Shub-Niggurath

"The Black Goat of the Woods"

During pagan rites, Shub-Niggurath absorbs worthy cultists into her amorphous body and transforms them into gof'nn hupadgh Shub-Niggurath, the goat spawn. From the wildest corners of the earth, her primal brood, the dark young, emerge to overwhelm humanity.

Availability

Shub-Niggurath is part of the core set.

Gameplay

• : Spawn 1 Monster on a random space. Then, if there are 10 or more Monsters on the game board, advance Doom by 2.
• When 3 Mysteries have been solved, investigators win the game.
• When Shub-Niggurath awakens, flip the sheet and resolve the"Shub-Niggurath Awakens!" effect on the back.

Doom

The players have 13 spaces on the Doom counter before Shub-Niggurath awakens.

Setup

Set aside 2 Ghoul Monsters, 2 Goat Spawn Monsters, and 1 Dark Young Monster.

Cultists

Horror Test	N/A
	N/A
Strength Test	-1
	1
Toughness	1
	N/A
	Spawn 1 Goat Spawn Monster or 1 Dark Young Monster on this space. Then, if you spawned a Monster, discard this cultist.
Cultist Ability	N/A

Mythos Deck

Stage I	1	2	1
Stage II	3	2	1
Stage III	2	4	0

Mysteries

Mystery	Type	Set
Blasphemy of the Black Goat	Epic Monster	02
Hour of the Moon Lens	Eldritch Tokens	02
Hunting the Thousand	Misc.	01Core
Nature of the All-Mother	Research Encounter	01Core
Rituals in the Wild	Eldritch Tokens	01Core
Spawn of the Black Goat	Epic Monster	01Core

Battle in the Woods

The feral mother of all monstrosities has manifested! She is an enormous cloud from which dozens of tentacles extend and retract. Wherever she goes, she leaves behind large hoof prints. To behold her true, terrifying form is to come face to face with true, primal horror.

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Shub-Niggurath Awakens!

Immediate Effect

Spawn the Shub-Niggurath Epic Monster on The Heart of Africa. Then move all Ghoul, Goat Spawn, and Dark Young Monsters on the game board to that space.

Final Mystery

When the Shub-Niggurath Epic Monster is defeated, the Final Mystery is solved and investigators win the game.

Black Goat of the Woods With a Thousand Young

• Each time Doom would advance, spawn 1 Monster on the space containing the Shub-Niggurath Epic Monster. Then, is there are 6 or more Monsters on that space (including the Shub-Niggurath Epic Monster), investigators lose the game.
• : Each investigator on the space containing the Shub-Niggurath Epic Monster immediately encounters it.

Cultists

Horror Test	N/A
	N/A
Strength Test	2
	1
Toughness	2
	N/A
	Mone this Monster 1 space toward the Shub-Niggurath Epic Monster.
Cultist Ability	N/A

Lore

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Ancient Ones
Abhoth Antediluvium Atlach-Nacha Azathoth Cthulhu Elder Things Hastur Hypnos Ithaqua Nephren-Ka Nyarlathotep Shub-Niggurath Shudde M'ell Syzygy Yig Yog-Sothoth