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Tensor, Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 07:25 PM

Come walk down the darkened alleys of your game store's shelves and breathe deep the dark miasma that wafts from the assembled multitudes.

They come to worship him that has risen from fell Rilyeh, and to dice with Nyarlothep in the forests of EuroAmeriAbstractia. But first we needs to alter -- altar? -- those other games that lack our most wonderous cyclopean Elder by tossing him into the mix.

What shall be the result, I wonder? Does it matter, you say. No, I suppose not.

Dread Cthulhu shall now infest these games that have heretofore ignored him. And boy is he nonplussed.

Which games need more Cthulhu and why?

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Cthulhu calls kids through >Candy Land<. Start them young on the road to insanity.

I totally ganked this thread

lynora, Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 07:28 PM

Oooh, Candyland Cthulhu. My son would love that. And while we're at it, what about Chutes and Ladders. Monopoly - Innsmouth Edition?

Sully, Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 07:32 PM

Ooh, how about

"The Call of Cthu-Clue?"

Justin Sluder (Paizo Charter Superscriber), Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 07:36 PM

Cthuno!

Tarren Dei (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 8), Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 07:39 PM

Chess.

Ubermench, Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 07:51 PM

Bella Sara: Doom in the Pasture

You would get to pretty up you deep ones for slaughter in pony shows.

Tensor, Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 07:58 PM

Here is >Haiti< a small *zombies* expansion for the board game Puerto Rico.

It has downloads.. oooh.

Bill Lumberg, Sun, Apr 26, 2009, 08:22 AM

Lawn darts.

TigerDave (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 05:36 AM

Bill Lumberg wrote:

Lawn darts.

... the original premise of tossing the dart into the ring now becomes a frantic bid for survival as the ground opens up and gibbering horrors start climbing up. I am especially fond of the metagame stage where you realize your lawn dart partner couldn't hit the ring if he were standing right next to it - adds a completely new level of fun and competition to the game as you try to shove HIM/HER into the ring so you can make the get-away.

TigerDave (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 05:40 AM

Yahtzee-lyeh

This game is started by you and your fellow players casting a spell out of the dread Necronomicon. The rolling of the dice into specific combinations is actually a unique counterspell mechanism necessary to stop the arrival of whatever horror it is that answers that fell, arcane call you did to start the game.

Xaaon of Xen'Drik (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 01:43 PM

CarThulhu Wars

Soli-terror Card Game.

Ctheckers.

Robo R'lyeh

CourtFool, Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 02:44 PM

Tic Tac Cthulhu?

Xaaon of Xen'Drik (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 03:45 PM

Sorry! Cthulhu style!!! Instead of knocking the little guys back home, they get gobbled up...

Settlers of R'Lyeh

Cthulhusonne

Stratego, "Yog-Sothoth edition"

taig (Paizo Superscriber), Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 08:37 PM

Kill Doctor Llanfer?

Heathansson, Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 08:39 PM

Hungry Hungry Hasturs!

Sharoth (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber), Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 08:42 PM

Heathansson wrote:

Hungry Hungry Hasturs!

~laughter~ Good one, Heathy!

Heathansson, Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 08:47 PM

Tcho Tchonese Checkers

Obed's Great Great Grandson, Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 08:53 PM

Nearly everything is better with Cthulhu.

Sully wrote:

Ooh, how about

"The Call of Cthu-Clue?"

I would kill for that game.

Heathansson, Mon, Apr 27, 2009, 08:54 PM

Dr. West in the Sanitorium with the bone saw.

taig (Paizo Superscriber), Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 08:27 AM

Dungeons and Dagon

Bill Lumberg, Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 04:05 PM

Non-euclidean Tetris. Just be careful not to assemble the pieces into certain configurations....

Bill Lumberg, Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 04:06 PM

TigerDave wrote:

Bill Lumberg wrote:

Lawn darts.

... the original premise of tossing the dart into the ring now becomes a frantic bid for survival as the ground opens up and gibbering horrors start climbing up. I am especially fond of the metagame stage where you realize your lawn dart partner couldn't hit the ring if he were standing right next to it - adds a completely new level of fun and competition to the game as you try to shove HIM/HER into the ring so you can make the get-away.

I drop the ball and TigerDave returns it for a touchdown!

houstonderek, Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 07:07 PM

Cthutes and Lloig-ders?

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Wed, Apr 29, 2009, 01:29 AM

Uncle Wiggly makes a very good Cthulhu game, especially if you use the board as an alternate board for Arkham Horror.

The same can be done with Candyland.

Cuchulainn, Wed, Apr 29, 2009, 05:37 AM

Hungry, Hungry Deep Ones

Don't Wake Dagon!

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Wed, Apr 29, 2009, 07:00 PM

Anybody remember that game, Don't Spill the Beans? Take a shot at that one.

