Customer Reviews

Do You Worship Cthulhu Card Game

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I received this as a gift for Christmas. I'll start by saying the game itself is interesting and fun -- if you can actually get enough people together to play. You have to have at least 5 people. Also, you hardly get anything for the amount of money you spend -- you get a tiny box, and the only contents are a stack of cards and one fold-out page of instructions.

The cards only serve to let players know what role they play (villager, cult member, seer, etc.) You could easily just write the roles on pieces of paper. The rules are incredibly simple (they fit on a single small piece of paper), so that gameplay is very limited.

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. It feels more like the kind of game you can find directions for free online. Again, this isn't really a board game, and it isn't really card game, as the cards don't really serve any purpose once you are assigned your role. If you pay $20 for this, you're going to be disappointed when you open the box...

I probably shouldn't review this, since I've never played it, but I did buy it, and Amazon keeps begging me to `be the first.' As a Lovecraft fan, I ordered this on reflex without much research. Only after it arrived did I notice the fine print that it requires a room full of people to play - there are no two-person or `solitaire' rule sets - it's not that kind of game. In fact, the cards are hardly necessary at all - after reading the rules you realize that you can practically play this game by just ripping some strips of paper and handing them around. The fun, it appears, comes from it being a social activity and the cards are very simple props. Sadly, I can't remember the last time I had a dozen Lovecraft fans all in one room at one time, looking to play a party game, so this will probably just sit on the shelf forever.

My first introduction to this game was at a comic/gaming shop in town. Everyone seemed to be down with things early that night so we got the whole store together (probably about 20 people are so) and played this game. It was actually a lot of fun. It's definitely a social game for geeks. You don't have to be a Lovecraft fan to enjoy it. It's a little bit like heads up seven up to be honest. I imagine with a little imagination it could be turned into a very fun drinking game.

We played for the first time this weekend with 9 (plus mod) and 10 (plus mod) players. We got 5 or 6 games in in less than an hour. Maybe for a game with more than 15 players it takes 30-90 minutes, but with what we had it was pretty quick. We also tried one game with 5 players (plus mod) and it took longer to deal the cards than the game itself.

The game is real fun especially if everyone gets into it. I typed up a script based on the quick reference script that comes with the game and that was a huge help. The art on the cards is great, but with the cards being so large it is hard for players to keep their identity secret at times.

Overall a great game, it is a nice change from board games.