Fear is one of the first emotions to appear in our brains. Ever since our ancestors left the shelter of the forest, this emotion has been with us in every dark night.
With the passage of time, human beings who have mastered "culture" and "art" began to express fear in a figurative way, and the various things we feared, sooner or later, acquired their own concrete "images". The fear of the "unknown" was also presented in the middle of the 20th century in the form of the "Cthulhu Mythos" through the hand of Lovecraft.
(Creator of the "Cthulhu Mythos", American writer, Howard Philip Lovecraft)
The Cthulhu myth created by Lovecraft is full of chaos and madness, but his imagination and bizarre settings have made countless people crazy. Countless games, films, and literature have adopted his setting or paid tribute to him. For example, the "Four Ancient Gods" of World of Warcraft, the design inspiration is derived from the Cthulhu myth.
(The "Elder Gods" of World of Warcraft, each paying homage to the Cthulhu myth.) ）
In the worldview of the Cthulhu myth, the more people know the truth, the closer they are to danger, and the script killer players are most enthusiastic about finding the truth. So, what kind of story will be born when the script kills Cthulhu? Today, we will take stock of a few "gram" scripts to kill!
Arkham Syndrome – The lucky ones are entitled to embrace death
Script Type: Hardcore, Restoration, Crusoe
Number of players: 7 (4 men and 3 women)
Game duration: 5-6 hours
Author: Liu Luo
Publisher: Chaos Shrine Studio
When it comes to "Arkham", many people will think of Batman's designated medical cooperation unit for the first time, but many people do not know that dc's Arkham Madhouse is actually an "Arkham Sanatorium" that pays tribute to the myth of Cthulhu.
In the Cthulhu myth, Arkham is a fictional town where there are many horrific horrors, and the story of Arkham Syndrome takes place. Players have to play seven "undead" investigators, gathered together in this "simple" town, each player will have a suspense case in their hands, and investigating these cases will become the superficial story of this huge hardcore book.
(Map of Arkham in the Cthulhu myth)
"Arkham Syndrome" is divided into 4 parts as a whole, each of which is closely related, the difficulty of reasoning is gradually increasing, and the urgency of pursuing the truth is gradually escalating. There are a lot of reversals in the script, and as the player gradually deepens, a terrible truth will be revealed to everyone. Different from the ordinary horror book that relies on atmosphere and interpretation, "Arkham Syndrome" has a kind of turtle soup-style "careful thinking and extreme fear", and when this "deep thinking" is your own initiative, this fear will be greatly magnified...
"Under the Extreme Day" - "Do not be afraid, under the yellow robe is our king." ”
Script Type: Hardcore, Restoration, Cthulhu
Number of players: 6/7 (3 women and 3/4 men)
As the second installment in the Arkham Syndrome series, Under the Extreme Day is a fully upgraded version of the previous game. As a gram script that introduces a camp mechanism, the content of "Under the Extreme Day" is rich like a stitching monster, hardcore, horror, deduction... But anything that scares people will appear more or less in this book.
Players familiar with the Cthulhu myth will recognize at a glance on the cover that the story of Under the Extreme Day revolves around the old ruler, the "King of Yellow" Hasta. The old ruler symbolizes the "wind" and is a mortal enemy of the famous Cthulhu, and the division of camps in the script is also related to this.
(Hasta, also known as the "Nameless One" and "Lord of the Deep Space Star Sea.") ）
"Under the Extreme Day" does not set up a search for evidence throughout, it is a simple logical reasoning, and the nuclear trick also sets different degrees of difficulty. There are relatively easy to think of, there are blind spots in the human mind, and there is also a very difficult to push. These three difficulty of the treachery corresponds to three different endings, not enough in-depth investigation can also obtain the truth, but it will be more one-sided, only the "side" of the truth, and a sufficiently in-depth investigation will make the player face the inexplicable horror, so "stop here" or "continue to move forward" is also one of the contents that players have to weigh.
"Blackwater Bay" - Face the fear and step into madness
Script Type: Horror/Crusoe/Mechanics
Number of players: 7 (5 men and 2 women)
Game duration: 4-5 hours
Author: Xiao Zheng
Publisher: Utopia Studios
Not all Croat scripts are fan-oriented, and whether you know the Cthulhu myth or not, blackwater bay can give you a great experience.
Blackwater Bay is divided into five acts, immersing players in the layers of progressive plot while experiencing the game mechanics. Set in 19th-century London, seven strangers board a whaling ship that travels alone in the ocean and arrive at an island shrouded in haze. Here, they encounter terrifying monsters beneath the seabed, mysterious symbols everywhere, terrible sects of evil madness... And all this is just a foreshadowing of a larger conspiracy...
In Blackwater Bay, players need to push the murder in the first and second acts, and the next few acts are set to restore the story and find the final secret. The plot description has a lot of Cthulhu-style content, which is dark and eerie. But thanks to its clear description and highly logical storyline, even players who don't know anything about Cthulhu will not feel confused.
The Covenant of Cthulhu – The "Occult Simulator" on the Desktop
Number of players: 4-6 players
Game duration: 3-4 hours
Publisher: Tianjin Comic Entertainment
Under Cthulhu's worldview, all kinds of occultism that master the secret methods are absolutely indispensable and important components. Although most of the time these esoteric members are enemies of various investigators, it is also a very unique experience to occasionally play the role of a mysterious spellcaster or esoteric priest of the dark side.
The Covenant of Cthulhu is one of the "K's Games" series and doesn't require DM, so it takes very little time to play the script, with a minimum of 4 people starting the game.
In the "Covenant of Cthulhu", pushing and restoring are not important, and gaining the favor of the "old ruler" through sacrifices and rituals is the core gameplay of the game. Therefore, we need to obtain sacrifices and cast spells, while discouraging other players from becoming the one with the highest faith value and winning the favor of the "old ruler". In the course of the game, tearing and fighting are indispensable, so "The Covenant of Cthulhu" is a happy book, which is very rare in the script of the Croix genre, and interested friends may wish to try.
summary:
In fact, the emotion of fear has always been promoting the development of human society. We were afraid of the night, so we lit a bonfire. We feared the beasts, so we polished the stone tools. We were afraid of loneliness, so we started a family. We fear death, so we reproduce.
In the same way, because of the fear of the "unknown", the fear of "Cthulhu", the motivation for curiosity is born. Therefore, when we choose to kill the script, after opening the script, we rack our brains to think and find the truth, is not it also a small challenge to the "unknown"?
Article author: Big sweet potato