Hi all. I'm a Japanese Cthulhu & TCG fan and vary happy about CoCLCG Japanese edition is finally come to us.

Now I'm looking for some article about basic strategy/deck construction theories. Which site or article should I read to learn about them? Any recommendation?

Thanks in advance

LogicWolf said:

It's mostly based on the CCG version of the game, but there are lots of tips and info that are still applicable today:

http://www.chris-long.com/cthulhu/

If you can read french, you can look at this post on the french's editor forum Edge , where I'm talking about the different types of cards (characters, events, stories, etc...) and what you can do with your cards, with some examples and spoilers. It's good for beginners but it is in french.

Welcome, The articles list that classic cthulist Chris Long created, and others' articles is awesome!

http://www.chris-long.com/cthulhu/

A Japanese edition sounds incredibly cool ! Where can I purchase one, please?

Chick

Hey LogicWolf ! I'm a Cthulhu CCG and LCG player and I'm currently living in Japan ! Where do you live ? I would love to play Cthulhu against japanese players !

Thanks all!

As I read the Chris Long site, I found I have to match Japanese keywords to English at first :| Anyway, It's the one I wanted. I'm sorry I cannot read French. I've once tried to learn and failed...

>Chick

The distributer in Japan is Arclight. They have direct selling site but it's written in Japanese and I have no idea they sell the games oversea. Better ask to "b-game at arclight.co.jp".

>xa_chan

I'm living in Nakano-ku, Tokyo. I'm very happy if I can play with you. Before, though, I have to purchase two more sets to construct...

Thanks, LogicWolf, I sent an email query to the contact, and will post the results here.

Everyone else: scroll down here to see how awesome the cards look in Japanese !

http://www.arclight.sakura.ne.jp/bgame/

Chick

Ha! You got to love babelfish!

[kutouruhu] mythical card game complete Japanese edition

Type: [kutouru] opposition mythical [kadogemu]
degree of hardness: 3
play number of people: 2 human
play hours: 30-40
age: 13 years old or more

It is the game to which as for this game, the prayer 2 participates the character and the place and the monster etc from the hand bill vis-a-vis the [kutouruhu] mythical peculiar story card, fights.

The story card has four elements “of fear” “battle” “secret service” “search”.

The character which it participated in the story card receives the baptism of the element of these 4 types, any certain things fall to insanity, in addition any certain things are killed cruelly, perhaps it does not receive the conclusion of the story. But conversely in the character which succeeds “secret service” “search” probably is to obtain the advantage at the time of conclusion of the story.

Last fighting it is in the character which and gets over four elements of the story waits. This fighting it is and the prayer which victory is done, supplies the victory for that story card. The prayer which stores 5 victories to one story card, can designate that story card as your own ones. And, the prayer which obtained three story cards, victory does in the game!

Card set of 8 types of “lotus tar” “[yogu] = [sotosu]” “Government agency” and so on is included in basic set. With basic set, in order the inside 2 types of these 8 types +α to make the deck with the card, also deck [vuarieshiyon] is thought the varieties!? Furthermore “the [kutouruhu]” figure about of height 5 centimeter encloses also 6 bodies! This figure is possible very much and it recommends the fact that is good, arranging on the desk, decorates (laughing). There is the meaning of buying this set even just this figure!

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I don't mind getting my hands on the Kutouruhu Mythical Kadogemu! :D

Holy babelfish!

Marius said:

For someone wondering what "lotus tar" is, the word "lotus" in Japanese is "hasu" (?).

Now you know what it is...

LogicWolf said:

Ah. I spend my whole Secret Service Baptism (or, Arcane Struggle) trying to figure that one out. It all makes sense now.

On a related note: I'm still happy that I bought Tekeli-li. From a Japanese shopkeeper, recognizing my Kutouruhu t-shirt. The manual goes something like this:

http://www.rlyeh.nl/tekellili_en2.pdf

Anyways, if you're trying to attempt to match english and japanese game terms, I can always try to help out a little. My Japanese is certainly not stellar, but...

I really love that it uses "Prayer" instead of "Player". Or is that your little joke, Marius?

Chick

chicklewis said:

I think the text didn't use the Japanese word for "player" -is there one?- but it is is written in the text in katakana (?????). Babelfish just tried to translate kana phonetically, and the word 'player' has been likened to 'prayer', which is written using the same characters.

Got the text straight from babelfish...

I see Google Translate fairs a bit better into getting the Great Old Ones right.

I have tried to use it to translate some Dutch articles to English recently, though, and it reversed the meaning of sentences a lot... so...

Well, here goes:

Japanese version card game complete Cthulhu Mythos

Type: Card Games Cthulhu game myths
Yi??three degrees of difficulty
Players: 2 people
:30-40 minutes playing time
Age: 13 years old

This game against specific cards Cthulhu Mythos stories, characters and locations from the hand two players who will participate and monster fighting game.
Story cards "fear" "battle", "Arcane" "discovery" of the four has three elements. Character cards enlist the story, these four types of elements baptized, some had fallen into madness, was also killed by the horrible things that may?Enai the end of the story. Conversely, however, "Arcane" "explore" their character is successful, you can get an advantage at end of the story.

The story of four characters who survived the elements one is waiting for the last battle. The player who wins this battle, victory for the card fits the story.
Story of one card per player to win five times, you can make one's own story card. And three players got a story of one card to win the game!
The basic set is "Hastur" "Yog-Sotosu" "government" and includes a set of eight types of cards. The basic set, these two kinds of types + α 8 to make a deck of cards, lots of variations possible deck! ? More than five centimeters in height, "Cthulhu" and inclusion body six figures! This figure is very well made, it is recommended that you leave on the table by decorating it (laughs). This figure alone, we have a sense this set online!

Never forget:

"any certain things fall to insanity"

Chick