The Second Great Ritual of Voting: You Can't Hit "Snooze" With A Tentacle

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Vitus_Prem said:

 

Gott said:

 

Hurt: Rhan-thing - bye bye you *****-like dummy

 

 

Where does that association come from? You should go see Buddhas friend Mara for a little therapeutic chat.

 

 

Somebody on Boardgamegeek.com noted that- And since then, it has been haunting me like that tentacle-hentai stuff.

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Ops, my fault- looks like I forgot to put all my voted GOOs on bold too.

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NOOOOOOOOO MONTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I 've had the funniest games with him.

 

Oh well, I'll just hack trhough Sis' mary's sanity from now on

 

Last post: Spirit

Hurt Silas: I LOVE pirates. I HATE expansion-linked investigators.

Hurt Sister Mary- sorry lass, I'm voting for Cthulhu next elections

Heal Jenny - another Investigator I love playing

Agnes Baker, the Waitress 6
Ashcan Pete, the Drifter 3
Dexter Drake, the Magician 4
Diana Stanley, the Redeemed Cultist 6
Finn Edwards, the Bootlegger 6
Hank Samson, the Farmhand 5
Harvey Walters, the Professor 6
Jacqueline Fine, the Psychic 2
Jenny Barnes, the Dilettante 2
Joe Diamond, the Private Eye 7
Leo Anderson, the Expedition Leader 7
Luke Robinson, the Dreamer 6
Mark Harrigan, the Soldier 7
Norman Withers, the Astronomer 4
Roland Banks, the Fed 6
Silas Marsh, the Sailor 6
Sister Mary, the Nun 7
Skids O'Toole, the Ex-Convict 5
Tommy Muldoon, the Rookie Cop 6
Trish Scarborough, the Spy 3
Ursula Downs, the Explorer 4
William Yorick, the Gravedigger 6
Wilson Richards, the Handyman 6

 

THE DEVOURED

24th Monterey Jack, the Bithday Present for Gott

25th Darrell Simmons, the Photographer
26th Michael McGlen, the Gangster
27th Wendy Adams, the Urchin
28th Marie Lambeau, the Entertainer
29th Tony Morgan, the Bounty Hunter
30th Carolyn Fern, the Psychologist
31st Akachi Onyele, the Shaman
32nd Rex Murphy, the Reporter
33rd Zoey Samaras, the Chef
34th Bob Jenkins, the Salesman
35th Rita Young, the Athlete
36th Mandy Thompson, the Researcher
37th Minh Thi Phan, the Secretary
38th Lola Hayes, the Actress
39th Charlie Kane, the Politician
40th Lily Chen, the Martial Artist
41st Jim Culver, the Musician
42nd Patrice Hathaway, the Violinist
43rd George Barnaby, the Lawyer
44th Kate Winthrop, the Scientist
45th Gloria Goldberg, the Author
46th Amanda Sharpe, the Student
47th Daisy Walker, the Librarian
48th Vincent Lee, the Doctor

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McCaber said:

Hurt: Ghatanothoa

I'm against all these unfamiliar old ones coming in and outshining the big guys of the Mythos.

 

Ghatanothoa unfamiliar??? I reckon it is among the msot important and well-themed GOOs ever. It isn't of course as "famous" as Cthulhu, Nyarla and all those base-game GOOs, but it is still as famous as Quachil uttaus, Glaaki and such.

Yibb-thing, Bokrug and Rhan-Tegoth are quite meaningless to me, instead. I'm a big Lovecraftian reader but I never really read much (if anything) of them (well, more info can be obtained from the Call of Cthulhu RPG handbook, but I'm talking about Mythos litterature).

 

so...

 

Last Post: McCaber

Hurt: Rhan-thing - bye bye you *****-like dummy

Hurt: Yog-Sothoth - No fun at all.

 

Heal: Ithaqua- my favourite GOO from the base game: the best challenge to introduce new players. 

