Last time we introduced some of the most popular custom game in tabletop gaming. This time we continue.
1.Cthulhu: Death May Die
Imagine the climax of the Cthulhu mythos: a group of cultists chanting in unison, their vicious rituals summoning a massive Old One. Cthulhu: Death May Die is exactly that. Although here players can kick doors and disrupt rituals wielding Tommy guns and casting forbidden spells. This game is too much. It embodies the extremes of the pulp Lovecraft that has become popular on the tabletop in recent years. This theater of the absurd is where Death May Die lives, urging players to push their investigators to the brink of madness to thwart evil plots and punch Cthulhu in the face. It’s like a grand finale that never lets up or slows down.
2.Decrypto
Nothing gets the party started like a little espionage, and that’s where Decrypto comes in. Your mission? Deliver a message to your team. You’ll have four cards with words on them in a random order. These create codes. Put them together in a phrase to help your team guess the code. The opposing team listens in to crack your codes and intercept intel. Think fast and don’t reveal too much, because two interceptions mean game over.
3. Dune: Imperium – Uprising
Like several other games on this list, including Frosthaven and Undaunted: Stalingrad, the game centers around managing a small deck of cards that you’ll cycle through multiple times during play. Buying the best cards to go into that deck has everything to do with your own personal strategy, which may differ depending on which side of the galaxy you sit. Its battles are massive and brutal, with multiple parties vying for control of the eponymous desert planet on the battlefield. But these squabbles are sometimes just for distraction.
This is the rare conflict-heavy strategy most popular custom game that can be won without much conflict at all.
