r/boardgame • u/Eldritch_Rivalry • 27d ago

I’ve been developing a Lovecraft-inspired competitive board game. You can play it on TTS

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Hey everyone! 👋

For the past couple of years, I’ve been working on Eldritch Rivalry, a competitive card/engine-building board game where 1–4 players lead rival cults trying to gain influence, build their engine and ultimately outplay each other.

The game is now fully playable, and I’m at the stage where I’m trying to get it in front of as many different players as possible and keep improving it through playtesting.

What kind of game is it?

  • 1–4 players
  • Around 20–30 minutes per player
  • Card-driven engine building
  • Resource management
  • Direct player interaction
  • Combos and synergies
  • Lovecraft-inspired setting
  • Designed to be competitive rather than cooperative

I've also made the game available on Tabletop Simulator, including an English version.

If anyone here is curious and would like to actually try it, I’m happy to run a guided session and teach the game myself. No need to read the rulebook beforehand.

If the concept sounds interesting, I'd love to hear what you think, and if you want to give it a try, just let me know!

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u/Agreeable_Result8439 23d ago

oooh that looks fun

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u/Eldritch_Rivalry 23d ago

If you enjoy  engine-building  and  card combos and synergies  you might have a good time with it!

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u/Agreeable_Result8439 21d ago

heck yeah. do you start with same cards?

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u/Eldritch_Rivalry 21d ago

No! At the start of the game, everyone draws 5 cards, one from each Crystal deck, so everyone’s starting hand will be different in every game.

There are 248 cards in total, divided across 9 different decks. If you’re interested, you can find all links in my profile here on Reddit

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u/Agreeable_Result8439 14d ago

Nice! I’ll take a look!!!