Abhoth 8
Azathoth 4
Bokrug 6
Chaugnar Faugn 8
Cthugha 7
Cthulhu 7
Eihort 7
Ghatanothoa 9
Glaaki 10
Hastur 4
Ithaqua 3
Nyarlathotep 8
Nyogtha 7
Quachil Uttaus 10
Rhan-Tegoth 1
Shub-Niggurath 9
Shudde M'ell 8
Tsathoggua 9
Y'Golonac 7
Yibb-Tstll 8
Yog-Sothoth 8
Zhar 9

BANISHED BEYOND TIME AND SPACE

23rd Atlach-Nacha
24th Yig

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Mariana the Ex-Nun Cultist said:

 I thought this when I saw the post last week (?) about German's being better at mythos than Italians due to what they did in their spare time.

 

- Mariana the ex-nun cultist

mamma mia that's keen of you. I usually wouldn't notice a Shoggoth entering my room, unless it asked for directions- I mean, have you ever seen a Shoggie saying anything else than Tekeli-li?

 

Uh sorry if I didn't reply sooner but you know, I was having some spare time.

(couldn't resist saying that XD )

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Pleeeease spare Monterey

It's my birthday tomorrow

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jgt7771 said:

(It's rather poetic that the extremes are so close down here...)

 

And one day we'll be able to say "Yeh, I was there."

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Last post Mariana  (Sleep?? I usually post in the afternoon- maybe the forum's time is screwed up)

Hurt: Atlantic-Nachos - call me a noob, but I find it too difficult.

 

Hurt: Cthugha -meh.

Heal: Ghatanothoa- I love the chill of drawing his visage tokens that's real HORROR!

Abhoth 8
Atlach-Nacha 1
Azathoth 6
Bokrug 9
Chaugnar Faugn 8
Cthugha 7
Cthulhu 8
Eihort 8
Ghatanothoa 10
Glaaki 10
Hastur 5
Ithaqua 5
Nyarlathotep 10
Nyogtha 9
Quachil Uttaus 10
Rhan-Tegoth 2
Shub-Niggurath 10
Shudde M'ell 8
Tsathoggua 8
Y'Golonac 8
Yibb-Tstll 10
Yog-Sothoth 8
Zhar 9

BANISHED BEYOND TIME AND SPACE

24th Yig

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Last vote: Mariana

 

 

Hurt: Silas

Hurt: Ursula

Heal: Monterey Jack

Agnes Baker, the Waitress 7
Ashcan Pete, the Drifter 5
Darrell Simmons, the Photographer 3
Dexter Drake, the Magician 5
Diana Stanley, the Redeemed Cultist 7
Finn Edwards, the Bootlegger 7
Hank Samson, the Farmhand 5
Harvey Walters, the Professor 7
Jacqueline Fine, the Psychic 5
Jenny Barnes, the Dilettante 3
Joe Diamond, the Private Eye 5
Leo Anderson, the Expedition Leader 7
Luke Robinson, the Dreamer 5
Mark Harrigan, the Soldier 8
Michael McGlen, the Gangster 2
Monterey Jack, the Archeologist 7
Norman Withers, the Astronomer 3
Roland Banks, the Fed 8
Silas Marsh, the Sailor 6
Sister Mary, the Nun 7
Skids O'Toole, the Ex-Convict 6
Tommy Muldoon, the Rookie Cop 7
Trish Scarborough, the Spy 3
Ursula Downs, the Explorer 5
William Yorick, the Gravedigger 7
Wilson Richards, the Handyman 5

 

THE DEVOURED

27th Wendy Adams, the Urchin
28th Marie Lambeau, the Entertainer
29th Tony Morgan, the Bounty Hunter
30th Carolyn Fern, the Psychologist
31st Akachi Onyele, the Shaman
32nd Rex Murphy, the Reporter
33rd Zoey Samaras, the Chef
34th Bob Jenkins, the Salesman
35th Rita Young, the Athlete
36th Mandy Thompson, the Researcher
37th Minh Thi Phan, the Secretary
38th Lola Hayes, the Actress
39th Charlie Kane, the Politician
40th Lily Chen, the Martial Artist
41st Jim Culver, the Musician
42nd Patrice Hathaway, the Violinist
43rd George Barnaby, the Lawyer
44th Kate Winthrop, the Scientist
45th Gloria Goldberg, the Author
46th Amanda Sharpe, the Student
47th Daisy Walker, the Librarian
48th Vincent Lee, the Doctor

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357magnum was my old name. I'm still proud for devouring Amanda.

