Cthulhu 500 Racing Card Game Revs Up For Action

Thanks to OgreCave for pointing to a Yog Sothoth story discussing the announcement of the Cthulhu 500 card game, which is billed as "a racing [card] game with a [Cthulhu] Mythos theme." According to the president of the creators, Atlas Games: "Each player chooses a car for the race, and as the game goes on can to pick up special drivers/pit crew (such as 'The Fungi from Detroit'), and car enhancements (such as 'Rats in the Whitewalls'). And, you know, summon Elder Gods to step on your opponents' cars, and the like."

Wow

This card game almost makes me want to appreciate Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh cards...

Copyrights?

What is the current status anyway on Lovecraft copyrights and characters? Last time I recalled, they had gone into public domain due to the author having died long ago, and then the copyright laws changed and they were protected again.

Re:Copyrights?

good question, but Bethesda is working on a game as well, so I'd guess its probably open to public domain since neither tried to get exclusive rights on games derived from the Cthulhu mythos

Call of Cthulhu [bethsoft.com]

Gotta catch you all!

Here's the missing link between the RPG and the cardgame! [gamespy.com]

See kids...

... behold the dangers of marijuana!

Other possible cards:

'The Fungi from Detroit'), and car enhancements (such as 'Rats in the Whitewalls')."

How about:

Pickman's Motor
The Car of Cthulhu
The "VW Thing" on the Doorstep
The Silver Ignition Key
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Cardeath
The Dunwich Humvee
Imprisoned with the Fords
The Moon-Buggy
The Doom that Came to Sebring
Herbert West, Mechanic

That reminds me... CoC

Anyone else waiting on the imminent release of the 6th edition of Call of Cthulhu? Supposedly due out on the 22nd of this month.

Re:That reminds me... CoC

Why vote for the Lesser Evil?

Vote Cthulhu for President!

Riiiight

Okay, I'm typically open minded when it comes to the CCG genre, especially when merged with all things Cthulhu, but this just sounds frickin ridiculous.

--trb

Wow! Finally!

A use for old DeLoreans!

"My God, Marty! It's hideous... squamous... even gibbous!"

I heard of this game before...

Oh ok not that game, but it very similar game [penny-arcade.com]

Oh boy!

This sounds like an indescribably horrible idea!
I really can't wrap my mortal mind around this craze, gibbering, primodial concept. Racing and the Old Ones. Balderdash!

Now if you'd excuse me I have a cauldron of oddly, viscous fluid to stir.

Fantastic!

Now there will be a nice filler game for playing between rounds of The Harlem Globetrotters RPG.

(Note: It doesn't exist... yet.)

I wouldn't count on it coming out...

It seems like for every cool CCG Atlas comes out with, there's another one that people anticipate that gets cut before production.

Anybody ever hear about the Amber CCG? I was really looking forward to that one. A year after it was supposed to have come out, I was still waiting for it... then I found out it had been cut.

Maybe they'll bring it to term though - here's hoping :)

Huh

This reminds me an awful lot of Cthulu Karts and Nazgul Thunder, both of which can be found here: http://www.phobe.com/sfi/sigmain.html Considering this company doesn't actually exist, I wonder if they're developing any games for the Phantom . . .