The Shab-Al-Hiri RoachTabletop Tuesdays: What would you do for tenure? | Submitted by sage on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:06. |
The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach obviously draws on some of the horror ideas of Call of Cthulhu but it trims the Mythos down to a small setting on a college campus, with evil embodied as an ancient Sumerian roach that offers awesome power in exchange for a little control. All you have to do is swallow it.
Campaign is ostensibly a game of the 2008 US presidential elections; at start, you're given a choice of three Republican and three Democratic candidates (sorry, George). However, your "candidate" is like your king in Chess; they're all the same. 120 hit points, the same list of potential attacks, and so on. It's one of the pieces you move across the board.
The game is played on a square-gridded version of the continental US (guess Alaska and Hawaii don't count), divided into seven regions. In addition to your candidate, you start with three other units -- the possibilities include Hatchetmen, Spinmeisters, Fundraisers, and Operatives; you get to choose what combination you want.
