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Cthulhu Wars - Game 3 - Tcho-Tcho victory on turn 3!

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  • mindflare77mindflare77 OhioRegistered User regular
    I'm on mobile right now and can't check easily, so conditional order: if there's a GOO left in the battle location still, summon Wendigo there (unless whoever's GOO it is promises not to capture a wayward cold Cultist?). If no GOO, summon Cultist. Via Cannibalism.

    I'd expected there to be more combat, hence taking Cannibalism early. #LearningExperience

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  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    Interesting! Reminds me of my second turn!

    Map updated.

    Nyarlathotep specifies Faction Spellbooks for combat value. No dice for Neutrals.

  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    @NotoriusBEN is up.

  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    Move cultist from Arabia to Indian Ocean
    1->0


    jesus, I hate tcho tcho. nothing against saurfang for playing it correctly, but its just awful to fight against. you literally fight it to keep it from winning, not for the potential to gain anything from it. you can't fight it for the prospect of gaining power from undefended cultists because its a waste of power to capture them. they have the potential to out sleep, sleeper by just sacking high priests if needed. A GOO that costs 0 to bring back next turn. The fact it only needs to hold 3 portals and can win in 3 turns...

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  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    I think @jakobagger is next since tcho tcho is out of power and mindflare is hibernating

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  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    Maybe you can drop a Yothan up there to wreck some shit. :) He wouldn’t be as well off right now without the free 3 Doom he was given.

    And yeah, Black Goat is next.

  • SaurfangSaurfang Registered User regular
    No offense taken! I still think these guys are a bit too strong, but in my opinion it's all about the point earning potential. The high priests are nice but they're just a means to an end; Tcho Tcho just doesn't have a ton of tricks or angles of play that I've seen.

  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    Part of it -is- to get them to pop their HP. Much better than the free ES. Not so bad when each ES costs them 3 Power.

  • jakobaggerjakobagger LO THY DREAD EMPIRE CHAOS IS RESTORED Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    Funghi from Yuggoth in West Africa

    7>6 power

    jakobagger on
  • mindflare77mindflare77 OhioRegistered User regular
    @Preda for next.

    Also, @Mordenthral, I think I should have a Wendigo in Europe.

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  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    Also, @Mordenthral, I think I should have a Wendigo in Europe.

    As long as you remember, sure!

  • PredaPreda Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    Undimensionated. 2->0. Everything disappear from Scandinavia and reappear in Europe. Everything but an undead disappear from South America East and reappear in Bohemia.

    @Daemonis next. Also, if I get my 3 power, I'll immediately give you 3 doom. That deal might be off the table after the next doom phase.
    @Mordenthral I have 5 elder sign, not 4. That don't change that I'm dead last, and Tcho-Tcho is winning...

    Preda on
  • DaemonisDaemonis Registered User regular
    Sleep. 5->5.
    @Mordenthral

  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    I have no Power. Back to @Brody

    Map updated

    Mordenthral on
  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    Preda wrote: »
    I have 5 elder sign, not 4. That don't change that I'm dead last, and Tcho-Tcho is winning...
    You can't be dead last with 5 ES. I only have 3 ES + 1 Doom. :) But yeah, I think TT are winning.

    For dead last, it's a tie between me and Black Goat.

    Mordenthral on
  • PredaPreda Registered User regular
    Preda wrote: »
    I have 5 elder sign, not 4. That don't change that I'm dead last, and Tcho-Tcho is winning...
    You can't be dead last with 5 ES. I only have 3 ES + 1 Doom. :) But yeah, I think TT are winning.

    For dead last, it's a tie between me and Black Goat.

    Black goat will either take his last book or a lot of power base with the power he has left, but you are actually in a worse position than mine...

  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    Summon a Polyp in South Asia.

    2->0


    @NotoriusBEN

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  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    Im outta juice. @jakobagger for next.

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  • jakobaggerjakobagger LO THY DREAD EMPIRE CHAOS IS RESTORED Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    Funghi from Yuggoth moves from West Africa to South Atlantic (1P)

    6>5 power

    jakobagger on
  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    If @Daemonis confirms that he’s just going to sleep you out, then you’ll be able to spend your other 5 Power @jakobagger

  • SaurfangSaurfang Registered User regular
    Do let me know if anyone pops into one of my territories so I can pop a high priest onto the ol altar and react.

  • DaemonisDaemonis Registered User regular
    If @Daemonis confirms that he’s just going to sleep you out, then you’ll be able to spend your other 5 Power @jakobagger
    Confirm.

  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    Map updated.

