Necronomicon

v2.0

Necronomicon is a free companion web app for the Cthulhu Wars boardgame. It is developed by Filippo Salvarani as fan project and it's made with resources gathered freely from the Petersen's Games' website and from the Cthulhu Wars boardgame community

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The Cthulhu Wars boardgame and all its rules and illustrations belong to Petersen Games.

Special thanks to Cryo Chamber and Darkraven Games for allowing me to include their music in my project.

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Insects from Shaggai

Loyalty Card

Insects from Shaggai

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Pay 2 Doom to obtain this Loyalty Card, then place an Insect from Shaggai into any Area.

Cost: 2

Combat: 0

Mind Parasite (Ongoing):
All Acolytes Cultists who are not on a Gate, and who share an Area with an Insect from Shaggai, are Controlled by you during the Action Phase for the following purposes only:

Only you can Move them
They fight on your side in any Battle

They do not benefit from any Faction's Spellbooks (including yours). They can only be Captured by you if their true Faction permits it. They cannot be Captured by their true Faction (though they could be targeted by a Spellbook or Killed in a battle by them, etc.). Once an Acolyte is free. These Cultists are not Controlled by you during the Gather Power or Doom Phases – they provide Power and Doom to their true Faction.

Neutral Monsters

A player may purchase a Neutral Monster's Loyalty Card during the Doom Phase. A player may never purchase more than one of these in a given Doom Phase, but there is no limit to the number of Neutral Monster Loyalty Cards a player may possess.

To purchase one of these Loyalty Cards, pay 2 Doom when it is your turn to perform a Ritual of Annihilation. If you wish, you may still perform the Ritual. When spending Doom, choose a Neutral Monster Loyalty Card from among those available, placing that card and its associated Monsters by your Faction Card. You will typically have the opportunity to immediately place one of these new Monsters for free.

Once you have purchased a Neutral Monster Loyalty Card, it is yours for the rest of the game. From then on only you may Summon and Control its associated Neutral Monsters.

Eihort

Loyalty Card

Eihort

How to Awaken Eihort (Cost 4):

Your Controlled Gate is in an Area with your Great Old One.
Pay Pay 4 Power, place Eihort in the Area containing the Gate.

Combat: 0

The Brood (Ongoing): When you Awaken Eihort, immediately replace all of your Acolyte Cultists in play with Brood tokens.

Brood tokens are treated as Cultists with a Combat of 1. They cannot take the Move Action, nor can they be moved by movement like or movement-modifying abilities (such as Submerge or Arctic Winds). Brood tokens can still be Pained or moved by enemy abilities and Spellbooks.

You have at least 3 Acolyte Cultists in play.

Independent
Great Old Ones

Awakening: Take the Independent's Loyalty Card, Spellbook and tokens, and add them to you pool. Place the Independent's figure on the Map, under your Control. There are no limits to how many Independents you may Control, and you may use one Independent to help you Awaken another.

Death: If your Independent is Killed, place it's Loyalty Card, figure, unused tokens, and Spellbook back into the general Pool (tokens already on the Map remain there). If you had earned its Spellbook, it "falls off" the Loyalty Card and is no longer in effect. If this Independent is Awakened again, even by the same player, the Spellbook must be earned anew.

Spellbook: Each Independent has its own Spellbook to be earned. When a Spellbook's requirements have been met, place the Spellbook on the Independent's Loyalty Card; you may reap that Spellbook's benefits as lon as you control that Independent. This Spellbook does not count as one of your "Faction" Spellbooks for any purpose, and it cannot be placed on your Faction Card.

Doom Phase: When you perform a Ritual of Annihilation, do NOT gain an Elder Sign for any Independent Great Old Ones you Control.

Note: For your first game with Independents, it is recommended to use one fewer Independent than the number of players.

Spellbook

Unclean Bargain (Doom Phase)

If you have any Brood tokens in your Pool, replace your Acolyte Cultists with Brood tokens on a one-for-one basis until either you run out of Acolyte Cultists (on the Map) or Brood tokens (in your Pool). This is not optional.

Gla'aki

Loyalty Card

Gla'aki

How to Awaken Gla'aki (Cost 4):

Your Controlled Gate is in an Area with your Great Old One.
Pay Pay 4 Power, place Gla'aki in the Area containing the Gate.
Gain 1 Elder Sign.

Combat: Equal to the number of Acolyte Cultists in your Pool.

The Tomb-Herd (Gather Power Phase): Earn 1 Power per Acolyte Cultist in your Pool. This occurs before any Captured Cultists are Sacrified by your enemies and returned to your Pool.

You are the first player to reach 0 Power in the Action Phase. (Windwalker taking Hibernate Action does NOT fulfill this requirement).

Independent
Great Old Ones

Awakening: Take the Independent's Loyalty Card, Spellbook and tokens, and add them to you pool. Place the Independent's figure on the Map, under your Control. There are no limits to how many Independents you may Control, and you may use one Independent to help you Awaken another.

Death: If your Independent is Killed, place it's Loyalty Card, figure, unused tokens, and Spellbook back into the general Pool (tokens already on the Map remain there). If you had earned its Spellbook, it "falls off" the Loyalty Card and is no longer in effect. If this Independent is Awakened again, even by the same player, the Spellbook must be earned anew.

Spellbook: Each Independent has its own Spellbook to be earned. When a Spellbook's requirements have been met, place the Spellbook on the Independent's Loyalty Card; you may reap that Spellbook's benefits as lon as you control that Independent. This Spellbook does not count as one of your "Faction" Spellbooks for any purpose, and it cannot be placed on your Faction Card.

Doom Phase: When you perform a Ritual of Annihilation, do NOT gain an Elder Sign for any Independent Great Old Ones you Control.

Note: For your first game with Independents, it is recommended to use one fewer Independent than the number of players.

Spellbook

Green Decay (Gather Power Phase)

When a Captured Cultist is Sacrificed and returned, gain an Elder Sign instead of your normal reward (of 1 Power).

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Insects from Shaggai

Neutral Monsters

Eihort

IndependentGreat Old Ones

Gla'aki

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Independent
Great Old Ones

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Great Old Ones