Cthulhu Wars | Game the Game

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5 жыл бұрын

Want a primer on the rules? Check out How to Play: • How to Play Cthulhu Wars
Capture cultists and summon Elder Gods in a fight for global dominance in the face of oblivion! In this week’s Game the Game, Becca Scott is joined by Mark Meer, Joseph Limbaugh and Margaret Dost as they battle it out to gain the most “Doom” and be the best cultist faction leader in Cthulhu Wars by Petersen Games.
Tabletop games are super fun, but learning the complicated directions and rules can be a challenge. Becca Scott is your game tutor, explaining the game mechanics in an easy to follow way, so you can get to playing the games faster.
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@KMReviews 10 ай бұрын

1:05:47 he said he failed to desecrate Australia but he had a spell book which made desecration 1 cheaper so he actually shoulda succeeded and got an elder sign (he also forgot the elder sign a few minutes later when he did it again) Also every single time he desecrated he was forgetting to add more units to the board which arrive whether successful or not.

@JamesPattersonME 5 жыл бұрын

I wish ya'll would do another play through with completely different factions to show off the crazy diversity

@metalmoth6608 Жыл бұрын

Yup

@felipet.m. 5 жыл бұрын

Joseph: I've been playing Call of Cthulhu since... the eighties Becca: I was not born!! So... he is an Old One

@TheErnieforss 5 жыл бұрын

Just wait 10 years. She'll be the Old One. Time is the worst.

@felipet.m. 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheErnieforss she'll still be cute

@Larve12 4 жыл бұрын

@@felipet.m. yea she is

@JamesSamson487 4 жыл бұрын

But is he Great? We have to ask the real questions here.

@Roak199 5 жыл бұрын

Man, Becca has the mind of a god. Being able to remember all these various board game rules so well is genuinely impressive.

@coregoon 5 жыл бұрын

It's not a very complex game, so it's really not that impressive, especially considering she keeps forgetting things.

@bizdaretz8679 5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention, there's reminder cards... most games have those these days.

@CrazyBunnyGuy 5 жыл бұрын

This game would be the perfect way to continue a failed Eldritch or Arkham Horror session. So if you fail and the old one awakens, you simply switch tables and continue playing Cthulhu Wars :D There are no investigators, clues or mysteries, just some general devouring of the world. :D

@Aerakade 5 жыл бұрын

That's brilliant.

@21doriangray 3 жыл бұрын

That would work for pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu as well!

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@salvatoreluis5457 2 жыл бұрын

@Quinton Calvin Instablaster ;)

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@chrisaaslid 5 жыл бұрын

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. Oh, and you forgot to link the tutorial in the description below." -HP Lovecraft

@salfisher297 4 жыл бұрын

chris aaslid one of my favorite lines said by hp is you forgot to put the tutorial video in the description

@chrisaaslid 4 жыл бұрын

@@salfisher297 hey, that's my line!

@rodneykelly8768 5 жыл бұрын

If the Cthulhu faction was molded in purple plastic, its great old one would be “Grape Cthulhu.”

@TheErnieforss 5 жыл бұрын

If one of this wings broke off his name will be called the "Taped Cthulhu"

@SandyofCthulhu 5 жыл бұрын

may a swift and rotting doom inflict upon you, villain.

@rodneykelly8768 5 жыл бұрын

@@SandyofCthulhu Please, it’s not like I suggested hastur was lemon flavored, (I think he’s more pineapple, anyway.)

@SandyofCthulhu 5 жыл бұрын

Rodney Kelly ARGH

@rodneykelly8768 5 жыл бұрын

@@SandyofCthulhu GOOD NEWS! I've run out of fruit puns!

@maggiedean5691 5 жыл бұрын

My lovecraftian nerd inside me is happy to see this. Marks triva is great.

@Mothless42 5 жыл бұрын

I really love Lovecraft’s influence on gaming these days

@meenakshious 5 жыл бұрын

First time I’ve seen Mark Meer not playing Chaz and my brain genuinely cannot recognize them as the same person.

