{"id":2096,"date":"2017-01-17T09:17:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T15:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2017-01-16T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:56:55","slug":"mythos-in-the-media-board-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2017\/01\/mythos-in-the-media-board-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythos in the Media: Board Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back with another\u00a0<em>Mythos in the Media<\/em>, and this time we&#8217;re slinging cardboard. Fans of gaming and the Mythos know, there are A LOT of options when it comes to playing games about Old Ones and insanity, so this time we wanted to show off a couple of favorites and some\u00a0older or more obscure titles that any fan of Lovecraft&#8217;s apathetic cosmos should have on their shelf.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re interested in playing investigative cultists or want to embody the dark priest himself, hopefully you can find something to fill that desire here.<\/p>\n<p>Find something amazing we haven&#8217;t posted? Drop a line to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:simeon.cogswell@gmail.com\">Simeon<\/a>\u00a0and put Unspeakable! in the title.<\/p>\n<p>Without wait, let&#8217;s see what the Great Cardboard Gods have for us.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2099\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2099\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"1985 Arkham Horror\" width=\"285\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror-768x557.jpg 768w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror-560x406.jpg 560w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror-260x189.jpg 260w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1985-Arkham-Horror-160x116.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First on our list is a classic and a perennial favorite, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/15987\/arkham-horror\" target=\"_blank\">Arkham Horror<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em> Published in 2005 by Fantasy Flight Games,\u00a0<em>Arkham Horror<\/em> is a mix of board game and storytelling where the players take on the roles of investigators trying to stop one of many Ancient Ones\u00a0from entering our world. Since it&#8217;s inception, the\u00a0<em>Arkham Horror<\/em> brand has become an umbrella for many of Fantasy Flight&#8217;s games;\u00a0<em>Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Call of Cthulhu the Card Game, Elder Sign, Eldritch Horror<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Mansions of Madness<\/em>. While many fans are familiar with the Arkham line, did you know that it&#8217;s all based off of an original, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/34\/arkham-horror\">1985 board game also named <em>Arkham Horror<\/em><\/a><\/strong>? If you have an original copy, send us some photos! I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s a rare sight to see.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/83330\/mansions-madness\" target=\"_blank\">Mansions of Madness<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>it&#8217;s such a unique game in the Arkham line that I wanted to give it it&#8217;s own entry. Mansions is essentially a dungeon crawling style game where a Game Leader plays as the Mansion trying to thwart the investigators attempts at solving a mystery. It requires deciphering clues that are read to the players on cards, exploration, and solving actual puzzles that are like mini-board games in themself. With a <a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2016\/04\/music-and-soundtracks-adding-atmosphere-through-sound\/\" target=\"_blank\">proper sound track<\/a>, it is a truely immersive game. And for those who are less inclined to run the game, or if players just can&#8217;t find a Game Leader, Fantasy Flight released a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/205059\/mansions-madness-second-edition\" target=\"_blank\">second edition that uses app support<\/a><\/strong> to run the game so that everyone can be an investigator.<\/li>\n<li>For those of us who are more on the side of the Old Ones and not the investigators we have <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/139976\/cthulhu-wars\" target=\"_blank\">Cthluhu Wars<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>A huge game of world conquering madness where a player takes on the role of one of\u00a0many cults trying to bring about the destruction of the Earth by unleashing spells, cultists, monsters, and ultimately a Great Old One. For fans of beautiful (horrific?) miniatures, this game is a must coming with 64 figures..<\/li>\n<li>Maybe you like cultists but are less inclined towards all this seriousness? Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/1210\/cults-across-america\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Cults Across America<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0an older board game that encourages strategy as you romp across the U.S. trying to create a string a lunatics that stretches from coast-to-coast. There are four different ways to play, depending on how serious the players feel like getting, but no matter how serious it&#8217;s sure to be hilarious. As a slightly older game (1998) it can be difficult to find, but worth it to those who need a strategic laugh.<\/li>\n<li>What if you&#8217;re a fan of Cthulhu, but also fan of say&#8230;..strategy and strange geometries? Enter <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/37696\/stars-are-right\" target=\"_blank\">The Stars Are Right<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>from Steve Jackson Games. Perhaps hilarity and not strategy is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the name Steve Jackson, and while the art is classic\u00a0<em>Munchkin<\/em> style fare, the game is not. Players take turns attempting to summon alien entities and Old Ones by finding arrangements of stars on a 5&#215;5 tile grid. This sounds easy enough until players start flipping and moving tiles all over the place. The real brain-buster though is that the patterns players are\u00a0trying to create can happen from any direction, and the patterns may seem like they don&#8217;t exists until you look at the board from a different side! This means you&#8217;re constantly looking at the grid from all four directions instead of just your side of the table, sure to make even the most devout cultist of strategy&#8217;s head spin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this run, but if you know if a particularly great Mythos board game you&#8217;d like to share then drop us a line!<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, stay sane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back with another\u00a0Mythos in the Media, and this time we&#8217;re slinging cardboard. 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