    @jakobagger has 5 Power to spend

  • jakobaggerjakobagger LO THY DREAD EMPIRE CHAOS IS RESTORED Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    Shantak flies to Central America (5>4) which should full-fill my last requirement. Gain Ghroth.

    Capture gate-controlling cultist in Arabia. (4>3)

    Summon acolyte to control gate in Arabia (3>2)

    Summon Funghi in Arabia (2>1)

    Recruit Acolyte in West Africa (1>0)

    jakobagger on
  • mindflare77mindflare77 OhioRegistered User regular
    Woo! Someone didn't take a neutral! Huzzah! I'll take Ice Age for my fifth spellbook.

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  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    jakobagger wrote: »
    Shantak flies to Central America (5>4) which should full-fill my last requirement. Gain Ghroth.

    Capture gate-controlling cultist in Arabia.

    Summon acolyte to control gate in Arabia (4>3)

    Summon Funghi in Arabia (3>2)

    Recruit Acolyte in West Africa (2>1)

    Recruit Acolyte in West Africa (1>0)

    It costs a Power to capture a Cultist. Your math is off @jakobagger

  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    you should rethink that jakobagger and groth the hell out of tcho tcho.
    make him spend some HP to get some power back. or just hurt him for next turn.


    edit** no wait, not enough fungi atm. carry on.

    NotoriusBEN on
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  • SaurfangSaurfang Registered User regular
    When you do have enough, though, you should totally do it.

  • jakobaggerjakobagger LO THY DREAD EMPIRE CHAOS IS RESTORED Registered User regular
    jakobagger wrote: »
    Shantak flies to Central America (5>4) which should full-fill my last requirement. Gain Ghroth.

    Capture gate-controlling cultist in Arabia.

    Summon acolyte to control gate in Arabia (4>3)

    Summon Funghi in Arabia (3>2)

    Recruit Acolyte in West Africa (2>1)

    Recruit Acolyte in West Africa (1>0)

    It costs a Power to capture a Cultist. Your math is off @jakobagger

    Edited out one of the cultists, should be fine now?

  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    All good! @Daemonis

  • jakobaggerjakobagger LO THY DREAD EMPIRE CHAOS IS RESTORED Registered User regular
    This totally wasn't because I still haven't fully read the rules, who would be that stupid. . .

  • DaemonisDaemonis Registered User regular
    Give 3 power to Yellow King, Gain Burrow. 5->2
    @Preda

  • PredaPreda Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    What's due is due. Give 3 doom to Sleeper. Gain shriek of the Byakhee. 3->3

    @Daemonis

    Preda on
  • DaemonisDaemonis Registered User regular
    Ancient Sorcery my Serpent Mans to Tcho-Tcho and Ancients. 2->0
    @Mordenthral


  • PredaPreda Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
    We shoud have alternated but for the sake of expediture, I'll use my last 3 power to:
    1 recruit cultist in Europe;
    2 Desacrate Bohemia, gaining an elder sign and a Byakhee there;
    3 Screaming dead to Scandinavia all the undead merry band.


    @Mordenthral to wrap up turn
    @ArcSyn for elder sign.

    Preda on
  • PredaPreda Registered User regular
    Changed screaming dead target.

  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
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    Map updated. @mindflare77 is starting player and will declare play direction (24 hours to declare popping a HP to change starting player.) Otherwise, go around in order and declare Rituals or not + Sycophancy decisions for TT and SL

    To re-iterate, Sycophancy is the thing where you choose to take 1 or 2 less Doom (in this case) or give TT and/or SL extra Doom.

  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    Also, after a bit of reading around...

    The Omega rulebook says this about Neutral Spellbooks:
    A Neutral Spellbook counts as one of your 6 Spellbooks on your Faction Card for purposes of
    Unlimited Battle, winning the game, and any other rules or abilities that reference Spellbooks on your Faction Card (such as Nyarlathotep’s Combat rating, or the Moonbeasts’ ability for example).

    Nyarlathotep's combat power specifies "Faction" Spellbooks.

    As a result, I believe that after you select a Neutral Spellbook and put it on your faction sheet it becomes a Faction Spellbook. So this would not prevent Windwalker from getting his Spellbook, and would also still count towards Nyarlathotep's combat strength as listed in the rulebook.

  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    Also, hold up @Mordenthral ... I'm gonna Perform a Mao Ceremony so Mindflare77 is not the starting player.
    Sacrifice 2 cultists in the Indian Ocean. Ancients have been boosted to 17 power. *I* am the starting player this Turn.

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  • MordenthralMordenthral Registered User regular
    That’s fine if no one matches you within 23 hours. Feel free to choose a direction.

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