Cthulhu Wars: Bubastis

About this expansion

Cthulhu Wars: Bubastis is a faction expansion for 2–5 players, with games lasting about 120 minutes. It introduces an unusual force of cats led by Bastet, an Elder God who brings a distinctive approach to power, movement, combat, and Doom.

Bubastis has no cultists, acolytes, high priest, or Great Old One. Instead, its six Earth cats and progressively stronger cats from Mars, Saturn, and Uranus all count as monsters and each generates 1 Power during the Gather Power phase. Earth cats can also be targeted by effects that normally affect cultists, while remaining impossible to capture except through Tsathoggua’s Capture Monster ability.

The faction begins on a separate Moon map tile, which counts as a Bubastis-controlled gate but cannot be seized by other factions. Bubastis units can move or be pained freely between the Moon and other map areas, while rival factions cannot move to the Moon on their own. Since Bubastis cannot build or occupy other gates, the Moon remains its sole gate.

• Six unique spellbooks support the faction’s unusual strategy.
• Ailurophobia awards Doom for cat varieties on the main map.
• Bastet adds a Kill, reduces an enemy’s rolled Kills, and can perform a powerful Doom-phase ritual when enemy forces are nearby.
• Cat spellbooks alter recruitment, combat results, attack strength, and post-battle casualties.

Optional add-ons expand the theme with Gold Cat battle dice, neutral unit identifier rings, Cats from Mercury, Venus, and asteroids, and Hagarg Ryonis. Two Giant Blind Albino Penguins can also enter play: these inexpensive neutral monsters reduce a battle’s attack and can be sent into conflicts to disrupt either side.

With its aggressive cats, impregnable Moon gate, and mischievous neutral creatures, Bubastis gives Cthulhu Wars a fiercely unconventional faction to master.