Into the De(ath)pths: A Deep Dive into Cthulhu: Death May Die, Part IV: Local Pets

On its face, Cthulhu: Death May Die is not a...

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This was great, and I really appreciated seeing where all of the monsters originate. Thanks!

You're welcome. Shellie said that the HPL lore was the coolest part, too, and she's a regular player of DMD. It's interesting seeing how different games and designers have interpreted them. The Tcho-Tcho in this game are just another low level obstacle, but in Cthulhu Wars, for example, they're a faction unto themselves.

If I recall, they are the pink army in Cthulhu Wars? I am not sure I ever played them, but I haven't played CW since pre-COVID.

That's right. They were borderline broken on first release, since they could just turtle up and drain Doom off other players and basically not be dislodged, but the final(?) production run introduced a split of their original six spellbooks called Tribes, such that the original six are now split, 2 each, among three collections of six. So they can be played three different ways and they're not as onerous as the used to be. However, one tribe is really only useful if you're playing with neutral GOOs/monsters, which usually means you have to be one of the mildly insane who bought all that stuff (like, uh, me.)