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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Loyalty Card

Brown Jenkin

Loyalty Card

Brown Jenkin

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Pay 2 Doom and 2 Power to obtain this Loyalty Card, then place Brown Jenkin at your Controlled Gate.

Cost: 2

Combat: 0

Loathsome Titter (Gather Power Phase):
Brown Jenkin shares an area with an enemy-controlled Gate during the Gather Power Phase, gain 2 Power, plus 1 more power for each enemy Cultist in the area..

Familiar (Ongoing):
If Brown Jenkin is killed or eliminated, if (or as soon as) you have at least 2 Power, pay 2 Power and place Brown Jenkin at your Controlled Gate. This does not count as an Action. This is not Optional.

Terrors

Terrors are Summoned as though they are Monsters, and require a Controlled Gate to be able to enter play. They are equal to Monsters in their ability to Capture Cultists. That is, Monsters can protect Cultists against Terrors (and vice versa), and Great Old Ones can still Capture Cultists protected by Terrors. However,as Terrors are a different type of Unit, they are not vulnerable to abilities that specifically target Monsters.

To acquire a Terror, pay 2 Power and 2 Doom when it is your turn to perform a Ritual of Annihilation. You may still perform the Ritual, if you wish. Take your choice of available Terror Loyalty Cards and follow the instructions for placing your new figure on the Map.

Players may only purchase a single Loyalty Card in any given Doom Phase, so they may not gain a Neutral Monster in the same Doom Phase in which they acquire a Terror (and vice versa). Once a Terror Loyalty Card has been acquired, it belongs to that player for the rest of the game. Only that player may Summon and control that Terror.

Elder Shoggoth

Loyalty Card

Elder Shoggoth

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Pay 2 Doom and 2 Power to take this Loyalty Card. Then, place the Elder Shoggoth at your Controlled Gate.

Cost: 4

Combat: 2

Prime Cause (Post-Battle):
In a Battle involving the Elder Shoggoth, choose any of you Units (including this one) and replace it with any other Unit from your Pool. You can gain a Faction Great Old One that was previously Awakened, but still must fulfill other requirements (for example, to place Cthulhu, the Battle must be in his Start Area, plus a gate). If you choose to replace the Elder Shoggoth itself, pay nothing, and no enemy gains a reward. Otherwise, follow these rules:

Pay half the new Unit's Power cost (rounded down–so you pay 1 Power for a cost 3 Monster).
If the new Unit is a Terror, the enemy gains 1 Doom.
If the new Unit is a Great Old One, the enemy gains 1 Elder Sign.

Terrors

Terrors are Summoned as though they are Monsters, and require a Controlled Gate to be able to enter play. They are equal to Monsters in their ability to Capture Cultists. That is, Monsters can protect Cultists against Terrors (and vice versa), and Great Old Ones can still Capture Cultists protected by Terrors. However,as Terrors are a different type of Unit, they are not vulnerable to abilities that specifically target Monsters.

To acquire a Terror, pay 2 Power and 2 Doom when it is your turn to perform a Ritual of Annihilation. You may still perform the Ritual, if you wish. Take your choice of available Terror Loyalty Cards and follow the instructions for placing your new figure on the Map.

Players may only purchase a single Loyalty Card in any given Doom Phase, so they may not gain a Neutral Monster in the same Doom Phase in which they acquire a Terror (and vice versa). Once a Terror Loyalty Card has been acquired, it belongs to that player for the rest of the game. Only that player may Summon and control that Terror.

Cthulhu, the Harbinger

Loyalty Card

Cthulhu, the Harbinger

How to Awaken Harbinger Cthulhu (Cost 8):

Great Cthulhu Faction: Pay 8 Power and place Harbinger Cthulhu in any Area. This counts as Awakening Cthulhu if you have not yet done so. Then each other player gains 1 Elder Sign.

All other Factions:

You have a Great Old One in play.
Pay 8 Power, and place Harbinger Cthulhu in any Area.

In either case, when harbinger Cthulhu is placed, all Units in the target Area are removed and placed on this Loyalty Card.

Combat: n/a

Great Old One (Ongoing): Harbinger Cthulhu cannot be Moved from its Area by any means except by destroying it, and has no Spellbook. When Battled, all the attacker's Units in the Area are destroyed in the Battle. It takes at least 3 Kills and/or Eliminates in the same Combat to Kill Harbinger Cthulhu.

When Harbinger Cthulhu is Killed, return all the Units from this Loyalty Card to Harbinger's Cthulhu Area. The player who Killed Harbinger Cthulhu gets 1 Elder Sign, as does the Controller of Harbinger Cthulhu, even if they are the same person.

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.

Dire Azathoth

Loyalty Card

Dire Azathoth

Note: In a game with Dire Azathoth, Windwalker, Opener of the Way, Tcho-Tcho, and the Ancients must place their glyph tokens in their Start Areas. Do not use Dire Azathoth on the Primeval Earth or Shaggai Maps.

