Munchkin Cthulu: Risk Your Sanity Against the Elder Gods

Battle the reaching tentacles and stay sane!

Buy Munchkin Cthulhu on: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk!

Munchkin Cthulhu is based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft and the many horror games based on them (especially The Call of Cthulhu). Lovecraft fans and Cthulhu gamers will love this, but people who have never heard of the Elder Gods (you lucky innocents) will probably be a bit lost. A quick trawl through Wikipedia or hunting out a couple of his books is recommended to appreciate the depth and the jokes.

This is a very solid, very funny, parody, full of monsters from outside of reality, Lovecraft references, threats to your sanity, four original classes (the Investigator, the Monster Whacker, the Professor, and the Cultist). Cultist has an interesting twist, the cult is on the side of the Elder Gods, it can't be discarded and if everyone joins the Cult, the game ends! There are no secondary modifiers (e.g. Races, Loyalties), as everyone is just human. In keeping with the horror theme, this is one of the nastier games, full of monster enhancers for players to ruin each others fights with.

Some of the cards are Shoes of Only Having to Run Faster Than You, Necrocomicon (and assorted puns based on that), Flashlight Goes Out!, Sole Stealer, Tht Whch Hs N Vwls, Shallow Ones, the Dunwich Snorer, Flashlight Goes Out!, Fun Guy from Yuggoth and the Grape Old Ones.

Expansions and Extras for Munchkin Cthulthu

Munchkin Cthulhu 2 Call of Cowthulhu

An expansion for the original game.

56 cards

New card type: Madness (similar to Curses but with a positive random upside).

More items, Lovecraftian parody monsters and tongue in cheek humour to build on the original game. Beware the cows. 

Munchkin Cthulhu 3 Unspeakable Vault (Rev.)

An expansion for the original game.

56 cards

Parodies the webcomic Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) and features the creator Goomi as a guest artist. More monsters and items and silliness, no notable new game-play elements. 

Munchkin Cthulhu 4 Crazed Caverns

Expansion for the original game.
Contains 16 Door cards and 20 Dungeon Cards.

A Cthulthu themed version of Munchkin 6: Demented Dungeons, adding locations that affect the whole party and that you can randomly travel between.

Weird Bonus Stuff

• The Munchkin Cthulhu Cursed Demo [check Amazon.co.uk as well] : Usually out of stock and out of print, the demo pack is a a special 17-card demonstration deck for playing out scripted moves to show new players. The cards are all from the main Munchkin Cthulhu set. It comes with 39 promo cards to keep or give away. 

• Munchkin Cthulhu Crypts Of Concealment: Cthulhu themed storage boxes for giant Munchkin decks (each box holds 500 cards) 

• Munchkin Cthulhu Kill O Meter: A Cthulhu themed double sided dial to track your fighting strength.

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Photos of the Dreadly Cute Catthulhu

I bring a rare and special gift today - photos of the unspeakably rare, mind meltingly adorable, horrifyingly cuddly and dreadfully tentacled Catthule Nautilussii, known more commonly as the Catthulhu.

This darling cute horror escaped from some unspeakable dimension many centuries ago, and has since roamed the Earth. Or at least, curled up and purred on it, its little tentacles curling gently in soothing undulations, in time to its hypnotic purr...

It is believed to be the cuddly, domesticated version of the Displacer Beast.

This Tentakitty has lost one of its tentacle, the poor fluffy darling, but has taken this loss with equanimity. No doubt it was stolen away during some terrible battle of cuddles, to be dried and sold as part of a set of finger tentacles.

Gaze upon it as it wriggles through the unknowable depths... and despair.

There is a theory that it somehow uses its trailing tentacles to trap small particles of emotion from the air, feeding on your love and adoration.

Do not worship the Catthulhu, you will only make it stronger and cuter.

ALAS. I FEAR THAT IT IS IRRESISTIBLE. WE ARE DOOMED.

But before we are all dragged down into a pile of warm fur and contentment, check out these links! Quickly!

• Finger Tentacles review
• Portal Turret: Sentry Turret Photos

Finger Tentacles

THE TENTACLES. THEY'RE ALIVE.

These five groping finger tentacles make for a fun stocking stuffer sort of gift, or a really easy costume accessory. They're usually about US$10, give or a take a couple of dollars.

They come as a a set of awesome orange-red finger tentacles, which are creepy, fun, make for an ideal squid or octopus themed costume, or just for being generally weird. Or taking photos!

They're harvested from the rare and deadly Catthulhu, a strange feline horror found on laps and near fireplaces. Through a complicated and deadly process, these tiny tentacles, which serve no known purpose and drop off whenever the Catthulhu is tickled using a special technique, are dried out and preserved.

The Catthulhu is believed to be the closest living relative of the nautilus

Safely store your Catthulhu
tentacles  in Iocane Powder
(special 

Iocane Powder Pint Glass 

required) to dry them 

out safely and counteract the

 deadly venom

Each tentacle is identical, and depending on how large your fingers are, may only fit up to the knuckle, but are pretty secure. They are quite stiff and don't stretch. They also smell a little rubbery, though that's wearing off over time.

I originally saw them being worn at a local convention by another artist - I think he got more attention for the tentacles than for his work!

The magnificiently Lovecraftian Murk modelling his tentacles

Originally bought from ThinkGeek, they're no longer in stock on that site but can easily be found on Amazon.

The terribly adorable Catthulhu roams the carpet.
Or just lazes around. Whichever.

Buy your own dried tentacles!

• Set of 5 Finger Tentacles on Amazon.com
• Giant inflatable Tentacle Arm on Amazon.com
• The latest Geek Toys on ThinkGeek

You can also get some other noodly appendages, to achieve full tentacle glory, like the Inflatable Cthulhu Arm, the fantastic Tentacle Mustache, or maybe just your own Giant Pacific Octopus to sit around the place. In fact... you could have a completely Cthulhu party.

   


See more photos of the Catthulhu here!