Game Rules

  1. Core Game Components
  2. Setup     Place the Map Set Up Tracks, Tokens, and Dice Set Up Factions Set Up Start Areas on the Map The First Player
  3. Game Basics     Object of the Game Phases of Play The Map Units and Faction Pool Gates Special Abilities and Spellbooks Target Chooses Unit Elder Sign Trophies Faction Cards
  4. Action Phase     The Four Types of Actions The Seven Common Actions Unlimited Actions Ongoing Special Abilities
  5. Gather Power Phase
  6. Determine First Player Phase
  7. Doom Phase     Doom Track Advancement Rituals of Annihilation Special Events and Abilities
  8. Battle     Pre-Battle Abilities Combat Dice Calculation and Rolls Post-Battle Abilities and Assigning Battle Results Applying Battle Results
  9. Victory
  10. Expansion Products     Additional Factions Neutral Monsters Terrors Independent Great Old Ones Independent Elder Gods Additional Maps
  11. Player Tips
  12. Rule Omega

Game Variants

  1. Astral Acolyte
  2. Handicap Acolytes
  3. The Colour out of Space
  4. Two Player Game     Two-Player Set Up Changes for Two-Player Games Balance Adjustments Tips and Tricks

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Core Game Rules
  2. Additional Factions     The Ancients Bubastis Daemon Sultan Opener of the Way Sleeper Tcho-Tcho The Invasion Windwalker
  3. Neutral Spellbooks
  4. Neutral Monsters
  5. Terrors
  6. Independent Great Old Ones     Abhoth Azathoth Bloated Woman Chaugnar Faugn Cthugha Dire Cthulhu Eihort Gla'aki Nodens Nyogtha
  7. Unique High Priests
  8. Additional Maps     Dreamlands Map Library at Celaeno Primeval Earth Shaggai Yuggoth