@kat_jacks 5 жыл бұрын

He's so much more likeable without the English accent, it's a nice change, haha!

@persefonerestinpeace7982 5 жыл бұрын

The same here... You should see his Instagram... He is a fu... genious with so many characters... But I still see Chaz not Mark XD And the same happens with Becca XD I see Jasper`s ex girlfriend, not Becca XD

@thomasyoung2201 5 жыл бұрын

I just see Shepherd

@tomesofawesome8041 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly, on both Colisto 6 AND his show, little plastic Men (I think it's called). His left eye looks fucked up and the wrong color. I haven't looked him up on social media before, so I legit thought Mark Meer's left eye was mutated IRL or whatever till I saw him here with glasses and "Normal" looking Irises! ROFLMAO !!!!!

@Wobbiesan 5 жыл бұрын

And he's such a genuinely good human. Ran into him in public and he was kind and generous with his time.

@CrisSelene 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine the Great Old Ones just sitting around a table divvying the world like this

@tozmom615 4 жыл бұрын

I love watching playthroughs where there’s a lot of chemistry between the players. This is a xenon/argon/radon/ helium reaction at its finest.

@LeoLewis 5 жыл бұрын

I passed on buying this game for $80 yesterday and I super regret it.

@matthewnuckles5937 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, so glad they switched to longer format so we can actually see a full game.

@BrianAndrews73 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this show and the how to play show. I too have been playing Call of Cthulhu since the 80s and it was my love of that game that I backed the first Cthulhu Wars kickstarter. However I found the game really intimidating because of the a-symetrical system and so it has sat on top of my bookshelf for years. That was until I saw you guys playing it this week and I felt confident to give it a go with my brothers. We played it today and had a fun afternoon of summoning and scheming and eventual battles because who doesn't want to command Cthulhu to duff up the other gods? Thank you for being such good enablers.

@gustonzimasheen 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of that joke: "Knock, knock" "Who's there?" "Cthul" "Cthul Who?!!"

@persefonerestinpeace7982 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see and hear Mark talking about Cthulu ♥ Becca I love your way of talking to us and the group ♥ Love you tooo much! ♥

@gidiyaniv82 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome playthrough. Thanks!

@filnn 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, I love Mark! First I fell in love with his performance as Chaz... this man just keeps on impressing me!

@kenpatterson3086 5 жыл бұрын

This looks a bit like Cthulhu meets Risk.

@jigamac71 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!, Loved watching the game!, You all rock😈

@fernandomatsuri9170 5 жыл бұрын

I Love so much this game!

@Warhuma 5 жыл бұрын

Very very fun and nice playthrough to watch. All the references and all the talk around the table were very funny. Congratulation it was a pleasure to follow your game and the post prod (camera switch, quality audio and all the stuff) was TOP! Sadly one big thing was forgotten by the Yellow Sign player : After EVERY desecration, whatever it fails or succeed, he could have summoned a byakee or undead for free in the area!!! And he desecrated a LOT ;). Imagine how many monsters he would have at the end of the game and this change drastically the game for his benefits. Anyway, I didn't know you all and your channel but a great discovery! Keeps going! An happy French!

@kevinsullivan3448 4 жыл бұрын

In one CoC game I played, the group referred to Hastur as Hashbrowns.

@stephen3049 5 жыл бұрын

Becca: "I love a good clock" Me: Oh she said clock....

@kaos1109 5 жыл бұрын

Great! This is such a stream-lined game! It really feels like all the components go seamlessly with one another. Now I definetively want it on my collection. Too sad it's such a steep entry cost! :(

@storytellerscorner13 4 жыл бұрын

So few battles, but still interesting. Thanks for good production

@carlosb.6851 2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what the game is, but you guys are so entertaining lol. Subscribed.

