When it originally came out on Kickstarter, I paid little to no attention to ‘Cthulhu Death May Die’ from CMON (which I still pronounce ‘seemon’ despite attempts of the company to have their name pronounced otherwise). I suppose I was, at the time, not ready for a boardgame delve in the Lovecraftian world, or maybe was I all ‘kickstarted out’. Whichever it is, I missed the game release and do not even remember reading any review about it, until the Spring of 2020.
Thanks to Alex from BoardgameCo (check out his excellent channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUKEGjiSoFnemBsCLKrdeJA) I started paying attention to a game he professes as being one of his very favorites and what a game it appeared to be. Besides having been a huge fan of the Call of Cthulhu RPG, which I ran for a regular group in France for over 10 years, I have always been a fan of the Cthulhu mythos and all its pop culture adjacent creations. Taking a close look at the magnificent miniatures produced by CMON for their game, along with what appeared to be familiar yet engaging play mechanics, I started hunting for the game on Ebay and soon found all but the R’lyeh supplement (actually, I did find it but at a price that was abusive even for Ebay scalpers).
This series of article recounts my path through painting and playing what I hope will be one of my favorite games.
Let us start with painting the core set as those who know me are aware I cannot lead myself to playing an unpainted game.
Army Painter Blue Tone is always a good choice to paint protruding veins.
