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Tragic Video Reviews - Denizens of the Underworld

In this video I take a look at the most recent Call of Cthulhu expansion, Denizens of the Underworld.

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Timing in Call of Cthulhu LCG. Part 2 – Trigg...

Welcome to part 2 of this series dedicated to the timing of CoC! This issue deals with a lot of things regarding triggered effects.
Next to examining the timing structure used in CoC, we'll also take a look at disrupting costs, the sequence of paying costs and selecting targets, effects containing "then", and how to proceed if both players wish to trigger an effect at the same time.

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Timing in Call of Cthulhu LCG. Part 1 – Basic...

Welcome to a series of three articles dealing with timing in CoC. Timing issues is regularly create confusion among players and I want to share some findings and thoughts. Part 1 here is just a basic introduction and aims at beginners to the game. We'll have a look on different types of effects, the Action window timing structure in CoC and also on some other topics like the meaning and implications of the words "choose" and "then".

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The Sleeper Below Review, Part 3

Our staff has put together a first blush analysis of the newly released The Sleeper Below, the deluxe expansion featuring the mighty Cthulhu himself. This is the third of three parts: neutrals and other factions.

We’ve used a one through five scale; five being the best. The cards are listed in numeric order. Our reviewers are listed in alphabetical order. Let us know in the comments how you feel about the cards in this set!

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The Sleeper Below Review, Part 2

Our staff has put together a first blush analysis of the newly released The Sleeper Below, the deluxe expansion featuring the mighty Cthulhu himself. This is the second of three parts: the Cthulhu supports, events, and conspiracy.

We’ve used a one through five scale; five being the best. The cards are listed in numeric order. Our reviewers are listed in alphabetical order. Let us know in the comments how you feel about the cards in this set!

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The Sleeper Below Review, Part 1

Our staff has put together a first blush analysis of the newly released The Sleeper Below, the deluxe expansion featuring the mighty Cthulhu himself. This is the first of three parts: all of the Cthulhu characters.

We’ve used a one through five scale; five being the best. The cards are listed in numeric order. Our reviewers are listed in alphabetical order. Let us know in the comments how you feel about the cards in this set!

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The Key and the Gate Review Part 2

In part two of our The Key and the Gate review for the Call of Cthulhu LCG Danigral and dboren take a look at the Yog-Sothoth Support and Event Cards.

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The Key and the Gate Review Part 1

Our staff has put together a first blush analysis of the newly released deluxe expansion The Key and the Gate. We've used a one through five scale; five being the best. The cards are listed in numeric order. Our reviewers are listed in alphabetical order. Let us know in the comments how you feel about the cards in this pack!

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The Great Cthulhu- Play this Game!

Welcome to The Great Cthulhu. This series is for current players and for anyone just wanting to learn about this game. Even if you don't currently play the game but are curious about The Call of Cthulhu, this series is for you. In this first article I will be discussing why I feel this game is so great and what I plan on doing with this article series. It is time we have more then one CoC article series.

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The Great Cthulhu - Worlds Report!

Welcome back to a long waited article for the great game Call of Cthulhu. In this week's article I am going over my experiences at Worlds. From the state of the union address, to the actual Worlds Tournament and the amazing draft experience!

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The Great Cthulhu - Worlds Report!

Welcome back to a long waited article for the great game Call of Cthulhu. In this weeks article I am going over my experience at worlds. From the state of the union address to the actual tournament and the amazing draft experience (:

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The Great Cthulhu - Tournament Preparation (Gue...

Welcome to finally another The Great Cthulhu article. Sorry that it has been so long with summer and so much going on it is hard to find time to sit down and actually put an article together. However, with regional season going on, someone posted in the forums some helpful tips for new players that I felt was worthy of putting on the front page. User name Tusk was going to be taking his son and niece along with to a regional and so he thought of a list to help them prepare for the event. Here is his list, along with a few of my own comments on each suggestion.

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The Great Cthulhu - Tournament Experience

So this past weekend I was able to participate in my first Call of Cthulhu tournament, at the Fantasy Flight games center store championship. I wasn't expecting to win since have only been playing a few months, but I was just looking forward to playing against people in person, and not just online. We ended up having 10 people participate, which although isn't amazing, was enough to have four rounds and a cut to the top four, so would at the very least get four games and was excited and ready to go.

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The Great Cthulhu - The Story Struggle

Welcome to my second article of the amazing game, Call of Cthulhu. Sorry about the longer then normal gap from last article, with finals and then Christmas week life was little busy, but back to the stuff that matters. This series is aimed towards players that are new to the game or not even currently playing but have a small itch to try it. Last article I went over a few things that make the game great, this time I am going to go more in depth on one of those aspects and that is the combat in Call of Cthulhu.