How to Awaken Dire Azathoth (Cost 10):

Control a Gate on an enemy Faction's Start Area.
Pay 10 Power, and place Dire Azathoth into the Area.

Combat: Roll a die. Dire Azathoth's Combat rating is equal to the result of the roll.

Mindless Destruction (Post-Battle): Any Faction Battling in Dire Azathoth's Area gains his choice of either 1 Doom or 1 Power for every Unit that Faction Kills or Eliminates in that Battle. (Dire Azathoth need not be involved in the Battle).

As an Action, pay 20 Power

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

The Blind Idiot God (Game Over!)

Immediately win the game, even if you do not have all 6 Faction Spellbooks or the most Doom.

Dire Cthulhu

Loyalty Card

Dire Cthulhu

How to Awaken Dire Cthulhu (Cost 6):

Your Controlled Gate is in an Area with your Great Old One.
Pay 6 Power, place Dire Cthulhu in the Area containing the Gate.
Gain 1 Elder Sign.

Combat: 3

Lord and Master (Doom Phase): When you Awaken an Independent Great Old One (except Dire Cthulhu), gain 1 Elder Sign.

Kill 3 enemy Units in a single Battle.

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

Non-Euclidean (Post-Battle)

If Dire Cthulhu is involved in a Battle, you may assign any Battle results you inflict to any Faction with Units in the Area, even if they did not partecipate in the Battle. If any results are assigned to a non-partecipating Faction, that Faction may not use Battle abilities or Spellbooks in response. Affected Factions still select which of their units receive Battle results.

The Risen One

Loyalty Card

The Risen One

How to Awaken the Risen One (Cost 8):

Yellow Sign Faction: Pay 7 Power, and place the Risen One at your Controlled Gate. You may place it so that it overlaps into neighboring Areas. Then each other player gains 1 Elder Sign.

All other Factions:

Your Controlled Gate is in an Area with your Great Old One. You may place it so that it overlaps into neighboring Areas.
Pay 8 Power and place the Risen One in the Area containing the Gate.

Combat: Choose any number

Reality (Ongoing): The Risen One is considered to exist in every Area in which its base overlaps. It can attack into any of them, can Move into any Area adjacent to any of them, etc.

Madness (Battle): You may roll any number of dice for the Risen One's Battle total. However, if the Risen One's side scores more Kills than its opposition, the Risen One is Eliminated.

The Risen One survives a Battle.

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

Call Him (Action: Cost 1)

Move the Risen One to any Area in which you have a Unit.

Nodens

Loyalty Card

Nodens

How to Awaken Nodens (Cost 6):

Your Controlled Gate is in an Area with your Great Old One.
Pay 6 Power, place Nodens into the Area.

Combat: Add 1 Kill and 2 Pains to your Combat total (Nodens doesn't roll any Combat Dice)

Healing (Doom Phase): At the end of the Doom Phase, unless the Ritual of Annihilation track has reached Sudden Death, move the Ritual marker backwards 1 step (but not past the start).

Perform a Ritual of Annihilation.

Independent
Elder Gods

Elder Gods: Elder Gods are similar to Great Old Ones, except they do not provide Elder Signs during a Ritual of Annihilation, and do not roll combat dice.

Awakening: Take the Independent’s Loyalty Card, Spellbook, and any tokens, and add them to your Pool. Place the 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 its 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 long 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 Elder Gods you Control.

Spellbook

Proteus (Action: Cost 2)

Choose one of your earned Faction Spellbooks that names either a type of Unit (e.g., Acolytes of Flying Polyps). Place your Faction Glyph on that Spellbook. Nodens then benefits from that Spellbook's effects as if it were the named Unit or type of Unit.

Kickstarter Specials

Giant Blind Albino Penguins

Neutral Monsters

Brown Jenkin

Terrors

Elder Shoggoth

Terrors

Cthulhu, the Harbinger

Independent
Great Old Ones

Dire Azathoth

Independent
Great Old Ones

The Blind Idiot God (Game Over!)

Dire Cthulhu

Independent
Great Old Ones

Non-Euclidean (Post-Battle)

The Risen One

Independent
Great Old Ones

Call Him (Action: Cost 1)

Nodens

Independent
Elder Gods

Proteus (Action: Cost 2)

Units	Expansions	Factions
Spellbooks	Maps	FAQs

Kickstarter Specials

Giant Blind Albino Penguins

Neutral Monsters

Brown Jenkin

Terrors

Elder Shoggoth

Terrors

Cthulhu, the Harbinger

IndependentGreat Old Ones

Dire Azathoth

IndependentGreat Old Ones

Dire Cthulhu

IndependentGreat Old Ones

The Risen One

IndependentGreat Old Ones

Nodens

IndependentElder Gods

Independent
Great Old Ones

Independent
Great Old Ones

Independent
Great Old Ones

Independent
Great Old Ones

Independent
Elder Gods