@94834472 5 жыл бұрын

I think Yellow Sign was the true winner. He completely forgot to get an Elder Sign when desecreted Australia (at 1:07:40).

@Max-cj8qn 4 жыл бұрын

Correct !

@saintmastema17 4 жыл бұрын

@@Max-cj8qn its okay they didn't follow the rules correctly a few times lol

@redpandai1 4 жыл бұрын

also forgot to summon creatures whenever he desecrated

@baliusd 5 жыл бұрын

Love the game well played. Keep in mind you need to focus on the spell books first. Fun to watch! Cthulhu Fhtagn.

@HerrFinsternis 3 жыл бұрын

Fun watch ☺️

@mannys.9300 3 жыл бұрын

Joseph was not adding a free figure to the area with a cost of 2 or less as a bonus gift that desecration rewards by default whether you succeed or fail at it.

@jango5151 5 жыл бұрын

The zombies are just chill and friendly with the deep ones

@mastachief16 4 жыл бұрын

this was a lot more entertaining than it should have been

@zinho73ninguemperguntou 5 жыл бұрын

Most pacific CW game i have ever watched. But great fun to watch

@williammyles Жыл бұрын

Nice game thanks so much 😊

@VaughanCockell 5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the team tackle Petersen Games' other epic game that uses a very similar system - Glorantha: The Gods War.

@jaquelinelorn1906 5 жыл бұрын

great cthulu looks like the love child of matt mercer and david tennant

@mrtheasley Жыл бұрын

Very helpful to see this play-through! Thank you, Becca and all. My only gripe is that Becca did not play Cthulhu, what with her nail polish.

@Solaar_Punk 4 жыл бұрын

Well played, great demonstration. I wish I could explain how to play board games to people that well, great skill.

@KMReviews 10 ай бұрын

He kept forgetting when he desecrates he gets a monster or cultist of power 2 or less each time.

@jchu463 10 ай бұрын

Mannn…that Nyarlathotep roll is such a oof moment. Having so many dice and not a kill…ouch! 😂

@user-go4vz2ir6r 3 ай бұрын

Fun game. Though I think the players were too passive, as some big Kaiju battles can really swing things. :)

@ReptileViking 5 жыл бұрын

Now play it with EVERY expansion :D

@coregoon 5 жыл бұрын

Ye gods! Now that's crazytalk! 😱

@zinho73ninguemperguntou 5 жыл бұрын

including all the maps simultaneously!!!

@TorIverWilhelmsen 5 жыл бұрын

You need the 9-11 player map for that, and they haven't shipped that yet. Nor the last two factions, Bastet and Daemon Sultan.

@ThePigKnight 5 жыл бұрын

Mark Meer is American David Tennant.

@ignaciomartinsilva 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph in his last successful desecration didn´t get the elder sign, also if i´m not wrong (i played the game last year), when you make a desecration with the king in yellow u get a zombie even if u doesnt succed it. That could change the final score. Anyhow GG.

@FistyClown 5 жыл бұрын

I like have everyone tried to avoid saying "Shub-Niggurath."

@SilverEyedAngel 5 жыл бұрын

Well damn it... There's another game I have to add to my list to buy.

@TorIverWilhelmsen 5 жыл бұрын

You can read the rules as you recover from the operation selling a kidney to pay for it.

@randomaccessfemale 4 жыл бұрын

45:15 He forgot to put those undead on the board every time he desecrated. That's how the King gets his army. With Hastur in play, Yellow Sign looks really OP with free units and elder signs.

@davidandersson7642 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when Yellow Sign is in the game the other factions must agree to help beat him up. The way I describe it to people is that Yellow Sign is like playing Cthulhu Wars Pandemic, where one player gets to be the virus. I tend to avoid using Yellow Sign against new players for that reason, but in a game with experienced players they are fun.

@randomaccessfemale 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidandersson7642 The key to defeat Yellow Sign is to kill the King. Then he cannot desecrate.