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Thu, Apr 30, 2009, 12:36 AM

Oh, that's easy: The Fungi From Yugoth's "Don't Spill the Brains"

Bill Lumberg, Sat, May 2, 2009, 12:21 PM

"Strip Necronomicon" was a real disappointment.

Heathansson, Sat, May 2, 2009, 12:48 PM

Eibon, Eibon, Who's Got the Eibon?

Tensor, Sun, May 3, 2009, 08:08 PM

Axis & Allies -

it needs some scary German soldiers like from Hellboy, and

one result of special research operations being the opening of a portal through with *he* enters our world.

Mac Boyce, Wed, May 27, 2009, 08:23 AM

Monopoly

You just by slices of the universe with souls. Little game pieces made out to be the elders, etc.

Velcro Zipper (Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 01:25 AM

Mr. Mouth in Tsathoggua and Cthulhu editions. Flick your investigators into the gaping mouth of madness!

Proverbial Wisdom - Necronomicon Edition Starry Wisdom

Barrel of Monkeys - Barrel of Mi-go

Rockem Sockem Shoggoths?

Nasty Pajamas, Mon, Jun 22, 2009, 11:12 PM

Old Maid

Valegrim, Tue, Jun 23, 2009, 05:40 AM

More cTHuLhu?
hahaha; run in fear; all the Old One are the prime evil protagonists in my game and they are almost awake from their eons of magical slumber.

Xuttah, Tue, Jun 23, 2009, 05:54 AM

Monopoly has done special editions for everything else, so why not do Mythosopoly? You can guess what replaces boardwalk. >:D

You could have cultists and idols for houses and hotels. Your playing piece could be one of those adorable Cthulhu statues I saw at the online store.

Rock, Paper, Cthulhu! would be my other idea.

Nasty Pajamas, Wed, Jun 24, 2009, 07:24 PM

Do you worship Cthulhu?

A fun party game for a group of 5 to 30 people to play. The rules of the game can be learned in less than 3 minutes. One person acts as moderator, overseeing a village of people, one (or more) of which are secretly Cthulhu worshippers! The worshippers begin sacrificing the other villagers one by one.

(A re-themed Werewolf)

Kruelaid (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Planet Stories Subscriber), Wed, Jun 24, 2009, 07:36 PM

Hide and seek.

Xuttah, Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 06:22 AM

Ping pong

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 07:21 AM

Twister

Gavgoyle (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 07:59 AM

-Cthooties
-Shudde M'ell and Ladders
-Wheel of F'thagen
-Tindalos Pursuit
-Vermis Mysteriis Date

Velcro Zipper (Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Mon, Jun 29, 2009, 07:44 PM

Gavgoyle wrote:

-Vermis Mysteriis Date

Who's that lurki..I mean, waiting, at the threshol..er..door?! Is it the hot football captain, the sexy class president, the buff lifeguard? Oh no! It's the Crawling Chaos, Nyarlathotep! *face melts off*

I Can Has FreeSwag, Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 09:44 PM

J-Pop (Japanese Pop Muzak) and Anime-Style Renderings' got yer Cthulhu/Starspawn right here...

Velcro Zipper (Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 11:16 PM

Keepers take note: Failing a sanity check after watching the above video results in a loss of 1d100 sanity points. Success reduces the loss to 1d20. Investigators add 1% to their Cthulhu Mythos skill.

lynora, Fri, Jul 3, 2009, 11:25 AM

I Can Has FreeSwag wrote:

J-Pop (Japanese Pop Muzak) and Anime-Style Renderings' got yer Cthulhu/Starspawn right here...

My son thought that that was the coolest thing ever. He was trying to do the dance along with them. :)

Charles Evans 25, Fri, Jul 3, 2009, 08:40 PM

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

CarThulhu Wars...

Whilst maybe not CarThulhu Wars, actually Atlas games did already combine Cthulhu and fast cars....
*Cthulhu 500*

Edit:
And Steve Jackson Games produced *Munchkin Cthulhu* with a number of expansions...

Here4daFreeSwag, Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 12:15 AM

lynora wrote:

My son thought that that was the coolest thing ever. He was trying to do the dance along with them. :)

Heh, he wouldn't be the first to try; as evidenced by things here, here, and here. Needless to say, anime fandom is rife with little dance crazes that pop up now and then (ie. Caramelldansen or Hare Hare Yukai).

KaeYoss (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Planet Stories Subscriber), Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 12:56 AM

Sacrifice Dr. Lucky?
Stonehenge?
Parcheesi! (You don't wanna be pushed off the board!)
Animal Crossing.
Anything with Super Mario in it.

Russ Taylor (RPG Superstar Top 6, Contributor), Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 07:43 AM

Battleship. The fleet sure as hell picked the wrong island...

Celestial Healer, Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 10:42 AM

Stratego

(Don't turn around your opponents Cthulhu!)

Taliesin Hoyle (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 10:56 AM

cthic cthac cthulhu.

Twister.

Miniature golf.