Oh, Darrell! He deserved winning *so* much!

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Does somebody remember who won last year? As Mariana said, I only remembered Carolyn placing herself 2nd...

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Last vote: Dam

 

Hurt: Y'Golonac.

Hurt: Yog - just frustrating. I won't let him win this voting contest like he did last year

Heal: Eihort: I just love the idea of Daisy, Patrice and Sister mary being tentacle-raped by his brood tokens. Well, that's the way we rule it when we play

Abhoth 9
Atlach-Nacha 6
Azathoth 8
Bokrug 9
Chaugnar Faugn 7
Cthugha 10
Cthulhu 9
Eihort 10
Ghatanothoa 10
Glaaki 10
Hastur 10
Ithaqua 8
Nyarlathotep 9
Nyogtha 9
Quachil Uttaus 10
Rhan-Tegoth 6
Shub-Niggurath 9
Shudde M'ell 9
Tsathoggua 9
Y'Golonac 7
Yibb-Tstll 10
Yog-Sothoth 7
Zhar 9

 

BANISHED BEYOND TIME AND SPACE

24th Yig

 

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Oh boy how could Carolyn be discarded so quickly??? I think she's still among the best investigators- Except for her Speed. O__O'''

 

Last post: Anvilek

 

HURT: Silas Marsh- Arrrr matey! I love pirates but he's just unplayable if you're not using IH. Even with just KH he's still pointless.
HURT: Sister Mary- I never ever liked playing her. No **** way. Also, I don't think Father Michael would appreciate seeing her casting Shrivellins, Dread Curses and other blasphemous stuff. Nay.
HEAL: Monterey Jack. I want to become like him when I grow up

Agnes Baker, the Waitress 9
Ashcan Pete, the Drifter 3
Darrell Simmons, the Photographer 7
Dexter Drake, the Magician 5
Diana Stanley, the Redeemed Cultist 8
Finn Edwards, the Bootlegger 7
Hank Samson, the Farmhand 4
Harvey Walters, the Professor 8
Jacqueline Fine, the Psychic 7
Jenny Barnes, the Dilettante 6
Joe Diamond, the Private Eye 6
Leo Anderson, the Expedition Leader 7
Luke Robinson, the Dreamer 3
Marie Lambeau, the Entertainer 3
Mark Harrigan, the Soldier 8
Michael McGlen, the Gangster 2
Monterey Jack, the Archeologist 8
Norman Withers, the Astronomer 4
Roland Banks, the Fed 8
Silas Marsh, the Sailor 6
Sister Mary, the Nun 8
Skids O'Toole, the Ex-Convict 7
Tommy Muldoon, the Rookie Cop 8
Tony Morgan, the Bounty Hunter 2
Trish Scarborough, the Spy 6
Ursula Downs, the Explorer 7
Wendy Adams, the Urchin 4
William Yorick, the Gravedigger 8
Wilson Richards, the Handyman 7

THE DEVOURED
30th Carolyn Fern, the Psychologist
31st Akachi Onyele, the Shaman
32nd Rex Murphy, the Reporter
33rd Zoey Samaras, the Chef
34th Bob Jenkins, the Salesman
35th Rita Young, the Athlete
36th Mandy Thompson, the Researcher
37th Minh Thi Phan, the Secretary
38th Lola Hayes, the Actress
39th Charlie Kane, the Politician
40th Lily Chen, the Martial Artist
41st Jim Culver, the Musician
42nd Patrice Hathaway, the Violinist
43rd George Barnaby, the Lawyer
44th Kate Winthrop, the Scientist
45th Gloria Goldberg, the Author
46th Amanda Sharpe, the Student
47th Daisy Walker, the Librarian
48th Vincent Lee, the Doctor

