Slaying the hand you're dealt in The Cards of Cthulhu

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Title Slaying the hand you're dealt in The Cards of Cthulhu
Author Tom Chick
Posted in Games
When August 21, 2013

Note: Phantom Leader designer Dan Verssen asked if I would take a look at a prototype version of a game he's publishing, which is in the middle of a successful Kickstarter campaign..

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It's $30. I think you're looking at the previous tier, which is the bonus pack of coins and custom dice for $25 plus $10 US shipping if you're not getting the game.

I'm not quite sure why you would do that, personally. But $30 for the game sounds like a pretty good deal to me and currently also includes a 17x22 poster and at $20k (less than a thousand away at time of writing) an art book.

I still don't agree that Elder Sign and Arkham Horror share anything but art and some terminology, and I think comparing the two does Elder Sign a disservice in that it raises expectations that Elder Sign isn't making an effort to meet, really.

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Ah, right you are on the price. Thanks for the correction!

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Possible corrections:
"There is no HP Lovecraft [story] where four gods come knocking at once."
"... you have to play a Yahtzee style game to get a sequence of numbers or matching [sets]."

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"I’m pretty sure it’s not realistic."

Whoa whoa whoa, sir. Let's not be too hasty.

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I believe a lot of your failures to recognize things is probably because much of it originates in the Hyborean Heresies, etc... (i.e., non-Lovecraft-authored stories).