Since publication of Labyrinth and its first expansion, fans of the game have expressed a desire to update it based on more recent events, and a variety of event card ideas and variants have been freely shared online. This second expansion to the Labyrinth game series fulfills that continuing interest by providing up-to-date event cards and allows the game to continue to serve as an effective strategic level model of the ongoing struggles in the Muslim world.
In Smartphone Inc., 1-5 players compete as CEOs to be the largest and richest smartphone-producing company during the time when smartphones were only beginning to conquer the world. The Smartphone Inc.: Status Update 1.1 expansion includes unlocked stretch goals and additional non-exclusive content from the KS edition: five new CEO miniatures and four new modules for playing the game, including a new 2-3 player specific game board and "Hardcore Mode"!
• In October 2020, Cosmodrome Games will also release Aquatica: Cold Waters, an expansion for the underwater-themed tableau-engine builder Aquatica, designed by Ivan Tuzovsky. If you're not familiar with Aquatica, here's an overview from the publisher:
In the game, you become one of the mighty ocean kings, struggling to bring glory to his realm. To win the game, you need to capture and buy locations, recruit new characters, and complete goals; each of these actions gives you victory points at the end of the game. To do so, you need to play cards from your hand (each with a unique set of actions) and combine them. Don't think it's simple! With a good strategy during your turn, you can take up to ten actions in a row.
You will encounter plenty of mysterious ocean creatures and take them to your hand. With their help you will explore the unknown locations and rise found resources from the ocean depths to your kingdom. Mechanically this is represented with the help of three-layered player board and the unique mechanism of card-rising.
• In October 2020, Alderac Entertainment Group will release Tiny Towns: Villagers, the second expansion for Peter McPherson's 1-6 player town-building sensation, Tiny Towns.
As with the first expansion — Tiny Towns: Fortune, which Eric mentioned in a Sept. 2019 post — McPherson has teamed up with Cat Lady designer Josh Wood to continue spicing up the Tiny Towns world: