Modiphius, publishers of Achtung! Cthulhu, have launched their Achtung! Cthulhu kickstarter. This kickstarter is all about the Investigator's Guide and the Keeper's Guide to their Achtung! Cthulhu setting.
So, if you've ever wanted to bring the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos into a World War II setting, then you might want to take a look at the kickstarter.
In just over a day, the kickstarter has funded. It's all about increased content, support for additional rule sets, full color, and campaigns now! :)
If you haven't checked out the Kickstarter for Achtung! Cthulhu, I suggest you do so ASAP. Not only have full color versions of the two main books (Investigator's Guide and Keeper's Guide) been unlocked, the Guide to the Eastern Front AND the first two installments of the Shadows of Atlantis campaign have also been unlocked.
That's not all, though. New stretch goals have been announced, among them another campaign named Asssault on the Mountains of Madness. I'll just let that title sink in...
Disturbingly coo, right?
Here's what we get so far:
- Investigator's Guide to the Secret War (enhanced, in full-color, and with Savage Worlds and Realms of Cthulhu support)
- Keeper's Guide to the Secret War (enhanced, in full-color, and with Savage Worlds and Realms of Cthulhu support)
- Guide to the Eastern Front
- Shadows of Atlantis Parts I & II (Achtung! Cthulhu campaign)
- Achtung! Cthulhu Interface 19.40 (120-page adventure and supplement made in cooperation with the Interface Zero 2.0 Kickstarter)
The following has been announced:
- Assault on the Mountains of Madness Parts I & II (Achtung! Cthulhu campaign
- Guide to North Africa and the Middle East
If you're a fan of the Cthulhu Mythos AND World War 2, this is the Kickstarter for you!
Im so going to kickstart this game
I love kickstarter
Have backed it. Really looking forwards to this.
And we now get the first part of Assault on the Mountains of Madness! Onward to North Africa!
The Guide to North Africa and the Middle East has been unlocked and we move toward the second installment of the Assault on the Mountains of Madness campaign!
Here's a wee update on what what's been unlocked so far and what's been announced as new stretch goals.
Here's what we get so far:
- Investigator's Guide to the Secret War (enhanced, in full-color, and with Savage Worlds and Realms of Cthulhu support)
- Keeper's Guide to the Secret War (enhanced, in full-color, and with Savage Worlds and Realms of Cthulhu support)
- Guide to the Eastern Front
- Guide to North Africa and the Middle East
- Shadows of Atlantis (248-page campaign)
- Assault on the Mountains of Madness Parts I & II (248-page campaign)
- Achtung! Cthulhu Interface 19.40 (120-page adventure and supplement made in cooperation with the Interface Zero 2.0 Kickstarter)
- World War 2 documents PDF
Here's what we have to look forward to:
- Guide to the Pacific War
- Assault on the Mountains of Madness Part III (final part of a 248-page campaign)
- 6 28mm Achtung! Cthulhu miniatures
So if you're into mixing World War Two with the Cthulhu Mythos, this is THE opportunity to do that.
Bumping this one with new information. LOTS of new information.
Here's what's been unlocked so far:
- Investigator's Guide to the Secret War (enhanced, in full-color, and with Savage Worlds and Realms of Cthulhu support)
- Keeper's Guide to the Secret War (enhanced, in full-color, and with Savage Worlds and Realms of Cthulhu support)
- Guide to the Eastern Front
- Guide to North Africa and the Middle Eeast
- Guide to the Pacific
- Shadows of Atlantis (248-page campaign)
- Assault on the Mountains of Madness (248-page campaign)
- Achtung! Cthulhu Interface 19.40 (120-page adventure and supplement made in cooperation with the [URL=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821979583/interface-zero-20-full-metal-cyberpunk?ref=live]Interface Zero 2.0 Kickstarter[/I])
- World War 2 documents PDF
- 6 28mm Heroes miniatures and 6 28mm Mythos Creatures miniatures
- Floor tiles by Henning Ludvigsen (Nazi Base, Antarctic Outpost, Elder Things City Ruins
- FATE CORE conversion of the Investigator's Guide and the Keeper's Guide (B&W version so far)
Here's what we have to look forward to:
- Full color hardcover version of Assault on the Mountains of Madness
- Terrors of the Secret War (128-page book containing a maddening wave of Mythos terrors and Nazi aversaries)
In addition to this, there's quite a few addons such as t-shirts, dice, GM Screen inserts, Nazi zombie miniatures, and more.
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My fear is that the ambition of this Kickstarter has far far outstripped its ability to be delivered in anything even closely resembling a timely manner. Especially given that the estimated delivery is August 2013. Six months for a crap-ton of sourcebooks and over 600 pages of adventure? I'm sorry, but it's not gonna happen by August. I doubt the ability to have it fully delivered on by August 2014.
I'm not trying to be a pessimist, but one of the biggest problems with RPG Kickstarter projects is that many of them give delivery estimates that are extreme best-case scenarios, and then they keep on piling on add-ons and stretch goals that make the delivery absolutely impossible to achieve even if everything goes absolutely smoothly.
My concerns in that regard has been somewhat lessened by Chris Birch's explanation that much of the material is already written and that they have different teams working on the books. Also, it's my understanding that the August 2013 estimated delivery refers to the PDFs of the two core books (Investigator's Guide and Keeper's Guide). The actual print copies will be ready a couple of months later with the rest of the books being relased incrementally.
That said, yes it's absolutely a massive volume of Cthulhu goodness that's been unlocked and it is going to be interesting to follow the development, including delays and such. I'm optimistic.
Just kicked cant wait for all the books got them all not just the PDFs