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The Great Cthulhu - Starting Your Collection

Welcome to the fourth The Great Cthulhu article. This time I am have some great news, Core sets are shipping to stores now, and may actually be in stock now! So with this amazing news I am going to give brief details of the few things that new players will probably buy, the core set and the deluxe expansions. There are a lot of great cards in all these sets and I'm going to take a brief look at them to determine which are the most important buys for new players.

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The Great Cthulhu - Deck Building General Guide...

This time on The Great Cthulhu, the article series aimed towards new and veteran players alike, we will be taking a look at the basics that I use when building a deck for Call of Cthulhu.

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The Great Cthulhu - Building CoC decks

Welcome to the third The Great Cthulhu article, a series aimed towards new and veteran players alike as well as those that want to learn more about the game and possibly join later. This week after we have gone over a little about why I like the game, I felt this would be a good time to go over some deck building. Since this is aimed towards newer players both decks will be built with using a small card pool. So without further ado lets look at this first of two decks that I built.

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Terror In Venice Review, Part 3

In the final part of our Terror In Venice review for the Call of Cthulhu LCG we take a look at Miskatonic University, Yog-Sothoth, and the Neutral cards.

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Terror In Venice Review, Part 2

In part two of our Terror In Venice review for the Call of Cthulhu LCG we take a look at Shub-Niggurath, Silver Twilight, and Syndicate.

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Terror In Venice Review, Part 1

In part one of our Terror In Venice review for the Call of Cthulhu LCG we take a look at The Agency, Cthulhu, and Hastur factions.

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Pacta Arcana - The Yoggy Bottom Boys!

Welcome to the ninth edition of Pacta Arcana, in which we will explore the depths of deckbuilding with multiple factions in the Call of Cthulhu LCG. In each article of this series we will be looking at combining two factions (sometimes more) together to form a cohesive deck around a particular theme, combo, or strategy. This week we are treated to an article by guest writer, Wildefox.

Previously, on Pacta Arcana, we witnessed the terrifying machinations of Cthulhu and Hastur let loose upon a midnight world wrought with conspiracies and terror. This week, we take a look at the devious machinations of the mortal sorcerers in Silver Twilight, who reach out beyond the stars to draw on the limitless arcane power of Yog-Sothoth. Fueled by the powerful spells of the Lord of Time and Space (and the occasional sacrifice of one of their own members) the elite members of the Silver Twilight seek to gain power beyond the ken of their less ambitious rivals. Soon, all knees will bend before...

....The Yoggy Bottom Boys!

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Pacta Arcana - The Sideboard Sideshow

Welcome to the fifth edition of Pacta Arcana, in which we will explore the depths of deckbuilding with multiple factions in the Call of Cthulhu LCG. In each article of this series we will be looking at combining two factions (sometimes more) together to form a cohesive deck around a particular theme, combo, or strategy.

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Pacta Arcana - The Neverending Party

Welcome to the seventeenth edition of Pacta Arcana, in which we will explore the depths of deckbuilding with multiple factions in the Call of Cthulhu LCG. In each article of this series we will be looking at combining two factions (sometimes more) together to form a cohesive deck around a particular theme, combo, or strategy. This time around, we’ll take a look at the pomp and circumstance of Unending Festivities. Are you up for a party?

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Pacta Arcana - The Miskatonic Demonic Fantasy F...

Welcome to the twelfth edition of Pacta Arcana, in which we will explore the depths of deckbuilding with multiple factions in the Call of Cthulhu LCG. In each article this series we will be looking at combining two factions (sometimes more) together to form a cohesive deck around a particular theme, combo, or strategy.

Previously, on Pacta Arcana, we took a disturbing trek deep into the woods with the undercover agents of both the Agency and Shub-Niggurath weaving intrigue upon intrigue, and conspiracy upon conspiracy. This week, we see the faction of the black goat return, emerging from the fog shrouded depths of the forest to ally with the plucky humans of Miskatonic University so that together their united force may at last achieve...

...a rousing game of football?

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Pacta Arcana - The Meatgrinder

Welcome to the sixth edition of Pacta Arcana, in which we will explore the depths of deckbuilding with multiple factions in the Call of Cthulhu LCG. In each article of this series we will be looking at combining two factions (sometimes more) together to form a cohesive deck around a particular theme, combo, or strategy. This week, I put it to you (dear readers) to vote on the next pact. Fresh off the release of the new deluxe expansion for Yog-Sothoth, I knew that one faction would indeed be Yog-Sothoth. But the other, as it turned out, would be The Syndicate!

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