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LOL

I just realized this thread's title:

"you can't hit "snooze" with a tentacle"- obviously referring to the GOOs waking up

 

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Winning a final battle is not a Victory- I still consider it a kind of a draw: it's like standing on a GOO's corpse ande being surrounded by the smoking ruins of Arkham

 

In any case, Hastur and Ithaqua are my favourite base-game GOOs, so he just deserved my healing.

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Yeah, I LOVE Qachil (and Ghatanothoa too): he's SO nasty!

Being devoured is not a big problem usually (you just draw another investigator -which might be even better than the previous one- and continue playing).

But it's te fear itself. It's amazing. It's TRUE horror.

 

I just don't like the final cathcphrase "Please, won't somebody help me?"- I dunno, it just doesn't feel much the original short novel's theme.

 

[Custom Investigators]

a +5 Bonus from an M9 Beretta?????
Oboy, have you ever fired one of those pieces of junk???

I'm Italian (this gun too, I guess you know that), so you might have expected me to defend it but -heck- I think it's among the less accurate and safe automatics out there. Try a Glock, a S&W MP, any Colt 1911 clone or a CZ- those are good automatics.

The M9 is just reliable and sturdy as hell, but both single action and double action triggers are awfully crafted, sights are fixed and its accuracy is closer to a spraycan if compared to any of the above-mentioned guns

 

In any case, since it's a 9mm gun, its power-wise bonus would be a +3 (the same of a .38 bullet), which you may upgrade to +4 if you consider his high ammo capacity (a .45 is a better stopper, but only holds hals as many rounds).

 

Cheers

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Vitus_Prem said:

Heal: Hastur. All heal to the King!

 

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Last vote: Gildor

 

Hurt: Yog-Sothoth probably the hardest base-game GOO.well, I like difficult ines, but Yog is just frustrating.

 

 

Hurt: Y'Golonac- He could have been a very nice GOO, but I really don't like the way he has been developed.

Heal: hastur- he's easy as hell, but I hust HAD TO heal him at least once. he's the King in Yellow after all

Abhoth 10
Atlach-Nacha 8
Azathoth 8
Bokrug 10
Chaugnar Faugn 10
Cthugha 10
Cthulhu 9
Eihort 10
Ghatanothoa 10
Glaaki 10
Hastur 9
Ithaqua 9
Nyarlathotep 10
Nyogtha 9
Quachil Uttaus 9
Rhan-Tegoth 8
Shub-Niggurath 10
Shudde M'ell 10
Tsathoggua 10
Y'Golonac 9
Yibb-Tstll 10
Yig 7
Yog-Sothoth 8
Zhar 10

 

 

 

 

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last vote: Kabegami

Hurt: Ursula
Hurt: Akachi
Heal: Monterey Jack

Agnes Baker, the Waitress 8
Akachi Onyele, the Shaman 1
Ashcan Pete, the Drifter 6
Carolyn Fern, the Psychologist 3
Darrell Simmons, the Photographer 7
Dexter Drake, the Magician 6
Diana Stanley, the Redeemed Cultist 8
Finn Edwards, the Bootlegger 7
Hank Samson, the Farmhand 4
Harvey Walters, the Professor 9
Jacqueline Fine, the Psychic 7
Jenny Barnes, the Dilettante 7
Joe Diamond, the Private Eye 5
Leo Anderson, the Expedition Leader 8
Luke Robinson, the Dreamer 4
Marie Lambeau, the Entertainer 4
Mark Harrigan, the Soldier 8
Michael McGlen, the Gangster 3
Monterey Jack, the Archeologist 8
Norman Withers, the Astronomer 4
Rex Murphy, the Reporter 1
Roland Banks, the Fed 9
Silas Marsh, the Sailor 8
Sister Mary, the Nun 9
Skids O'Toole, the Ex-Convict 7
Tommy Muldoon, the Rookie Cop 8
Tony Morgan, the Bounty Hunter 2
Trish Scarborough, the Spy 7
Ursula Downs, the Explorer 7
Wendy Adams, the Urchin 5
William Yorick, the Gravedigger 8
Wilson Richards, the Handyman 7

