Cthulhu 500 Racing Card Game Revs Up For Action

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Cthulhu 500 Racing Card Game Revs Up For Action

Posted by simoniker on Thursday March 4, 2004 @02:00AM from the unspeakable-nascar-evil dept.

Thanks to OgreCave for pointing to a Yog Sothoth story discussing the announcement of the Cthulhu 500 card game, which is billed as "a racing [card] game with a [Cthulhu] Mythos theme." According to the president of the creators, Atlas Games: "Each player chooses a car for the race, and as the game goes on can to pick up special drivers/pit crew (such as 'The Fungi from Detroit'), and car enhancements (such as 'Rats in the Whitewalls'). And, you know, summon Elder Gods to step on your opponents' cars, and the like."

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Wow by Lowtekium · 2004-03-04 02:03 · Score: 5, Funny

This card game almost makes me want to appreciate Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh cards...
Copyrights? by AtariAmarok · 2004-03-04 02:08 · Score: 4, Interesting

What is the current status anyway on Lovecraft copyrights and characters? Last time I recalled, they had gone into public domain due to the author having died long ago, and then the copyright laws changed and they were protected again.

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1. Re:Copyrights? by curtisk · 2004-03-04 02:19 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  good question, but Bethesda is working on a game as well, so I'd guess its probably open to public domain since neither tried to get exclusive rights on games derived from the Cthulhu mythos
  Call of Cthulhu
  
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2. Re:Copyrights? by Zangief · 2004-03-04 05:35 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  AFAIK it is public domain, but you may run into some problems, because a lot of people have expanded the mythos, so probably it is not everything on the public domain.
  
  On the other hand, Superman and Mickey Mouse will be copyrighted as long as their parent compnaies have money.
3. Re:Copyrights? by Unknown+Kadath · 2004-03-05 03:01 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  IIRC, August Derleth renewed a bunch of copyrights in the 70's as Arkham House Publishing, and these copyrights are still in force, though AH isn't really rabid about litigating against violators, and is very liberal about licensing.
  
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Gotta catch you all! by Lord+Graga · 2004-03-04 02:11 · Score: 5, Funny

Here's the missing link between the RPG and the cardgame!
See kids... by GypC · 2004-03-04 02:11 · Score: 4, Funny

... behold the dangers of marijuana!
Other possible cards: by AtariAmarok · 2004-03-04 02:14 · Score: 4, Funny

'The Fungi from Detroit'), and car enhancements (such as 'Rats in the Whitewalls')."

How about:

Pickman's Motor
The Car of Cthulhu
The "VW Thing" on the Doorstep
The Silver Ignition Key
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Cardeath
The Dunwich Humvee
Imprisoned with the Fords
The Moon-Buggy
The Doom that Came to Sebring
Herbert West, Mechanic

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That reminds me... CoC by MegatronUK · 2004-03-04 02:20 · Score: 4, Informative

Anyone else waiting on the imminent release of the 6th edition of Call of Cthulhu? Supposedly due out on the 22nd of this month.
1. Re:That reminds me... CoC by BerntB · 2004-03-04 05:17 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Why vote for the Lesser Evil?
  Vote Cthulhu for President!
  
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Tin boxes by AtariAmarok · 2004-03-04 02:49 · Score: 2, Informative

It is from Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" album cover.

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Wow! Finally! by Lane.exe · 2004-03-04 03:18 · Score: 4, Funny

A use for old DeLoreans!
"My God, Marty! It's hideous... squamous... even gibbous!"

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I heard of this game before... by DjMd · 2004-03-04 03:40 · Score: 2

Oh ok not that game, but it very similar game

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Oh boy! by Lord_Pain · 2004-03-04 06:02 · Score: 3, Funny

This sounds like an indescribably horrible idea!
I really can't wrap my mortal mind around this craze, gibbering, primodial concept. Racing and the Old Ones. Balderdash!

Now if you'd excuse me I have a cauldron of oddly, viscous fluid to stir.

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Huh by NedR · 2004-03-04 08:27 · Score: 2, Interesting

This reminds me an awful lot of Cthulu Karts and Nazgul Thunder, both of which can be found here: http://www.phobe.com/sfi/sigmain.html Considering this company doesn't actually exist, I wonder if they're developing any games for the Phantom . . .