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The Necronomicon Gamebook: Dagon

A Gamebook where you can face firsthand the horrors told by H. P. Lovecraft among the most famous classic stories of The Cthulhu Mythos: Dagon, The Festival and The Hound (you'll also find a Dreamlands' section, with some striking extracts from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath)....

Players

1-2

Time

60-180

Age

12+

Weight

1

Rating

8.09

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The Necronomicon Gamebook: Dagon has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Teach 2.9

Teaching signal

Replay 4.1

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.5

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

The Necronomicon Gamebook: Dagon has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

The Necronomicon Gamebook: Dagon has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, expansions available, strategic depth, scalability, and moderate easiness to learn. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, with the presence of impactful expansions and deep strategic possibilities. It adapts well to different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the investment.

Luck profile

The final luck score for The Necronomicon Gamebook: Dagon is 5, indicating a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

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A Gamebook where you can face firsthand the horrors told by H. P. Lovecraft among the most famous classic stories of The Cthulhu Mythos: Dagon, The Festival and The Hound (you'll also find a Dreamlands' section, with some striking extracts from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath). The stories were adapted with the utmost fidelity to the original text, in order to allow you an interactive immersion in the style of the Master of the Supernatural, by using a narration with paths, where, armed with a die and a pencil, you will travel through the streets of Kingsport facing monstrous creatures, exploring nightmarish territories and crossing the border that divides dream from reality. Will you be able to prevent the Yule ritual from taking place, saving humanity from a gruesome fate, or will you just go crazy? —description from the publisher

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Designers

2
H. P. Lovecraft Valentino Sergi

Artists

2
Alberto Dal Lago Jacopo Schiavo

Publishers

1
Officina Meningi

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