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Designed By	Jeff Tidball
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Published By	Atlas Games
Year Published	2004
# of Players:	3 − 8
User Suggested # of Players	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (3 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Horror Racing
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Primary Name	Cthulhu 500
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As the name suggests, Cthulhu 500 is a racing game with a Cthulhu Mythos theme. 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").

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Awards

2004 Origins Awards Winner, Best Traditional Card Game.

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2	Variants 2 Player Variant	2009-02-21	voynix	1
3	Reviews A brief review of a really neat game	2009-02-16	voynix	1
0	Rules Human Sacrifice	2007-10-28	hammo	7
7	Reviews What Lap and Dimension are We In???	2007-10-22	El Hidalgo	2
0	Rules Tires, are they a mod or not	2007-09-25	\|=KFF=\|FNG	3
0	Rules Passing by leader	2007-07-24	Gomez	2
16	Reviews Call of Carthulhu	2007-06-02	Randall S...	2
0	Rules Fungi from Yuggoth crew card question	2005-10-19	SteveFirth	2
3	Reviews Days of Cthunder	2005-09-13	ralpheous	0
0	Reviews User Review	2005-04-30	grinch	0

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cthulhu_500_aid.pdf

Cthulhu 500 card-sized English Language Player Aid sheet

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2007-06-22

CTHULHU500fr.pdf

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loulou

2005-01-18

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182	It's time for another game ... How well do you know your game rules? Go on, have a go. You know you want to.	2008-11-19
156	The Definitive Horror Game Geeklist	2006-05-08
115	"Tune in next week when I screw up Medici and Princes of Florence..." Rules Errors GeekLists: The Meta-List or: One Big FAQ	2006-03-30
69	No need to be embarrassed - you just happen to like this game more than anyone else on BGG!	2007-07-05
67	The world of H. P. Lovecraft or Cthulhu loathes you	2007-08-30
58	The definitive list of car racing games worth playing.	2006-01-17
45	The Mythos: A Geeklist that would make Lovecraft proud.	2006-12-23
38	Movie quote game	2006-08-21
32	Random Game Discussion	2009-01-26

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User Rank:	2088
Num Ratings:	301
Average Rating:	6.06
Standard Deviation:	1.39
Num Views:	21075
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.7
Fans:	0

Personal Comments:	146
Users Owning:	419
Users Wanting:	22
Users Trading:	26
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	248
Plays This Month:	0

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Atlas Games website	http://www.atlas-games.com/	2004-09-02
RPGnet Review by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10668.phtml	2004-09-15
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2005-04-28
Cthulhu 500 en Charlas desde Mecatol Rex (Spanish Tekelili Review)	http://charlasdesdemecatolrex.blogspot.com/search/...	2008-03-21
Promo expansion from Game Trade Magazine (2004) - two new vehicles, optional wagering rules	http://tinyurl.com/9ysqog	2009-01-12

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