New Expansion for Dead of Winter
The long night just got a little less lonely. And a lot more deadly.
If you’ve played the Dead of Winter, you know that it’s a game all about banding together as a group of survivors and, well, surviving the intense weather and psychological drama of a harsh winter in an apocalyptic world. Only now, with the next expansion, Warring Colonies, the world just got a little smaller.
This expansion introduces another faction into the game–another colony with which to compete for resources. Who will survive? Will you war with each other, band together in the face of dwindling odds? Only one way to find out.
via Plaid Hat Games
“We’re not the only humans left in this town anymore.” Your Dead of Winter colony is about to get neighbors courtesy of the new Warring Colonies expansion from Plaid Hat Games.
The new expansion features a pile of new content that can expand your existing Dead of Winter or Long Night game including:
- 15 new survivors
- 50 new crossroads cards
- 43 new items
- 11 new crisis cards
We were suspicious when they arrived across town and set up camp, but we tried to live in peace. No more. They’ve taken too much from us. Too much that we can’t get back. It’s time for revenge. It’s time for war.
AdvertisementMost of the new content will support a new team variant for the game in which two warring colonies will compete for the same limited resources and power. The new variant will combine both the Dead of Winter base set and the Dead of Winter: The Long Night games. As the two colonies battle against each other they will use a new fighting system. Battle might not always be in the best interest of the colonies however, as joint-colony crisis cards force colonies to cooperate and some also force some level of coercion every round.
Not playing with even players? The new odd-man-out Lone Wolf variant adds chaotic balance as the lone wolf pursues their own secret goals in a den by themselves and carrying out missions that will affect both of the other colonies.
The content for the new variants includes:
- 7 new main objectives
- 2 combat dice
- Battle tactics cards
- Bullet Tokens
- A combat track
The expansion is designed by Colby Dauch and Timothy Meyer for the game which was originally designed by Isaac Vega and Jon Gilmour.
AdvertisementDead of Winter Warring Colonies can be used to expand either a Dead of Winter base set or Dead of Winter: The Long Night. Both Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game and Dead of Winter: The Long Night will be required to play the warring colonies variant and the lone wolf module.
Dead of Winter was produced as the first Crossroads game from Plaid Hat Games. The game made all three lists in the Dice Tower Best of 2014 List, peaking at number 1 for the People’s Choice list while also being included on Tom and Eric’s lists. In the 2014 Dice Tower awards the game earned Best Game of the Year, Best Co-op Game and Best Game Theming. Dead of Winter earned the title awards for both Most Innovative Design and Most Thematic Game in the 2014 Golden Geek Awards. The title earned an As d’Or Game of the Year nomination, an Origins Award for Best Board Game nomination among many other nominations in 2014.
You stole my colony’s food supplies? That’s cold Obi Wan.
