When you watch your favorite board game, 'This is great, but what if you have more?' I definitely have it. Sometimes you can play games with the same card, rules and strategies before the situation is a bit boring. Luckily, the publisher is always looking for a new content for the game we like, and we know that we are producing expansion accordingly.
However, as a board game enthusiast with a very limited budget and a limited shelf space, I am often curious about the actual cost of participating in the game. I went down the rabbit hole and confirmed the cost of buying everything by putting numbers in a crisis in the most popular and expensive board games.
Infectious disease
Pandemic is probably the best gateway cooperative game. It was one of my first cooperative games, and I quickly realized that the board game didn't have to be competitive. Friendship, such as pulling the last infectious disease card, has no bond.
In Brink adds a special role, in the laboratory, it falls into a fine puzzle, and the emergency state maintains unpredictable things. Compared to other “All-in” games, it is actually one of more wallet-friendly collections, which is a wonderful change in the face.
wingspan
WingSpan is a board game version of the coffee brake. The amazing works and educational facts about the birds make it a joy to play. It's a game every time I find something more calm.
There are currently three expansion: European expansion, Oceania expansion and Asian expansion. Each adds new ecosystems and gameplay twist. In particular, Oceania introduces honey as a resource to rethink the strategy that the player is set as a stone. It is an excellent example of the expansion that not only gives more cards but also reconstructs the way you play.
scythe
Scythe is one of the games that feel like an event. I first established the board and remembered when I saw a beautiful miniature and a machine.
The expansion offers a completely different taste. Invaders from afar introduce new factions, Wind Gambit brings airships and turns into a story -oriented campaign with eight episodes due to the injury of Fenis. It's a game that keeps you, and you can always find something new with all expansion.
Gloomhaven
I spent a lot of time with my friends through the Gloomhaven campaign. I am a passionate fan of dungeons and dragons, and Gloomhaven is basically the same as a board game. I fought many monsters and unlocked all kinds of wonderful characters and abilities.
The only expansion of the original game is a forgotten circle, adding new characters and new campaigns to continue their adventures. (Gloomhaven: Buttons & bugs is an expansion of mini, but it's a deep and deep game and you may not hear a lot of expansion, but you can believe it.
TerraForming Hwaseong
As a huge space geek, Terraforming Hwaseong was an immediate purchase for me. The idea of formatting Mars into a lush green world has won me.
There are five main expansion: Hellas & Elysium, Venus Next, Prelude, Colonies and Turmoil. And if it's not enough, there are many promotional card packs and other add temperatures that are difficult to track. I especially like prelude expansion because I especially offer head starts to change the game completely.
Everdell
I will admit something new to EVERDELL, but I'm the sucker of a beautiful board game and Everdell can be one of the most amazing things. Attractive righteousness and huge cardboard tree make the settings fun. I didn't have all the expansion, but I was in a hurry to buy a few times after playing the main game a few times.
All five expansion offers a completely different experience and not necessarily all experience at the same time. They are almost different games every time they introduce many new animals, events and epidemiology.
Katan
I have a little love/hatred with Catan. I was doing it after high school, so I made both amazing victory and frustration. The game has four major expansion: crew, city and articles, merchants and barbarians, explorers and pirates. Each introduces a new mechanics that can change the game in the basic way.
There are many small expansion that adds new scenarios and player numbers. The expansion of this game is made of a huge money sink, but it's not easy for a dedicated Katan fans.
root
The roots are confusing, clever and deceptive. At the end of the basic rules, many strategic depths are related.
Expansion such as Riverfolk, Underworld, Marauders, and Hirelings adds new factions and mechanics to bring it up and multiply it to completely change the mechanics of the game. All expansion feels like a new game, even if the basic rules are almost the same.
control
I have been doing Dominion since I first came out, and I was always impressed with how to maintain a fresh state a few years later. This game has a huge 16 expansion. In all honesty, most people will not buy all these expansion.
Each changes how to create a deck by introducing a new card type or mechanic. Many card combinations are astronomical, so you can play new games for a year, but you still can't see all single card combinations. It is absolutely a large amount of content, and you will pay quite a bit for it.
Arkham Horror: Card Game
I spent a lot of time to save Arkam from the great old things. The game can be punished, but the story and storytelling that unfolds prevents the box to drive dust on my shelf.
Unlike board games, LCG (Living Card Game). This means that the expansion is released in a constant stream. You can start a single core set, but the real meat of the game is in a wide range of campaign expansion and myth packs. If you try to buy everything, you can easily go over $ 1,000 mark.
