MichelJon 2 Posted November 20, 2016 Does anyone know what the 6 possible chaos token symbols represent (see back Learn to Play)? I'm guessing the first one is an Elder Sign? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ForAiur 13 Posted November 20, 2016 The strangest symbol is that one that looks like a lung to me but like a broken tombstone to my friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Zodd 459 Posted November 20, 2016 Well, there's a couple of easy ones, the hooded head is clearly a cultist, in the finest traditions of the Cthulhu mythos, and may represent the machinations of hidden sects working against you. One is a skull, which, in other Arkham Files games represents peril. One is the tentacle, the Cthulhu version of the middle finger. The one ForAiur is talking about, I think is a smashed tablet. No, not like the one I'm using to write this post, like a Ten Commandments style tablet of stone. The final blobby weird one is just a representation of a Great Old One or one of their minions. Does that answer your question? 1 Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted November 20, 2016 Blobby weird one is an Elder Thing. The tablet might be the Eltdown shards. FFG really should have named these symbols (they did with the character classes, why not these?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ParinorB 30 Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) you can read all about the Elder Things in "The Mountains of Madness". Here is that story read by Richard Coyle - you can listen to it for free. I think it is really well-done. Edited November 21, 2016 by ParinorB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rsdockery 537 Posted November 21, 2016 The strangest symbol is that one that looks like a lung to me but like a broken tombstone to my friend. The employee running demos at Arkham Nights identified it as a shattered clay tablet, meant to represent an ancient seal being broken. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaffa 673 Posted November 21, 2016 I just call them Cultist, Skully, Tablet, and Thing One (or Thing Two, depending on the day). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted November 21, 2016 Thing One (or Thing Two, depending on the day). Dr. Seuss? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaffa 673 Posted November 21, 2016 Thing One (or Thing Two, depending on the day). Dr. Seuss? What else! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Thing One (or Thing Two, depending on the day). Dr. Seuss? What else! Great now I can't stop thinking about Dr. Seuss/cthulhu mythos mashups! Edited November 22, 2016 by Robin Graves Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaffa 673 Posted November 22, 2016 Great now I can't stop thinking about Dr. Seuss/cthulhu mythos mashups! The Cat in the Hat is a *very* close proxy for Nyarlathotep if you think about it. And I mean that in all sincerity. He has access to horrible Things, alien technology, is immune to the laws of logic, and shows up to teach humanity how to bring chaos into their lives. 2 rsdockery and Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkstrike 5,410 Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Oh, the places you'll go! Ia! Ia! Cthulhu ftaghn! -CthulhuSuess Edited November 22, 2016 by Hawkstrike 1 Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shosuko 2,174 Posted November 22, 2016 But what's the assassins creed symbol doing in cthulu? Were assassins part of this too? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted November 22, 2016 But what's the assassins creed symbol doing in cthulu? Were assassins part of this too? Looks like assassins creed is getting there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rsdockery 537 Posted November 22, 2016 Great now I can't stop thinking about Dr. Seuss/cthulhu mythos mashups! The Cat in the Hat is a *very* close proxy for Nyarlathotep if you think about it. And I mean that in all sincerity. He has access to horrible Things, alien technology, is immune to the laws of logic, and shows up to teach humanity how to bring chaos into their lives. Just try reading the raw text of the story, without any of the fun illustrations as context: But i like to be here. Oh, i like it a lot!' Said the cat in the hat to the fish in the pot. 'i will NOT go away.i do NOT wish to go! 'And so,' said the cat in the hat, 'So so so... 'i will show you another good game that i know!' And he even removes all physical evidence of his presence at the end, so that no one will ever believe the children! The story begins with the kids alone in their house on a dark, cold day, and ends with the kids wondering if they should even try to tell someone about "the things that went on there that day." I think that it was no ordinary storm that blew through that day. I think the sun was eclipsed, and chill winds blew in from Leng, bringing an unseasonable eldritch frost. I think the children, rebelling against the banality of the mortal world, sent their minds into the Dreamlands and caught a terrible glimpse of Unknown Kadath. I think that something followed them back... 1 Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
