“I have seen the dark universe yawning
Where the black planets roll without aim,
Where they roll in their horror unheeded,
Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.”
–H.P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark

Knowledge is both powerful and deadly in Words of Power , the second Asylum Pack from the upcoming Revelations cycle for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game .

Filled with eldritch Tomes , hidden Libraries , and the Relic Hunters determined to uncover their secrets, Words of Power heightens the different factions’ quests for knowledge. While Independent agents offer their services to different groups, the Order of the Silver Twilight works in harmony to plunder the wealth of ancient journals. Research assistants at Miskatonic University delve unwittingly into danger as their study of powerful artifacts leads them across shadowy strangers, Cultists , Servitors , and monstrous black dogs.

The 60 cards in Words of Power will promote exciting, new synergies with the Relics from the Ancient Relics cycle as well as with the musty, old cards lying dormant in your collection.

Hush!

Players had best be wary of disturbing the peace within the Library of Pergamum ( Words of Power , 39). This place of ancient wisdom offers tremendous benefits to anyone who seeks the knowledge contained within its Tomes . The Library’s first ability, one of the game’s rare Disrupt actions, can protect your most powerful Tomes from cards like Deep One Assault ( Core Set , 56), but to protect your Tomes , you must sacrifice the Library. Used at the right moment, this effect may prove a game-winner, but it’s the Library’s second ability that is most likely to find it shelter within a wide variety of decks. The ability to manipulate character and story struggle icons adds a measure of control to your story phase, and the Library’s potential in combination with other cards like Scientific Text ( Secrets of Arkham , 7) and Prize Pistol ( In Memory of Day , 22) is staggering.

One of the new characters from Words of Power certain to tread carefully through the Library’s hushed aisles is Marcus Jamburg ( Words of Power , 40), a skilled item acquisitions expert with a knack for getting valuable books, journals, parchments, and other support cards out of some of the trickiest places imaginable, including your discard pile. As a neutral character, he can find a place in any deck that benefits from the guaranteed utility he offers that your support cards, and with a bit of clever play, Marcus Jamburg can unlock support cards even before you could afford to play them from your hand.

Look for Marcus Jamburg and agents from all the different factions of Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game to explore the halls of the Library of Pergamum and all the other great cards from Words of Power when this Asylum Pack releases in the first quarter of 2012!