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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For feedback, bugs or feature requests you may contact me from my BoardGameGeek's profile page or at dev@necronomicon.app.

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Asteroid Cat

Loyalty Card

Asteroid Cat

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Pay 2 Doom points to obtain this Loyalty Card, then place an Asteroid Cat at your Controlled Gate.

Cost: 1

Combat: 1

Abandoned to Lusts (Action: Cost 0):
If an Asteroid Cat shares an Area with a Unit from another Faction that has 5 or fewer Faction Spellbooks, remove the Cat from the Map and place it on one of that enemy's empty Spellbook slots.

When that enemy earns that Spellbook, return the Asteroid Cat to your Controlled Gate, and you get to choose immediately which of his available Spellbooks he must take in that slot.

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.

Cat from Mercury

Loyalty Card

Cat from Mercury

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Pay 2 Doom points to obtain this Loyalty Card, then place a Cat from Mercury at your Controlled Gate.

Cost: 1

Combat: 1

Needs Affection (Pre-Battle):
If a Cat from Mercury is in a Battle, you can choose one or more of your Monsters present at that Battle; and immediately replace them with your Acolyte Cultists from your pool.

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.

Cat from Venus

Loyalty Card

Cat from Venus

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Pay 2 Doom points to obtain this Loyalty Card, then place a Cat from Venus at your Controlled Gate.

Cost: 1

Combat: 1

Honeymoon (Ongoing):
When a Cat from Venus Captures a Cultist, gain 1 Power and immediately return the Cultist to the owner's Pool.

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.

Cat from Neptune

Loyalty Card

Cat from Neptune

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Pay 2 Doom and 2 Power to take this Loyalty Card. Place the Cat from Neptune at your Controlled Gate.

Cost: 1

Combat: 1

The Final Ritual (Post-Battle): If the Cat from Neptune is Killed in a Battle, you may immediately perform a Ritual of Annihilation. If this causes the marker to move to Instant Death, the game ends after this action.

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.

Hagarg Ryonis

Loyalty Card

Hagarg Ryonis

(Cat from Jupiter)

How to Awaken Hagarg Ryonis (Cost 4):

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

Combat: Hagarg Ryonis rolls no dice. Instead, she adds 3 Pains to your Combat total.

Subversion (First Player Phase): Choose a player, if that player performs a Ritual of Annihilation in this Doom Phase, you steal 1 of the Elder Signs he earns (if any).

You have 0 Power.

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

Laziness (Action: Cost 0)

Any Faction with exactly 1 Power left loses that Power. Alternatively, pay 1 Power to force Windwalker to also lose 1 Power. You can only use this Action if Windwalker is Hibernating, or one or more enemy Factions have exactly 1 Power.

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Something About Cats

Asteroid Cat

Neutral Monsters

Cat from Mercury

Neutral Monsters

Cat from Venus

Neutral Monsters

Cat from Neptune

Terrors

Hagarg Ryonis

(Cat from Jupiter)

IndependentElder Gods

Independent
Elder Gods