@davidandersson7642 4 жыл бұрын

@@randomaccessfemale I agree, but to do that most factions must do their part. The King in Yellow will usually be able to run away from invading armies like Cthulhu or Nyarlathotep's before those factions unlock unlimited battle in the late game. By then a good Yellow Sign player will have amassed many Elder Signs and a decent zombie army to defend the King. It usually takes a few attacks to take him out.

@randomaccessfemale 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidandersson7642 And they have to careful with Hastur. He can be dangerous.

@Thrythlind 5 жыл бұрын

Heh, Nyarlthotep and Shub-Niggrath are gods. Hastur and Cthulhu are mere Great Old Ones

@fahsky 4 жыл бұрын

Cthulhu Wars, a Sandy Peterson game! (shout out to Board Game Barrage podcast for igniting my interest in this game!)

@davidleonardflanagan 5 жыл бұрын

I really want to paint these minis, guess I could leave the bases unpainted to denote teams easily if I get this game 😅

@Lucas-rz3vl 4 жыл бұрын

Or paint them using the colours of the players as the main theme!

@creative_commander4973 5 жыл бұрын

Hey people. This game seems fun

@MorriganJade 5 жыл бұрын

So Becca didn't introduce herself playing Nyarlathotep?

@pedroabreu7809 5 жыл бұрын

Mark Meer!

@jebeddo08 5 жыл бұрын

Did YS desecration got nerfed? Used to be able to get a free monster everytime he does a desecration.

@warlord3560 5 жыл бұрын

this is what i was thinking while watching.. but no he should be able to summon a monster after desecration whether he failed or succeeded

@ThatBlueWanderer 5 жыл бұрын

Isn't the yellow faction supposed to summon a 2 or less cost thing every time it desecrates or something?

@CorruptionofDawn 5 жыл бұрын

Only on a failed desecration.

@Pugthulhu 5 жыл бұрын

On a success or fail he gains a monster or cultist

@gregputnam7243 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Limbaugh reminds of the Eldritch God "He Who Must Not Named." I know you are not actually supposed to say his name otherwise but ignorance is bliss because I don't actually remember his name from that Eldritch Sign episode

@gregputnam7243 4 жыл бұрын

Nevermind, Joseph said his name

@kaelryder3565 5 жыл бұрын

For some reason I thought Limbaugh was matt colville without a beard @____@ I was so scared... There's something very similar about their eyes...

@Dblaster02 5 жыл бұрын

Nice game. Lots of fun between you. Nice music. It just make me want to play with you.

@gregputnam7243 4 жыл бұрын

Wait Cthulu a God? I always thought he was an Eldritch Priest for the Great Ones. Like assume the Eldtrich Mythos is just like any ordinary religion: there is commonly a place to worship, a leader of the worship, and a Higher Being that is praised at that place of worship. I always justified it that the place of worship was a sunken city, similar to Atlantis but more twisted. The Higher Being is one of the Great Ones, like Hastor, but Cthulu was always the leader of the worship, the easier term I could up with is "Priest."

@larryng 4 жыл бұрын

Becca scott

@DaDunge 5 жыл бұрын

Wait Becca Scott was born in the 90s? I didn't realize she was that young.

@GenrealGreed 5 жыл бұрын

wheres the link for the rules?

@persefonerestinpeace7982 5 жыл бұрын

Search the video on this channel =) Becca explain all the rules =)

@Andre-rc9xc 3 ай бұрын

Didn't they make some mistakes in the game? For example: Yellow Sign moved the King In Yellow in one turn and just desecrated in the same turn. But desecration is an action and he has to wait for his NEXT turn to desecrate an area. Or did he use the speelbook "The Screaming Dead"? It's hard to keep track what spellbooks are taken by whom.

