It was not that strange dreams or nightmares troubled Julia Brown, nothing that childish. Instead, what frightened her about going to sleep was the anticipation of what she would find when she woke up.
- from The Summons of the Deep, a serial tale by Nate French

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to present the return of the popular first expansion cycle for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, The Summons of the Deep.

Beginning this winter, each Asylum Pack in this cycle has been upgraded to the new 60-card collation format introduced across all of FFG's Living Card Game® lines.

Now, instead of the 40-card packs of the original release, the Asylum Packs of The Summons of the Deep will include 60 cards: 3 copies each of twenty unique cards. Popular cards like Descendent of Eibon, Marshall Greene, The Terror of the Tides, and others will now be found 3 to a pack, allowing you to put multiple copies in your decks without having to purchase duplicate Asylum Packs for a play set.

To give an overview of The Summons of the Deep cycle, the theme of water courses through the expansion as a symbol of varying states of existence and the flow between them. In the serial tale that progresses over the course of the cycle, The Summons of the Deep by Nate French, solitary musician Julia Brown struggles with insomnia, then blackouts, and a mystery that calls from the water.

Mechanically, each Asylum Pack in The Summons of the Deep focuses on a different facet of the struggles at the core of Call of Cthulhu: Terror, Combat, Arcane, Investigation, and Skill. The final Asylum Pack focuses on transformation. The various factions of Call of Cthulhu explore the struggle featured in each Asylum Pack in their own unique way, strengthening existing specialties and adding new approaches.

The re-release of The Summons of the Deep begins early this Winter with the first two packs of the expansion cycle, The Spawn of the Sleeper and The Horror Beneath the Surface.

The Spawn of the Sleeper, the first Asylum Pack of the expansion, centers around the Terror struggle. Factions such as Hastur and Shub-Niggurath gain characters and abilities that strengthen their grip on the Terror struggle, such as Erich Zann and Grim Wraith. Conversely, the Agency gains the Government Exorcist, who can keep terrifying monsters at bay, while Miskatonic University recruits Dr. Carson, who can restore and ready insane characters.

In The Horror Beneath the Surface, the Investigation struggle rises to the forefront, and each faction attacks a different aspect of it. Miskatonic University's Chess Prodigy puts opponents in check by replacing icons that MU is weak in with Investigation icons. Cthulhu's Silver Twilight Temptress seduces characters without Investigation icons into stories that could become dangerous for them.

In addition to cards based around icon struggles, each Asylum Pack in The Summons of the Deep also includes a variety of other cards to enhance each faction's various strengths and strategies. The reprint of The Summons of the Deep also incorporates errata and clarifications from the current FAQ.

Coming this Winter, The Summons of the Deep returns, new and improved, with more cards and more opportunities for exciting game play. The sleeper stirs ... be there when it awakens!