![Spiel 2015 Preview: Fram R'lyeh, or Say It, Don't Spray It as You Descend into Madness](https://cf.geekdo-images.com/5dHrCHVAO-Hp3eNjZtFZ3w__medium/img/IvvfFk4bIj80J0LzpRafJ3rbshQ=/fit-in/500x500/filters:no_upscale():strip_icc()/pic2683269.jpg)
Even so, I can't recall Cthulhu or his chthonic cronies showing up in a trick-taking game until the release of Fram R'lyeh from designer rerasiu and publisher BakaFire Party — and this isn't so much a trick-taking game as it's a bidding game with the feel of trick-taker. (Or is trick-taking just a subsection of the vast game mechanism known as "bidding" and I never previously noticed? Something to think about tonight when you tire of counting Great Old Ones in a failed effort to fail asleep.)