What is actually different about Lovecraft is that in recent years, he underwent some pretty intense, public scrutiny about racist letters to a friend depicting opinions on his Jewish, black, Italian, Portuguese and Asian peers.
He says Lovecraft would have loved seeing his works coming back and being collaborated on, because he collaborated with people a lot as a writer.
And the "addition of his characters and his theme add a cool extra layer." "I really like Lovecraft-themed board games because they are cooperative games," Reardon says. You can even get a Cthulhu virtual pet for your phone.Ĭhris Reardon, a fan of Lovecraft's work and player of Lovecraft-themed games, is happy the author is emerging into the public light. What's impressive about this phenomenon is that after coming into pop culture, Cthulhu has taken over more than just board games: with movies, books, a bid for the 2020 presidential election (it gathered a couple of votes in 2016). Who Will Save the Republic? #Cthulhu2020 /O22fRGuhpl- Cthulhu 2024 May 12, 2017Īnd in 2017, four Lovecraft-themed games were nominated for the most anticipated games of the year, though they didn't crack the top 20 list of finalists, according to Board Game Geek.
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