Cthulhu Death May Die: Rlyeh Rising Expansion (Kickstarter Special)
Board Game Geek Rating: 5.49
Board Game Geek Avg Player Rating: 6.06
Players: 1 to 5
Published: 2019
Content Notes: Kickstarter Exclusive R,lyeh Rising Expansion for the game Cthulhu: Death May Die. Please note: This item is for the R,lyeh Rising Expansion. The core game and other extras and paid add ons from the Kickstarter Campaign are not included.
Let’s not be coy, the heart and soul of the R,lyeh Rising expansion is its colossal figure of Cthulhu! This cyclopean creation is something never before seen in the world of board gaming. Its base is 44 x 44 cm wide, and it stands 57 cm tall to the tip of its wings. In fact, this thing is so huge that his base becomes the board on which the game is played! This plastic statue was sculpted in terrifying detail and will come pre-assembled, with the exception of the clip-on wings, so it can be proudly displayed for all to see.
In Cthulhu: Death May Die, inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, you and your fellow players represent investigators in the 1920s who instead of trying to stop the coming of Elder Gods, want to summon those otherworldly beings so that you can put a stop to them permanently. You start the game insane, and while your long-term goal is to shoot Cthulhu in the face, so to speak, at some point during the game you’ll probably fail to mitigate your dice rolls properly and your insanity will cause you to do something terrible — or maybe advantageous. Hard to know for sure.
The game has multiple episodes, and each of them has a similar structure of two acts, those being before and after you summon whatever it is you happen to be summoning. If any character dies prior to the summoning, then the game ends and you lose; once the Elder One is on the board, as long as one of you is still alive, you still have a chance to win.
The episodes are all standalone and not contingent on being played in a certain order or with the same players.
GAMEPLAY
In R,lyeh Rising, the ritual has already been completed. Cthulhu’s appearance is imminent. The world as we know it is doomed.
However, we’ve got one last chance! Investigators travel to the realms of R,lyeh itself in an attempt to destroy Cthulhu in transit between the two worlds!
In this final episode, the action takes place on Cthulhu as the board itself. with figures moving freely upon the terrain with the aid of a movement ruler. Investigators must defeat Cthulhu one stage at a time, like a regular Elder One fight – except they may only attack one area of the Elder One at a time.
R,lyeh Rising comes with its own Mythos deck featuring additional Monster summoning and unspeakable events generated by Cthulhu’s presence. You must stop Cthulhu before he enters our world!
Components:
- Cthulhu figure
- Custom Madness tokens
- Movement ruler
- Elder One, Monsters, and Episode cards
- Mythos deck
- Rules insert
Again, the heart and soul of the R,lyeh Rising expansion is its colossal figure of Cthulhu! This cyclopean creation is something never before seen in the world of board gaming. Its base is 44 x 44 cm wide, and it stands 57 cm tall to the tip of its wings. In fact, this thing is so huge that his base becomes the board on which the game is played! This plastic statue was sculpted in terrifying detail and will come pre-assembled, with the exception of the clip-on wings, so it can be proudly displayed for all to see.
R,lyeh Rising is a wholly unique Episode, the epic finale to Death May Die, not only bringing its own set of tokens, Discovery cards, Monster cards, and Mythos cards, but also drastic changes to the game’s base rules, as the figures move and act freely upon the behemoth’s rocky base.
The Great Old One stirs. Sleep tight.
— From the publisher
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