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Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games

Cthulhu Wars Core Game v2 is the second edition of the base set to the Cthulhu Wars board game produced by Petersen Games, based on the Cthulhu Mythos.

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Details - Cthulhu Wars - Core Game v2

Board game set: Cthulhu Wars base set v2

Product name: Cthulhu Wars - Core Game, Set type: Board game base set (Game base set), Product code: CW, System: Cthulhu Wars, Series: Cthulhu Mythos, Miniatures Range: Cthulhu Wars (Modern Fantasy), Company: Petersen Games, Production: 2017-
Designer: Sandy Petersen
Features: Miniatures

Miniatures
Range: Cthulhu Wars (Modern Fantasy), Species: Various, Scale: 1:56 (28mm / 32mm), Proportions: Realistic, Size: Various, Material: Soft plastic, Priming: Not necessary
Assembly: One-piece, Sprueless, No cutting required, Posing: Medium, Paintjob: Unpainted, Base: Integral scenic base, Sculptor: Various (Fenris Games)
Features: Various

The Cthulhu Wars - Core Game v2 is a board game from Petersen Games, set in the universe of Cthulhu Mythos (the setting of the H. P. Lovecraft stories).

The Cthulhu Wars base set v2 is also called Onslaught Two. This is an updated version of Cthulhu Wars base set v1.

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Contents - Cthulhu Wars - Core Game v2

Contents

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Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games

Full-Color Rulebook
Player Hint Cards (4)
Huge Map Boards of Earth (2)
Faction-specific Markers (8)
Ritual of Annihilation Tracks (3)
Doom Track
Six-sided Dice (20)
Faction Cards (4)
Ritual of Annihilation Marker
First Player Token
Spell Books (24)
Desecration Markers (12)
Gate Markers (24)
Elder Sign Chits (36)

Contents - Miniatures

Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games
Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games Cthulhu Wars base set v2 from Petersen Games, 2017 - Board game base set reviewimage © Petersen Games

64x High-Quality Plastic Figures:

24x Acolyte Cultist : 6x for every faction

Black Goat faction (red)

1x Daughter of Shub-Niggurath

3x Dark Young

2x Ghoul

4x Fungi from Yuggoth

6x Acolyte Cultist (red)

Crawling Chaos faction (blue)

1x Nyarlathotep

2x Hunting Horror

3x Nightgaunt v2, similar to Nightgaunt v1

3x Flying Polyp

6x Acolyte Cultist (blue)

Cthulhu faction (green)

1x Starspawn

2x Starspawn Larva

2x Shoggoth

4x Deep One

6x Acolyte Cultist (green)

Yellow Sign faction (yellow)

1x Hastur v2, similar to Hastur v1

1x The King in Yellow

4x Byakhee

6x Undead

6x Acolyte Cultist (yellow)

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Review - Cthulhu Wars - Core Game v2

We do not have this product - read our review of the first edition instead:

Games Nexus: Cthulhu Wars - Core Game v1

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Resources - Cthulhu Wars - Core Game v2

Official

Petersen Games: Cthulhu Wars: Official page.

Petersen Games: Cthulhu Wars - Core Game: Official page.

Preview

 

Content overview

Lordnine: Cthulhu Wars (Board game) Season 2: Review article about the contents of the Cthulhu Wars boardgame, with size comparison photos. 

Reviews

Antonios S (for RPGnet): Review of Cthulhu Wars: Compensated review article, based on playtest. The reviewer received a complimentary copy to review.

Michael Langlois: Cthulhu Wars - A Look at the Entire Beast: Review article about the Core Game, the Windwalker, The Sleeper, the Opener of the Way factions, and the Primeval and Yuggoth maps.

Rules overview

 

Gameplay

 

Play strategy & tactics

Cthulhu Wars Strategy Wikia: Strategy article collection.

Miniatures

Lost Minis Wiki: Cthulhu Wars: Database article about the Cthulhu Wars concept art.

Lordnine: Cthulhu Wars (Board game) Season 2: Review article about the contents of the Cthulhu Wars boardgame, with size comparison photos. 

phf (from Heroes of the Age): Cthulhu Wars! On Tékumel???: Comparison article with size comparison photos of Cthulhu Wars miniatures.

Ralph's Little World: Cthulhu Wars: Contents overview article about the miniatures.

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Buying the product - Cthulhu Wars - Core Game v2

Base price (Cthulhu Wars base set v2): 180 USD (? EUR / ? GBP), Price/model: ca. 3 USD (? Euro / ? GBP) if you need the other components

Petersen Games: Cthulhu Wars - Core Game: Official page.

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