and casting spells, all in an effort to awaken their Great Old One. The game is won by accumulating points on the Doom Track, with the first player to reach 30 points declared the victor, provided they have unlocked all six of their spell books. With unique sets of monsters, spell books, and special abilities for each faction, players have multiple strategies to choose from, making for a thrilling and unpredictable experience for 2 to 4 players, with the option to expand to up to 8 players with additional factions and maps.
Expansions
Cthulhu Wars
The Windwalker Expansion
2-5 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Opener of the Way Expansion
2-5 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
The Sleeper Expansion
2-5 Players
90 minutes
High
Cthulhu Wars
High Priest Expansion Pack
2-4 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Azathoth Expansion
2-4 Players
90 minutes
High
Cthulhu Wars
Ancients
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Tcho-Tcho
2-5 Players
90 minutes
High
Cthulhu Wars
Great Old One Pack One
0 Players
0 minutes
Low
Cthulhu Wars
Great Old One Pack Two
0 Players
0 minutes
Low
Cthulhu Wars
Six to Eight Player Earth Map
6-8 Players
120 minutes
Low
Cthulhu Wars
Primeval Earth Map
2-4 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Dreamlands Map Expansion
2-4 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Cosmic Terrors Pack
2-4 Players
90-120 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Great Old One Pack Three
3-5 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Shaggai Map Expansion
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Beyond Time and Space
2-8 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Masks of Nyarlathotep
2-8 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Bubastis
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Daemon Sultan
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Yuggoth Map Expansion
2-4 Players
90 minutes
High
Cthulhu Wars
The Dreamlands Surface Monster Pack
2-4 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Library at Celaeno Map
2-5 Players
90 minutes
High
Cthulhu Wars
The Dreamlands Underworld Monster Pack
2-4 Players
90 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Nodens
2-8 Players
40-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Great Old One Pack Four
2-4 Players
90-120 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Dire Cthulhu
2-8 Players
40-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Cacodemon
2-8 Players
40-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Ramsey Campbell Horrors Pack 1
2-4 Players
90-120 minutes
High
Cthulhu Wars
Ramsey Campbell Horrors Pack 2
2-4 Players
90-120 minutes
High
Cthulhu Wars
Colour Out of Space Gate Pack
1-8 Players
90-120 minutes
Low
Planet Apocalypse
The Dragon Pack
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Brown Jenkin
2-8 Players
40-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Dire Azathoth
2-8 Players
40-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Six to Eight Player Shaggai Map
6-8 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
The Elder Shoggoth
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
The Power Pack
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Giant Blind Albino Penguin
2-4 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Something About Cats
2-4 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
The Pack of the Pit
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
The Void Pack
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Six to Eight Player Primeval Earth Map
6-8 Players
120 minutes
Low
Cthulhu Wars
Six to Eight Player Library at Celaeno Map
6-8 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Tcho-Tcho Tribes
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
6-8 Player Map Pack
6-8 Players
90-180 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
Hound of Tindalos
2-8 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Six to Eight Player Yuggoth Map
6-8 Players
120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Unique High Priests
2-8 Players
90-120 minutes
Low
Cthulhu Wars
Investigators
2-4 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Six to Eight Player Dreamlands Map
6-8 Players
120 minutes
Medium
Cthulhu Wars
The Dunwich Horror
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
The Invasion
2-5 Players
90-120 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
Lady Scylla
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Low
Planet Apocalypse
Lord Great Cthulhu
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
Lord Pulgasaur
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
Lord Asmod
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
Lord Jabootu
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Astral Acolyte
2-4 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
Planet Apocalypse
Lord Procrustes
1-5 Players
60-90 minutes
Unknown
Glorantha
The Gods War – Cosmic Monsters
3-8 Players
90 minutes
Unknown
Glorantha
The Gods War – Elder Races
3-8 Players
90 minutes
Unknown
Glorantha
The Gods War – Empires
3-8 Players
90-120 minutes
High
Hastur Rising
0 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
Nine to Eleven Player Earth Map
9-11 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu Wars
The Prophetess
0 Players
0 minutes
Unknown
Cthulhu
The Harbinger
2-6 Players
30-150 minutes
Unknown
Glorantha
The Gods War – Chaos Monsters
3-8 Players
90 minutes
Unknown
Glorantha
The Gods War – Dragons
3-8 Players
90 minutes
Unknown
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1-5 / 1-4 Players
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Medium
Glorantha
The Gods War
3-4 Players
90-120 minutes
Medium
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