- a bit of a coup for big brother and meself...
CTHULHU WARS – a board game by Green Eye Games
Dallas,TX
/ News Outlet / 4/17/2013 --- Legendary game designer Sandy Petersen,
has teamed up with accomplished game professionals Robert M. Atkins and
Richard Luong to form the board game company, Green Eye Games. They are
extremely excited to launch their first game Cthulhu Wars, debuting
later this year.
More than a half-century ago, H.P. Lovecraft
changed the face of the horror genre forever, influencing science
fiction, horror, film, games and mystery writers for generations. His
most famous creation is the Cthulhu Mythos, a cosmos filled with alien
and inner dimensional horrors. Inspired by this work, Sandy got his
start in gaming by developing the tabletop roleplaying game Call of
Cthulhu. This seminal game has proved a cult success over the years.
News of Sandy's first board game in 20 years has fans across the globe
excited, including the Founders at the H. P. Lovecraft Historical
Society, who noted "The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society is thrilled
that our friend Sandy Petersen is developing a new Lovecraft-inspired
game."
On what makes this game unique, Sandy remarks, "The
marketplace today has many board games featuring the Cthulhu Mythos. In
most such games you strive to avert the impending catastrophe. But in
Cthulhu Wars you ARE the catastrophe!" Cthulhu Wars is a competitive
strategy game in which the players control one of four unique factions,
which produce cultists and monsters to build mystic gates, and awaken
Great Old Ones.
Being a fan of the Mythos-based figures sold by
Fenris Games, Sandy reached out to get them involved with sculpting the
figures for this ambitious title. Ian Brumby explains his excitement
upon getting the call, "As a small manufacturer one can only dream about
the big projects, the hall-of-fame products that the giants of the
games industry seem to produce on a regular basis. So when you open your
email of a morning and find Sandy Petersen asking if you'd like to work
with him on his latest project, it's like all of your birthdays have
come at once."
At Fenris, Ian has spent the past 5 years building
a range of miniatures and gaming aids that inspire a wide audience
online and in games rooms around the world. "The opportunity to work
with one of the biggest names in gaming history to produce truly iconic
models is something I had, indeed, only ever dreamed about before, and
that same inspiration has driven all of the sculptors I've been lucky
enough to work with on Cthulhu Wars. Sandy's enthusiasm for his subject
has been infused into every page and every Cthulhu-related gaming
experience there is, and we hope this shows through in the work we've
contributed so far."
Each copy of Cthulhu Wars comes with 80
high-quality figures, ranging from 28mm to 200mm – the same size as used
in D&D or Call of Cthulhu – and are suitable for use in any game of
the same scale – such as Descent or Zombicide. We think the figures
created by Fenris Games are worth the price alone.
CONTACT:
Green Eye Games
Sandy Petersen
Email: CthulhuWars@gmail.com
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Fenris Games
Ian Brumby
info@fenrisgames.com
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ABOUT THE GREEN EYE GAMES TEAM
Behind
every great project, there is a talented team driven by a shared dream.
Our team has a proven track record, and our members' games have sold
tens of millions of copies worldwide, and has received dozens of awards
from the game industry.
WHAT WE'VE DONE
Board Games, Roleplaying Games, & Film:
The
Whisperer in Darkness film \ Petersen's Guide to Creatures of the
Dreamlands \ Petersen's Guide to Monsters \ Arkham Horror \ Ghostbusters
roleplaying game \ RuneQuest 3rd edition \ Elfquest roleplaying game \
Call of Cthulhu \ Over 30 paper game supplements and products from
1981-1988
Video Games Credits:
Age of Empires (II & III) \
Halo Wars \ Quake \ Age of Mythology \ Rise of Rome \ SiN \ DOOM \ Star
Trek Elite Force II \ Duke Nukem 3D \ CounterStrike CZ \ Darklands \
Civilization \ Osiris Legends iOS \ Hexen \ Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 \
Elder Scrolls Oblivion \ Fallen Shadows \ Darklands \ Hyperspeed \ Sword
of the Samurai \ Midnight Mysteries \ Lightspeed \ Dr. Floyd's Desktop
Toys \ and many, many more.
ABOUT THE FENRIS GAMES TEAM
Fenris'
background is in the world of industrial modelmaking and prototyping,
with almost 50 years' combined experience. We've built everything from
life-sized dinosaurs and attack helicopters to display models for some
of the world's biggest museums. Now our work focuses on the miniature
worlds of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
WHAT WE'VE DONE
3D
board pieces for (Grindhouse Games') Incursion, publisher/writer of PBMs
Wyrdworld, MMCII and Children of The Morning Star, producers of minis,
scenery and gaming aids.
- pics of the figs to come soon...