Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu - GameNight! Se4 Ep26 - How to Play and Playthrough 

Yeah, the Port Royal playthrough sold me that game and it's been a favorite around here-- also had to pick up Circus Flohcati, a more intro version of a push-your-luck game when I'm in a more lightweight crowd.

Syncopator I saw the Circus Flohcati episode and i guess i will buy that game too.

It's not nearly as sophisticated as Port Royal, but it's fun and probably a good gateway game for those friends of yours who haven't done very many games and/or can be scared off by the apparent complexity of modern games.

My group has been plugging away at Pandemic: Cthulhu for some time now - often get two games in of an evening. I believe our current record is 6 wins to 34 losses. 🙄 We keep tryin', though! 😄

Just a quick thing: the name "Dunwitch" is one of those where you don't say the "w", so it's pronounced "Dunnitch". Have yet to play this particular game, but it seems to follow the usual common gaming style adopted by all the Cthulhu games. I wonder whether you could mix and match all those games with a little adapting here and there?

That's what she said.

lol not removing the Shoggoths, thats a good one ;) i love Reigb of Cthulhu. Which Cthulhu themed game do you prefer over Reign of Cthulhu?

Many, but I think Elder Signs is probably my personal favourite

No, it's just a production and packing thing

Alex, she did. The planning aspect of these types of games are hard to keep everyone involved and that is kind of unfortunate. Her only real disappointment was that it seemed a little easy for us in the end, although we would not have survived another round or even a turn or two. We had a lucky combination of investigators and events happening at the right time for us.

cutthr0atjake I’d agree but you still have to be in the same location and can only exchange clues for that town, which can still be logistically tricky if the cards are spread across the group.

@@jimhockey4374 True, but thats a lot easier than in normal Pandemic. In normal PANDEMIC each card can only be exchanged in one location. In Cthulhu Pandemic there are multiple locations each card can be exchanged.

Derwood Bowen I think that's just cos they know the game and also because this is a show. They are good at explaining, for the viewers benefit, what the options are available. I'm pretty sure it's agreed to be like this when they plan filming.

One great Co-op game I recently played and now adore is Zombicide (Black Plague). That game has SO much going on that, even with me playing my first game with someone who had played a ton, the entire thing wound up a chaotic, hilarious mess anyways. Because each player is in control of their own character's progression/skill tree, the only thing having a veteran in the game did was help us understand the gameplay, keeping things more fluid. The only real metagame-y thing that can crop up in the game is that the difficulty ramps based on the highest-leveled character, which usually boils down to everyone spreading experience gains evenly. But then, that also means someone TRYING to alpha by leveling themselves too quickly and stealing kills inherently hurts everyone, so discussion and teamwork absolutely feels rewarded in the game.

Shunted aside? I don't see that they're stopping her from talking/contributing. They let her talk when she has something to say, yes?. "Everyone needs to have input or they are not playing"?. Game police are right up there with the "mega gamer". That you're concerned with someone "running the game" is a little ironic, maybe. Your worry over coop games might lessen if you put aside your expectations of "evenness" and just play.

Beast Pop!

Bryan Irrera, others say Dave runs the games. Part of the issue is we are making sure we discuss all of the options we see. In most cases Dave or Aaron have, at a minimum, read the rules or have played the game and they have the most insight to the game. What we try to do is present them and then let the player decide. It does not always work out that way but that is the goal. Additionally we are showing the game to an audience. If you have an alpha in your game you must be patient and point out that everyone is playing. It works. Thanks for the note and for watching.

That is sound advice, Lincoln. I use the same method to deal with alphas and I can verify that it is the way to go - you want people to feel good and have fun! However, it is part of a coop game to entertain options and player perspectives. These types of discussions even takes place in other types of games where there are a high degree of player interaction. I welcome that type of meta exchange, and that is why I like to watch your videos.

this is from the future, but that was a legal move. She had the Detective character, which only requires 4 cards to seal a gate. The relic card she activated, right before moving into the gate space, allowed her to use one less card she would otherwise be required to discard in order to seal a gate. That's how she was able to discard three cards to close the last gate.

That's because it's not a tongue sound. It sounds like a cough that turns into a sneeze.

RU-vid is full of pedantic people like you 2

That was hardly "pedantic". It was a basic reference to Lovecraft. Your use of "pedantic" was more pedantic, if anything.

To me sounds like "Cleiton" :-D

IIRC It was said the most accurate way for the human tongue to say the name was with the tongue pressed to the roof of the mouth. People don't like that pronunciation because it doesn't "sound" right. Which is probably what Lovecraft was going for.

Some pronounce it that way. Not me ;).

Cough, and add -ulu on the end.

You must be from Massachusetts lol

maybe if she wasn't mentally retarded they wouldn't have to

but this one is a co-op so they have to discuss their strategies and suggest things to do and Nikki seemes fine as she was saying that she wants to see chaos coming ;-)

omg, why are you so mean but so right@@craigferge4702 . sorry nikki :(