History TabletopGame / Hecatomb

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The game is structured differently than contemporaries such as MagicTheGathering; rather than eliminating opponents, your goal is to enact your scheme to bring about [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Apocalypse]], which happens when a player reaches twenty Souls. Each player starts with 5 Souls, and receives 1 Soul at the beginning of each of their turns-the end of the world is inevitable, and forestalling it is difficult. Each player summons minions to serve as foot soldiers, with a catch-minions are all but useless on their own, and cannot attack or block unless 2 to 5 of them are 'stitched' together into '''Abominations'''. Abominations attack and block each other; unblocked, each Abomination will reap a number of Souls from the opponent equal to its size, plus any bonuses, up to whatever the opponent possesses at the time. Thus, the ever growing 'pool' of Souls forms a universal resource fought over and changing hands until one Endbringer can reach critical mass.

* AllHallowsEve: The focus of the first expansion, with much of the set given over to its mythology and history.

* SurroundedByIdiots: A Destruction fate card literally has this name, which forces an opposing player to discard an artifact in play; the picture and flavor text strongly implies that an incompetent underling accidentally destroyed it.

* CthulhuMythos: Every set has several representatives of it, either minions like Shoggoths and Gugs, or Gods such as Big C himself.

* EldritchAbomination: Many and varied, ranging from lowly expendable minions to Gods that can nearly (and sometimes actually) end a game on their own.

* EldritchAbomination: Many and varied, ranging from lowly expendable minions to Gods that can nearly(and sometimes actually) end a game on their own.

Hecatomb was a short-lived horror-themed CollectibleCardGame created by Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast in 2005, notable for using 5-sided plastic cards in place of paper product. Lasting only three sets before being discontinued in 2006, it drew elements from many sources, ranging from mythology to modern day conspiracy theories like TheGreys, as well as other works like the CthulhuMythos.

* CthulhuMythos: Present and forming a solid chunk of the base set. Many of these Old Ones can be recruited to your cause, including Cthulhu itself.

* DestroyerDeity: All of them. In addition to Mythological Deities, numerous creatures from the CthulhuMythos are grouped here. They cannot be attacked, only one God can assist each Endbringer at one time, and each provide 2 effects-one as they come into play, another while they remain so.

Hecatomb was a short-lived horror-themed CollectibleCardGame created by WizardsOfTheCoast in 2005, notable for using 5-sided plastic cards in place of paper product. Lasting only three sets before being discontinued in 2006, it drew elements from many sources, ranging from mythology to modern day conspiracy theories like TheGreys, as well as other works like the CthulhuMythos.