VOYAGE OF THE VIGILANT
A Cthulhu card game of investigation, bluff and paranoia
for 2 - 6 players ages 10+. Playtime: 45 minutes (approx.) Light-weight level complexity.
for 2 - 6 players ages 10+. Playtime: 45 minutes (approx.) Light-weight level complexity.
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OVERVIEW
Voyage of the Vigilant is a card game, with board game elements, set in the final act of H. P. Lovecraft’s Call of Cthulhu. The players are the crew of the Vigilant; a merchant ship that has rescued the sole survivor of an armoured yacht found adrift in the southern Pacific Ocean. This half-crazed castaway brought aboard with him a single possession; the Idol of Cthulhu. Be the player holding the Idol of Cthulhu card when the ship reaches port and you are the winner!
ATMOSPHERE
The mechanics and theme mesh perfectly to create a game system that, although different every time, always produces a tight well-paced experience that builds to a desperate conclusion. The nature of the hidden Idol card and the way players can either investigate or steal (not both) in a turn builds suspicion, misinformation and false conclusions. Test playing has revealed that the narrative elements, combined with the constantly shrinking sanity track, produce a feeling of being pursued by something ominous and inevitable.
MECHANICS
As the game progresses through 9 rounds the players use card combinations to fortify themselves, degrade other players’ sanity, investigate other players’ hands or outright steal from each other. Playing between 1 and 4 of each card type gives you access to a range of varying powers. Each round unveils a new journey card with unexpected events that affect all players. As players near landfall, Cthulhu looms closer and their sanity (hand size) grows ever weaker.
SELLING POINTS• Easy to learn, full of strategy
• High replayability • Varied game mechanics • Immersive theme and gameplay • Fun, fast paced player interaction turns • Minimal turn down-time COMPONENTS
• 76 Main Deck Cards
• 22 Journey Cards • 6 Reward Cards • 1 Sanity Track • 6 Sanity Player Tokens • 1 Vigilant Vessel Token • 1 Cthulhu Token • 1 Turn Order Coin CONTACT
Voyage of the Vigilant is designed by Kedric Winks and Ken Boyter and is available to licence WITHOUT the art and graphic elements. A physical, Print & Play prototype or Tabletop Simulator version is available upon request.
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