Cthulhu: Death May Die

Out of all of them, this is one is my favorite. It's very fast paced and easy to play, while all the other ones tend to drag on for too long with their multi-part scenarios. Death May Die escalates fast, as there's only two parts to each scenario.

Root is a phenomenal asymmetric game... Same with most of my other favorite heavily asymmetric games: - Cthulhu: Death May Die

Cthulhu Death may die is lots of fun with two people. Replayability is also great

if you wanted to dip your toes in it I would recommend Cthulhu Death May Die. My reasoning is that it fits what I'm talking about with respect to theme and minis, but is still relatively short and easy to teach and has crossover appeal with the euro crowd.

C:DMD is the pulp Cthulhu version. You running and gunning, solving problems with your fists and and guns. It’s the fastest play and most action. It’s a modular system, so as you get more content, you get a ton more investigators, cases and old ones.

Cthulhu Death May Die has an easy rule set, is the shortest of the three, and much of the game you chuck dice and kill monsters. Fun and easy to table with new players.

I would say the easiest to understand is Death May Die, which is, at it's core, a fun dice checker where you throw a ton of dice, blow things up and get blown up.

We also enjoy Cthulhu: Death May Die and Mansions of Madness, but those are both around 20ish plays.

With how much chaos can there be on the board it feels way more readable and cinematic with minis. Plus The Elder One figure doesn’t just look great, it anchors the scenario visually.