 

THE DEVOURED
33rd Zoey Samaras, the Chef
34th Bob Jenkins, the Salesman
35th Rita Young, the Athlete
36th Mandy Thompson, the Researcher
37th Minh Thi Phan, the Secretary
38th Lola Hayes, the Actress
39th Charlie Kane, the Politician
40th Lily Chen, the Martial Artist
41st Jim Culver, the Musician
42nd Patrice Hathaway, the Violinist
43rd George Barnaby, the Lawyer
44th Kate Winthrop, the Scientist
45th Gloria Goldberg, the Author
46th Amanda Sharpe, the Student
47th Daisy Walker, the Librarian
48th Vincent Lee, the Doctor

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So par = average. Thanks for the info.

I forgot mentioning Tony's Personal History: It's amazing. I love failing it: you just have to hoard a total of 5 Clues and puff! you lose all your monster trophies (if any!) and from then on you gain 1 clue for every trophy you gain.

This failure can be easily achieved during the very first game turn- and will help him a lot in future fights.

I reckon Michael's PS pass condition Could be even better, though it requires more time and is not as effective as it seems to be (he still can't afford failing horror checks again many monsters).

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(Par? what's that?)

 

Well, I got to play Tony some 10+ times (sometimes I even decided I wanted to play him without randomly draw an investigator).

I only happened to end up at the asylum once, but it could have happened to anybody else: I just drew an encounter where I was forced to lose 1 SAN, and that was my current amount.

His high will is a great thing. I prefer his 5 Will / 4 Fight combo than Michael's 4 Will / 6 Fight.

If he's so unlucky not to get any weapon with his equipment, he can beg it to other investigators, or shop a little. Eventually, he'll turn to be more effective than Michael and Mark- believe me!

He can get Allies and blessings SO quickly that you'll be surprised! Try him out a bit more.

I think he's the best KH character (I'm not counting Daisy since I just removed her from the game). Well, there's the Wendy issue, but she's been drawn only once in 1 year, so she hasn't got extensive testing yet.

[Best Card Combos!]

My favourite combo:

Shotgun+ "+1 Fight Skill" + Tom 'Mountain' Murphy

Turns just anybody into a meat-splatter! And it's easy enough to achieve

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I'm surprised to see so many people disliking Tony and Bob: I think they are among the most all-round characters (well, except for spellcasting  ).

Their high Will helps a lot with their low Sanityi- and they still have a decent Fight and Luck- the latter being *so* useful!

And I find both their special abilities to be among the most useful ever. Tony's, especially. It is amazing. You can get easy blessings clues and allies by just killing a few maniacs and cultists. If you're playing vs. Shub-Niggurath each monster yelds +2 toughness points to him- think about it!

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I don't mean to be rude, but you should read the FAQs.

It's options 2 of course. If there was a Mythos phase after EVERY player's turn, the Ancient one would wake up in a few table rounds, and you would'n be able to close enough gates!

The "Spellcasting vs. Ancient one" question has been asked by soooo many people... In brief: yes, you have to cast again every turn. So You can't rely on strong spells (like the Dread Curse of Azatoth) very much: unless you're playing with some expansion item/character, even Harvey Walters won't be able to cast the Dread Curse for more than 3 rounds.

Anyway, I agree with you being so confused by saying that the rules are a REAL MESS. It took my group 1 year of playing (and some 30+ games) just to find that fighting a monster ends your movement and your turn (that is, you can't walk-fight a monster-walk again-fight another monster).