Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper
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Details
Publisher: Petersen Games
Product Code/SKU: ?
ISBN: None
Year: 2015
Designer(s): Sandy Petersen
Artist(s): Richard Luong
Number of Players: 2 to 5 players (this expansion adds 1 player); 2 to 7 players with the other two Faction expansions (each unique Faction expansion adds one player; more than 5 players also requires the Cthulhu Wars: Six to Eight Player Earth Map expansion.) (Note also: When Cthulhu Wars: Onslaught Two is published, there will be one more Faction expansion and a maximum of 8 players.)
Expansion of: Cthulhu Wars
Expansions: None
Other Editions: None
Summary
From the Kickstarter campaign:
The Sleeper turns indolence into a virtue, as the greed-crazed God of Entropy, Tsathoggua, emerges from the depths to turn the world upside-down. The Sleeper can force enemy factions to make sacrifices to him, and he is able to capture and sacrifice enemy monsters. In addition he brings out ancient sorceries, with monsters that appear for free on-map, burrowing their way up from underground, arcane wizards who are able to teleport to an enemy player's Faction Card and parasitize their special abilities, and the fearsome Formless Spawn.
The Formless Spawn, a signature monster, have battle strength equal to the number of them on the map. For instance, if you have all four Formless Spawn in play, each has a Combat of 4 (which is huge). He has other abilities such as Cursed Slumber, Lethargy, Death from Below, and Burrow, all of which let him do more with less, making him the most Power-efficient faction around.
In our playtesting, The Sleeper has proven to be one of the most popular factions to play. He doesn't win any more often than any other faction, but man is he fun.
Comments / Trivia
This is an expansion for Cthulhu Wars. It requires a copy of the core game to play. This expansion was a part of the original Cthulhu Wars Kickstarter campaign.