@DutchHeathen 5 жыл бұрын

Soo.. I haven't finished the whole video yet, but did the Hastur player just not pay the Desecration action cost on that turn where he did all the desecrating? 3 zombies spawned (3). 2 for 1st Desecrate (5). 1 to move to Arctic Ocean (6). 2 for 2nd Desecration (8). 1 to move to North America (9). 2 to Descrate (11). 1 for Zingaya (12). Still has 2 power left? I checked back and he started the round with 10 power. Like I said, don't know who wins yet, but if it's him, I call foul. :P

@mizuki-mixore6705 5 жыл бұрын

Ilya Merian Though he also managed to forget to summon an unit with cost 2 or less every time he execute Desecration (of course, it is still accidental cheating, but that is an okay enough thing in the name of casual playing)

@brandt_gaming555 5 жыл бұрын

@MIRAGE INPULZ3 I was wondering if anyone else noticed that

@siropallius 5 жыл бұрын

I think one of his spellbooks reduced the cost of desecrate by 1

@johnjustjohn5866 5 жыл бұрын

@@siropallius yep

@larryng 4 жыл бұрын

Gowayvima gowayvima

@florianbecke3076 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... is Mark's voice really that mesmerizing or is it just the Cthulhu setting? o.O

@alexwillads4692 4 жыл бұрын

Dreams has been nerfed since this game right? Im pretty sure it costs 3 now.

@elaynepas7656 5 жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice that Joseph Limbaugh cheated in the 3rd round? He had 10 power, spent 3 on undead, 6 on desecrating, 2 on movement and another 1 on eliminating an enemy cultist. That adds up to 12 power as far as my ability to calculate reckons.

@coregoon 5 жыл бұрын

His spellbook reduces the cost of Desecration from 2 to 1. He does keep forgetting to place a unit when he desecrates though.

@TheReaper2380 3 жыл бұрын

Remember TableTop?

@BoardGamesBel3araby 5 жыл бұрын

@becca @geekandsundry can you make game the game for (resistance )

@argeniosm 5 жыл бұрын

Unlikely, Game the Game is a paid for marketing service. The Resistance is an older game, and not buying much advertising these days.

@veganbanan 4 жыл бұрын

They have one video with resistance already

@rjd9194 5 жыл бұрын

I loved watching you all play, but they game didn't seem to really grab me. THAT'S why we have Soooooo many games, some grab us and some don't. :D

@TylerDeLisle 5 жыл бұрын

I think the game is deceptively strategic and interesting. The more you learn each faction and it's strengths it becomes more of a game of chess. Multiple opening moves, multiple spell book strategies you can aim for and playstyles for each faction. Then there are 11 factions total you could jump between, not to mention the different map variants and neutral monsters. But yeah, it's certainly not for everyone. I have friends who won't touch it because they hate extreme asymmetry like this.

@kingplayer14 5 жыл бұрын

This game looks kinda fun. I was disappointed that they only had combat, i think a total of only three times for the entire game. To me this can be a combat heavy game, but this play seemed lacking in that. I know it probably depends on your gaming style but, whatever. I was quite bored of summoning and movement. I am glad i watched it though. .

@zinho73ninguemperguntou 5 жыл бұрын

In my experience, the more you play, the more relentless it gets.

@kingplayer14 5 жыл бұрын

@@zinho73ninguemperguntou I would agree

@coregoon 5 жыл бұрын

Kinda funny how Margaret keeps refering to Shubby as "The Goat" instead of her name; Shub-Niggurath.

@stevejenkins7403 5 жыл бұрын

I think some people are uncomfortable saying shubzies name because it sounds like they're flirting with racism.

@coregoon 5 жыл бұрын

@@stevejenkins7403 That sounds very... American. 😆 I can totally understand not mentioning Lovecraft's cat by name though. That's boy's an awkward one. 🤣

@gwenc1371 4 жыл бұрын

@@coregoon Yeah...Lovecraft was unfortunately quite racist, even going by the standards of the era he lived in. Dude straight up supported Hitler during his rise and trafficked in anti-semitic conspiracy theories a la Henry Ford.

