This May Kickstart the Horrors of Cthulhu Wars
April 23, 2013 by dracs
Fenris Games are joining with Green Eye Games to create a new Cthulhu board game, written by none other than the writer of the RPG Call of Cthulhu himself Sandy Petersen. Prepare for the Cthulhu Wars.
This game will be heading to kickstarter next month and has many Cthulhu fans excited. But what is it that makes this one different to all the other Lovecraftian games out there? Well apparently it is the fact that while in other Cthulhu games you are usually an investigator trying desperately to prevent oncoming catastrophe in Cthulhu Wars it is the other way around. Now you are the catastrophe!
Fenris published this statement earlier today:
"Dallas,TX / News Outlet / 4/17/2013 --- Legendary game designer Sandy Petersen, has teamed up with accomplished game professionals Robert M. Atkins and Richard Luong to form the board game company, Green Eye Games. They are extremely excited to launch their first game Cthulhu Wars, debuting later this year.
More than a half-century ago, H.P. Lovecraft changed the face of the horror genre forever, influencing science fiction, horror, film, games and mystery writers for generations. His most famous creation is the Cthulhu Mythos, a cosmos filled with alien and inner dimensional horrors. Inspired by this work, Sandy got his start in gaming by developing the tabletop roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu. This seminal game has proved a cult success over the years. News of Sandy's first board game in 20 years has fans across the globe excited, including the Founders at the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, who noted "The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society is thrilled that our friend Sandy Petersen is developing a new Lovecraft-inspired game."
On what makes this game unique, Sandy remarks, "The marketplace today has many board games featuring the Cthulhu Mythos. In most such games you strive to avert the impending catastrophe. But in Cthulhu Wars you ARE the catastrophe!" Cthulhu Wars is a competitive strategy game in which the players control one of four unique factions, which produce cultists and monsters to build mystic gates, and awaken Great Old Ones.
Being a fan of the Mythos-based figures sold by Fenris Games, Sandy reached out to get them involved with sculpting the figures for this ambitious title. Ian Brumby explains his excitement upon getting the call, "As a small manufacturer one can only dream about the big projects, the hall-of-fame products that the giants of the games industry seem to produce on a regular basis. So when you open your email of a morning and find Sandy Petersen asking if you'd like to work with him on his latest project, it's like all of your birthdays have come at once."
At Fenris, Ian has spent the past 5 years building a range of miniatures and gaming aids that inspire a wide audience online and in games rooms around the world. "The opportunity to work with one of the biggest names in gaming history to produce truly iconic models is something I had, indeed, only ever dreamed about before, and that same inspiration has driven all of the sculptors I've been lucky enough to work with on Cthulhu Wars. Sandy's enthusiasm for his subject has been infused into every page and every Cthulhu-related gaming experience there is, and we hope this shows through in the work we've contributed so far."
Each copy of Cthulhu Wars comes with 80 high-quality figures, ranging from 28mm to 200mm – the same size as used in D&D or Call of Cthulhu – and are suitable for use in any game of the same scale – such as Descent or Zombicide. We think the figures created by Fenris Games are worth the price alone.
CONTACT:
Green Eye Games
Sandy Petersen
Email: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/CthulhuWars
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Fenris Games
Ian Brumby
[email protected]
http://www.fenrisgames.com/
ABOUT THE GREEN EYE GAMES TEAM
Behind every great project, there is a talented team driven by a shared dream. Our team has a proven track record, and our members’ games have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, and has received dozens of awards from the game industry.
WHAT WE’VE DONE
Board Games, Roleplaying Games, & Film:
The Whisperer in Darkness film \ Petersen’s Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands \ Petersen’s Guide to Monsters \ Arkham Horror \ Ghostbusters roleplaying game \ RuneQuest 3rd edition \ Elfquest roleplaying game \ Call of Cthulhu \ Over 30 paper game supplements and products from 1981-1988
Video Games Credits:
Age of Empires (II & III) \ Halo Wars \ Quake \ Age of Mythology \ Rise of Rome \ SiN \ DOOM \ Star Trek Elite Force II \ Duke Nukem 3D \ CounterStrike CZ \ Darklands \ Civilization \ Osiris Legends iOS \ Hexen \ Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 \ Elder Scrolls Oblivion \ Fallen Shadows \ Darklands \ Hyperspeed \ Sword of the Samurai \ Midnight Mysteries \ Lightspeed \ Dr. Floyd’s Desktop Toys \ and many, many more.
ABOUT THE FENRIS GAMES TEAM
Fenris' background is in the world of industrial modelmaking and prototyping, with almost 50 years' combined experience. We've built everything from life-sized dinosaurs and attack helicopters to display models for some of the world's biggest museums. Now our work focuses on the miniature worlds of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
WHAT WE’VE DONE
3D board pieces for (Grindhouse Games') Incursion, publisher/writer of PBMs Wyrdworld, MMCII and Children of The Morning Star, producers of minis, scenery and gaming aids."
Anyone else just a tiny bit excited about this?
Not wanting to start this post off to a negative start, but….. What is this constant hammering on with the Cthulhu theme? I know call of Cthulhu is a really good RPG and back story etc, but it just seems that everything that could be Cthulhuised has been done tbh. Have to say that the flip side to this is a good idea though, if I am to be fair, but I want to learn about new things and new stories. I hope it does well for all those that are interested in this though, I am just a little… Read more »
Well usually I don’t respond to negative posts BUT… I am the designer of Cthulhu Wars. I was ALSO the designer of Call of Cthulhu, the game which pretty much started the whole Cthulhu thing in modern times. I also worked on the first edition of Arkham Horror. So things have come to a pretty pass if the original mind behind the late 20th-century revival of Cthulhu in gaming can’t do a Cthulhu game without someone carping. If it helps any, I just spent 25 years in the nightmare hell of designing computer games, and now, finally, after all that… Read more »
To be fair Mick did not accuse you of jumping on the bandwagon.
All I see in the post is a statement from a personal point of view that there is a lot of Cthulhu about, but that is cool for those that want lots of Cthulhu.
Why would I want to play at being a catastrophe?
That is what I do best irl! 🙁
Forgot to say that Fenris do some nice work so will be interesting to see what they come up with
Awwwwwyeeeeaaaaahhh
Check out the playing pieces, map and other stuff on Boardgamegeek.com (Cthulhu Wars entry) and on the Cthulhu Wars facebook page.
I will be periodically on forums here to answer questions and discuss Cthulhu Wars. And other games. I’m a grognard from way back.
Oh yeah forgot to mention. The 63 figures included in Cthulhu Wars are made to 28mm scale, so they are compatible with … well, you know what games they are compatible with. If you ever wanted to have Nyarlathotep take on your space marines, now it can be done.
TBH I would not want to mix the two. The Space Marines won’t be able to match the quality of the Cthulhu minis if I may say so without being branded a heretic.
From What I have seen of the Fenris Facebook page the models will be pretty darned hot!