Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper Expansion
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Expansion for Cthulhu Wars

Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper Expansion

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  • 90 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 3.5/5

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Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper Expansion is an expansion for Cthulhu Wars released in 2015 for 2–5 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Sandy Petersen and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Area Movement, and Dice Rolling.

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About the game

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 abilties 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.

Editions

  • Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper ExpansionenPetersen Games2023
  • Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper ExpansionenPetersen Games2017
  • Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper ExpansionenGreen Eye Games2014
  • Cthulhu Wars: SchläferdePegasus Spiele2022
  • Cthulhu Wars: SchläferdeGreen Eye Games2020
  • Cthulhu Wars: Le DormeurfrGreen Eye Games2014

Publishers

  • Pegasus Spiele
  • Green Eye Games
  • Petersen Games

Questions and answers

Cthulhu Wars: The Sleeper Expansion supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.