@coregoon 4 жыл бұрын

@@gwenc1371 There's no hiding that he was a racist, even for his time, but he didn't really support Hitler. As for the Nazi party as a whole, he seemed to have been cautiously optimistic at first, but later changed his opinion on them. In hindsight, this quote is a tad amusing tho. _"Whether Herr Adolf will do more permanent harm than good in the long run still remains to be seen. So far the outlook isn’t especially promising"_

5 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who find it funny that everyone but Mark Meer has something of the colour they play? xD lol I mean: Becca wears blue; Margaret has red hair & Joseph wears yellow. xP lol

@smegid586 5 жыл бұрын

Purr of Cathulhu

@coregoon 5 жыл бұрын

The cat faction isn't acctually out yet, but it's coming. 😺

@rougeshot7395 5 жыл бұрын

sheperd is going to renegade the earth over to the old ones.

@DarthRevan42 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome game... too expensive for my poor blood

@larryng 4 жыл бұрын

Becascott

@ondrejbronec837 5 жыл бұрын

Joseph should have gotten a free Cultist or any of his monsters (2 cost or less) out each time he desecrated a region. It is nice seeing he still won even though he severely nerfed his own faction.

@gioelevisani9396 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... A war game where no one really battled anyone

@McHobotheBobo 5 жыл бұрын

*Turtle Gang*

@reloadpsi 4 жыл бұрын

May I just say that your Cthulhu player's fake English accent is fantastic?

@ilqrd.6608 3 жыл бұрын

Redheads...damn

@scttlewis02 5 жыл бұрын

I miss Will Wheaton's table top games

@Triplethreat-rx4fb 5 жыл бұрын

Me too but this is really good too

@yenchitan7276 3 жыл бұрын

Does all the rambling at the end mean anything?

@larryng 4 жыл бұрын

Naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis naiis

@bigdream_dreambig 4 жыл бұрын

Hm. Games like this that track points and then end when you hit a certain point value always seem so anticlimactic to me; I would much rather have a more meaningful goal as the ending condition.

@Bokosuka-yl7eq 3 жыл бұрын

A meaningful goal...such as????

@bigdream_dreambig 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bokosuka-yl7eq Anything: put out the fire, kill all the bad guys, solve the mystery, cure the pandemic, conquer all the territory, rescue the hostage, steal the McGuffin, etc., etc., etc.

@Bokosuka-yl7eq 3 жыл бұрын

@@bigdream_dreambig well. I suppose so. In the game they kinda push the, destroy the world sort of approach without getting all your spellbooks and making it to 30 doom. But maybe a bit more than that

@bigdream_dreambig 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bokosuka-yl7eq How it's implemented is important. I typically find it unsatisfying if the way you're achieving the goal has been so abstracted that it's happening through a slow accumulation of equivalent things (points, money, grains, whatever). There's nothing special or unique about those last points that put you over the edge versus the first ones that you earned. Why do you win at 100 points, for example? The game designers could have just as easily said you win at 98, or 103, or 57, or whatever. The whole game is just one long slog to an arbitrary number.

@Bokosuka-yl7eq 3 жыл бұрын

@@bigdream_dreambig what’s your favorite board game then? That implements these mechanics you wantv

@tigrismorte4250 5 жыл бұрын

Are you not ashamed that those minis are not painted?

@alainarobinson2534 4 жыл бұрын

They seem so stiff in their commentary

@PatheticApathetic 4 жыл бұрын

Guys, you could just pronounce it “Shub-ni-goo-rath.” It’s a fictional word that humans probably shouldn’t be able to pronounce correctly anyway. That would be better than completely refraining from saying “Shub-Niggurath” at all during a Cthulhu game for a dumb reason

@PumpkinJack88 3 жыл бұрын

He keeps looking at the camera. Stop.

@martinedelius 5 жыл бұрын

I really wanted to like this but some players, especially the host, tried way to hard to be... "nerdy" I guess? I guess I'm just not the right type of board game player to enjoy this.