It also includes a new game mode, Alaskan Expedition, complete with a 60 card Alaskan Adventure Deck and a 30 card Alaskan Mythos Deck. These components can be used with Elder Sign or any other expansion. It includes three new Ancient Ones, eight new investigators, a selection of new Item, Spell & Ally cards and Monster markers. Omens of Ice is the third expansion for Elder Sign, a cooperative dice game based on the Cthulhu mythos of H P Lovecraft.
Can you solve ancient puzzles and overcome the supernatural forces rising in the north? Or will the Ancient One awaken and bury the world beneath snow and ice? Fill a thermos and dig out your mittens, the hunt for Elder Signs is about to get chilly. You and fellow investigators must now leave Arkham behind and venture into the icy frontier. Contact with the team has since been lost. The Ancient Ones, Rhan-Tegoth, Rlim Shaikorth and Ithaqua are the stuff of nightmares – will you make it out of Alaska alive?Īn archaeological expedition from the Miskatonic University has unearthed an ancient evil in the Alaskan wilderness. One thing that is unavoidable in Alaska is the constant snow storm – storm markers are placed face-down on adventure cards and you must flip the storm markers on your adventure at the start of your resolution phase – these can contain a variety of rewards or penalties from the accrual of stamina and sanity to losing items and even Elder Signs. Stage II is more treacherous but contains the Elder Signs and rewards needed to defeat the Ancient One. The Alaskan Adventures are divided into two stages: Stage I possesses fewer dangers and provides more useful items. Before the game you can choose the difficulty level – Summer is more merciful, while “Winter” is a lot more challenging. You will need to manage supplies on the supply track, which will be used to mitigate the hazards that occur. Samuel Bailey has expanded on almost all elements of Richard Launius and Kevin Wilson’s base game, including eight new investigators, 12 winter themed monsters, new common components (to be mixed in with those of the base game) and new Adventure cards and Mythos cards (which replace the base game cards for use in this Alaskan expedition). You will face three new Ancient Ones of increasing difficulty who are very at home in the Alaskan Wilderness. This expansion takes the adventure out of the city of Arkham and into the icy wilds of Alaska, as you investigate the disappearance of an archaeological expedition from Miskatonic. Omens of Ice is the first expedition expansion for the popular Fantasy Flight dice game, Elder Sign.