2024 Ranked #7,395

Chants for the Old Ones

Name: Chants for the Old Ones
Brand: Cthulhu Project
Price: 69.99 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 7.35 (281 reviews)

Build the cult, shape the chant, and call your chosen Old One before rival summoners—or investigators—close the ritual.

Fantasy Horror Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Worker Placement

Players

1-4

Play time

60-90 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.73/5

Rating

7.35

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.0/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.3/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.3/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.0/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.0/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 15 min

Teach time About 20 min

Table footprint Large

Recommended edition Chants for the Old Ones – Multilingual English Edition

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How it plays

How does it play?

Infiltrate three Mythos-haunted cities, recruit a cult, shape your deck around an ancient patron, and complete the chant before rival summoners do.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Deck / Bag Building

Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.

Worker Placement

Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.

Solo / Solitaire Game

Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.

Read the full game description

Chants for the Old Ones casts players as cult leaders operating across Arkham, Innsmouth, and Kingsport. Workers recruit followers, make sacrifices, and secure the creatures and resources demanded by a chosen Old One. Deck building is paired with deliberate deck deconstruction, rewarding a focused ritual engine rather than simple accumulation. The first cult to satisfy its patron’s requirements and complete the summoning wins.

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Mechanism

Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Solo / Solitaire Game Worker Placement

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition	Year	Language	Publisher / Region
Chants for the Old Ones – Multilingual English Edition	2024	English	Cthulhu Project / EU/International

Player resources

Rulebooks, player aids, FAQs, and solo resources.

Rulebooks

Chants for the Old Ones Official English Manual English

Game and edition data

All specifications (20)

Play and group

Players: 1–4
Play time: 60–90 min
Age: 14+
Complexity: 2.7/5
Language dependence: Low
App: None app

Practicalities

Setup time: About 15 min
Teach time: About 20 min
Teardown time: About 12 min
Table footprint: Large

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity: Session Group
Resettable: Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition: Chants for the Old Ones – Multilingual English Edition
Language: English
Region: EU/International
Availability: Current
Edition type: Standard
Current edition: Yes
Consumable components: None.
Compatibility: Verified Multilingual Physical First Edition Including English Components And Official English Manual.