New player and it is wonderful!
Hey folks!
I am a life long board game and TTRPG geek. I have run Call of Cthulhu more times than I have had hot dinners but I have always fallen flat with Cthulhu themed or even licensed board games.
They never really captured the fragility of the investigators or the tension of the implications of the scenario. More importantly they never let you lose in that satisfying horror way.
I heard rumours that the LCG was different but I was living in Japan at the time and there were already so many expansions and modules that it all felt a little overwhelming to take a punt on. Now, having moved to America, I picked up the new core set and gave it a go.
God, it’s wonderful! It fixes all the aforementioned problems I had and then some. I’d say the most under rated aspect of this game is how much game you get for how little set up is actually needed.
Give everyone a deck. Pick a scenario. Layout the cards, have tokens nearby. Bosh, done!
I want to know a couple of things. How was your first time playing the game and what got you into collecting and expanding? Also, what’s my next step once I am finished with the campaign in the new core set?
Thanks!