Cthulhu Wars: Opener of the Way Expansion
(2015)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 12 and up. You can play with 2 to 5 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Once-Per-Game Abilities und Variable Player Powers...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 90 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 5 |
| Publisher: | Green Eye Games, Pegasus Spiele, Petersen Games |
| Designers: | Sandy Petersen |
| Artists: | Jo Brumby, Mark Evans (I), Robert Goldney, Tim Prow |
| Mechanics: | Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Variable Player Powers |
"Opener of the Way adds the cosmic horror of Yog-Sothoth. He changes the fundamental laws of reality. With his ability of the Million Favored Ones, his units are able to promote for free after combat. Cultists promote to Mutants, Mutants become Abominations, and Abominations become Children of Yog-Sothoth. (Children of Yog-Sothoth can fragment into as many Mutants as are in your unit pool.) He also has the Dragon Rising and Dragon Descending spellbooks, which can only be used once per game (they are flipped upside-down after use). These give him potent one-time boosts which are real game-changers. Other spellbooks let him rain death from the sky; summon monsters from enemy-held gates; and channel raw Power into a Battle. And of course, Yog-Sothoth gives you the ability to move from Gate to Gate without passing through intervening Areas.
In our playtests, Yog-Sothoth has proven to be an extremely powerful faction, as befits the status of the One-in-All. Other players have learned to keep one eye cocked at the Opener of the Way, because he has powers that produce sudden upsets and reversals of fortune.
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Last Updated: 2025-08-16 23:51:01 UTC
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