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The Cthulhu Wars encyclopedia that anyone can edit!

The Cthulhu Wars Wiki has 160 articles since March 2015!
This wiki seeks to be a collaborative collection of Cthulhu Wars strategies from various players, exploring the depth and richness of gameplay Cthulhu Wars has to offer.
Feel free to comment with your preferred strategies and thoughts on existing wiki information. Open discussion and constructive criticism of the information in this wiki is highly recommended and beneficial to the community as a whole!

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		Azathoth (Neutral)	The Bad Movie Dimension (Joke)

Neutral Units

Neutral
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Neutral
Monsters

Terrors

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Elder Gods

Independent
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Spellbooks

Maps

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Library at Celaeno

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Empires

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Monsters and Races

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Featured Media




	Check out Derrick Scott Lewis's cosmic rendition of the ultimate Blind Idiot God!

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Featured Article

Planet Apocalypse

Planet Apocalypse is a co-op game developed by Petersen Games. Several of its units have received crossovers into Cthulhu Wars, including eight of its Investigators (via CW Onslaught 3 Stretch Goal Box), its Cacodemon enemy (as an Onslaught Three free reward and webstore purchase), its Cthulhu: The Harbinger enemy (as a separate Kickstarter and webstore purchase), and its other enemy units (as a free crossover rules pdf). (read more)

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CW News

Cthulhu Wars: CATaclysm
Update #66 (August 19, 2020): New production diary and townhall!

Cthulhu Wars: Final Onslaught
Update #80 (August 19, 2020): New production diary and townhall!

Cthulhu: The Harbinger (FULFILLED)
July 23, 2020: If you've previously purchased the Harbinger Cthulhu figure sans rules, there is a limited stock of rules and art prints for sale now at PG!

Hastur Rising
Update #26 (August 19, 2020): New production diary and townhall!

Cthulhu Mythos for 5E
(Ghoul Island - Yig Snake Granddaddy - Dark Worlds - TBA)
Update #79 (August 26, 2020): PG announces the new "Cthulhu Dungeon" newslazine!

Planet Apocalypse
Update #175 (August 19, 2020): Mass production has begun on the eight heroes needing corrected bases, and announcing new hero Scott Delrich and new Lords Belphegor and Choronzon for Return to Planet Apocalypse!

Glorantha: The Gods War
Update #40 (August 26, 2020): New production diary and townhall! See also:
Eternal Adversary - Hyperspace - Startropolis

CW Strategies

"Gate Control": Tips on when to take a Gate vs. when to build your own.
"Elder Signs": How much power is an Elder Sign worth?
"Neutral Monsters": General rules and strategy for Neutral Monsters.
"Terrors": General rules and strategy for Terrors.
"Independent GOOs": General rules and strategy for Independent Great Old Ones.

BGG threads

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 '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-cataclysm/posts Cthulhu Wars: CATaclysm]'''''<br>
-<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-cataclysm/posts/2914435 Update #65] (August 5, 2020)''': Tooling is projected to be complete by month's end!</small>
+<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-cataclysm/posts/2928827 Update #66] (August 19, 2020)''': New [https://petersengames.com/all-about-tooling/ production diary] and [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyi_5i7HZvwVDiBpY34TW1NlmxX7ob_5RX_RD0Al7PuyV4Eg/viewform townhall]!</small>
 '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-the-daemon-sultan/posts Cthulhu Wars: Final Onslaught]'''''<br>
-<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-the-daemon-sultan/posts/2914440 Update #79] (August 5, 2020)''': Tooling is projected to be complete by month's end!</small>
+<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-the-daemon-sultan/posts/2928828 Update #80] (August 19, 2020)''': New [https://petersengames.com/all-about-tooling/ production diary] and [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyi_5i7HZvwVDiBpY34TW1NlmxX7ob_5RX_RD0Al7PuyV4Eg/viewform townhall]!</small>
 '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-the-harbinger/posts Cthulhu: The Harbinger]''''' (FULFILLED)<br>
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 '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/hastur-rising/posts Hastur Rising]'''''<br>
-<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/hastur-rising/posts/2908680 Update #25] (July 30, 2020)''': [[The Risen One]] will require five molds in total.</small>
+<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/hastur-rising/posts/2928878 Update #26] (August 19, 2020)''': New [https://petersengames.com/all-about-tooling/ production diary] and [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyi_5i7HZvwVDiBpY34TW1NlmxX7ob_5RX_RD0Al7PuyV4Eg/viewform townhall]!</small>
 '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/sandy-petersens-cthulhu-mythos-for-5e/posts Cthulhu Mythos for 5E]'''''<br>
 <small>('''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/ghoul-island/posts Ghoul Island]''''' - '''''[https://petersengames.com/cthulhu-mythos/#info-tabs|1 Yig Snake Granddaddy]''''' - '''''[https://petersengames.com/cthulhu-mythos/#info-tabs|1 Dark Worlds]''''' - '''''[https://petersengames.com/cthulhu-mythos/#info-tabs|1 TBA]''''')</small><br>
-<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/sandy-petersens-cthulhu-mythos-for-5e/posts/2888624 Update #78] (July 9, 2020)''': PG announces the Planet Apocalypse for 5E sourcebook!</small>
+<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/sandy-petersens-cthulhu-mythos-for-5e/posts/2935555 Update #79] (August 26, 2020)''': PG announces the new "Cthulhu Dungeon" newslazine!</small>
 '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/planet-apocalypse/posts Planet Apocalypse]'''''<br>
-<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/planet-apocalypse/posts/2896409 Update #174] (July 17, 2020)''': Please see the link to the current errata, and announcing three new [[Fourth Circle Terrors]] for ''Planet Apocalypse 2'': Fachan, Scurrilet, and Cobold!</small>
+<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/planet-apocalypse/posts/2928459 Update #175] (August 19, 2020)''': Mass production has begun on the eight heroes needing corrected bases, and announcing new hero Scott Delrich and new Lords Belphegor and Choronzon for ''Return to Planet Apocalypse''!</small>
 '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/glorantha-the-gods-war-reprint-and-new-expansions/posts Glorantha: The Gods War]'''''<br>
-<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/glorantha-the-gods-war-reprint-and-new-expansions/posts/2921283 Update #39] (August 12, 2020)''': An overview of the tooling process for a PG miniature.</small>
+<small>'''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/glorantha-the-gods-war-reprint-and-new-expansions/posts/2935434 Update #40] (August 26, 2020)''': New [https://petersengames.com/all-about-tooling/ production diary] and [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyi_5i7HZvwVDiBpY34TW1NlmxX7ob_5RX_RD0Al7PuyV4Eg/viewform townhall]!</small>
 '''See also:'''<br>
 <small>'''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/eternal-adversary/posts Eternal Adversary]''''' - '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/hyperspace/posts Hyperspace]''''' - '''''[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/startropolis/posts Startropolis]'''''</small>