Have you seen the Yellow Sign? Let's All Play Cthulhu Wars — Again!

Here we go again!



First game here if you want to check it out or need a refresher.

Our players are:

1. MrChris: Yellow Sign
2. Sarcasmorator: Opener
3. periodical: Sleeper
4. Gerad: Black Goat

Sleeper is up first and chooses the direction of play. Everyone starts with 8 power, 0 Doom and 0 Elder Signs.

ROUND 1 START

Sleeper Round 1 Act 1

Power : 8

Move a Cultist to South America.

Power : 7.

Let's go left.

Opener Round 1 Action 1

Power: 8

Move 1 Cultist to South Pacific, 1 to Indian Ocean.



Power: 6

Oh, hey, this is happening now! Thanks, Sarcasmorator!

Yellow Sign Round 1 Action 1

Power: 8

I select Sleeper to receive 3 Doom points, and take the Undimensioned neutral spellbook.

Power: 8

Just a note in case I forgot before: If you take a neutral spellbook, you cannot get all your faction spellbooks (unless you get Recriminations and swap one out).

GOAT

Round 1 Action 1

Power: 8

ACTION: Move a cultist to East Africa (1 power).



Power: 7

Sleeper Round 1 Act 2

Power : 7

Pay 3 power for Burrowing and have you fellows each lose 1 power.

Power : 4

You joik.

Opener Round 1 Action 2

Power: 5

Action: Build Gate in Indian Ocean, take control of it with Cultist

Power: 2

My internet is distressingly slow tonight, so I can't access the Dropbox folder right now; my apologies.

Yellow Sign Round 1 Action 2

Power: 7

Action: Move 1 Cultist from Europe to North Atlantic

Power: 6

All up to date, I think:

Round 1
Black Goat Turn 2

Power: 6

ACTION: Build a gate in East Africa (3 power).



Power: 3

Round 1 Sleeper action 3

Power:4

Build Gate in South America and own it with my cultist.

Power:1

Round 1 Opener action 3

Power: 2

Summon a mutant to the Indian Ocean.

Power: 0

Round 1 Yellow Sign Action 3

Power: 6

Move Cultist from North Atlantic to South America

Power: 5

GOAT

Round 1 Turn 3

Power: 3

ACTION: Summon Dark Young in East Africa (3 power).



Power: 0

Action 3

Summon Wizard to South America.

Power:0

All Yellow Sign from here on out.

Yellow Sign Action 4+

Power: 5

Move Cultist from South America to North Atlantic (1 power)

Awaken The King in Yellow in North Atlantic (4 power)

For awakening the King, I'll take the Recriminations spellbook.

So that's the end of Round 1, then:



Gather Power:

Yellow: 6 cultists + 1 gate = 8
Opener: 6 cultists + 2 gates = 10
Sleeper: 6 cultists + 2 gates = 10
Goat: 6 cultists + 2 gates = 10

So Sleeper chooses first player and it's on to the Doom Phase.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Since we're coming up on the first Doom Phase I refreshed myself of the neutral monster rules. I was wrong about one thing before: You DON'T lose control of them if you lose them all; you keep a neutral monster throughout the entire game. You DO lose control of neutral GOOs if you lose them.

To take a neutral monster, lower your Doom by 2 points when it's your turn to Ritual, before or after you perform the ritual. That gives you one neutral monster of the kind you choose; you can summon the rest for power as usual later.

Also, there are 4 Moonbeasts, not 3. I'll fix that on my next turn if no one else has by then.

I'll have the Goat go first, as is the custom of my people.

No ritual, 2 doom for 2 gates.

Power: 10
Doom: 2

Let's go right.

Doom Phase, Yellow Sign

No ritual, 1 Doom for 1 gate.

Power: 8
Doom: 1

EDIT: I'm assuming that it's impossible to acquire a neutral monster if you have less than 2 Doom points. Is this correct? It probably wouldn't change my decision, but it would be nice to know.

Yeah, you can't if you don't have the Doom.

For my part, I'm going to decline the Ritual, and spend my Doom on the Servitors of the Outer Gods. The poor sap who's saddled with these mindless piping flautists is Sleeper.

You get one for free, lucky you. They count for -1 to your combat rating when they're in battle, and you can't summon any other monsters unless you have all three in play.

Power: 10
Doom: 0

Alright I'm gonna use my From The Depths to get another servitor, since I assume that's my only option, then I'm going to ritual for 2 doom and the Cursed Slumber spell book.

Power:5
Doom:4

Then I'm gonna pay 2 doom for Dimensional Shamblers and put one on my card. I think that's all legal?

I don't really know about the legality, but don't you have to put the Servitors somewhere specific?

Ahh yes I assume also through a gate? If so I'll put them in North America.

You have to put them with a gate like normal monsters, but you should be able to call in a Wizard if you prefer, since Death From Below is not summoning per se, but placing, and the two monsters cost the same amount.

We're not playing with Dimensional Shamblers, though; we have Star Vampires, Moonbeasts and Leng Spiders.

Ok so redo

Power:10

Put the Servitor in North America. Take a Wizard for Death From Below in South America, Ritual for Cursed Slumber.

Power:5
Doom:4

Pay 2 Doom for Moonbeasts and put one on Undimensioned.

Power:5
Doom:2