Frostgrave The Red King & How Expansions Work With 2nd Edition #FrostgraveWeekOTT
December 26, 2020 by avernos
We talk with Frostgrave creator Joseph A. McCullough about the new The Red King expansion and how all of the 1st Edition Expansions still work with the 2nd Edition of the game.
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This means as well as all of the new content that you've got to enjoy coming out in the near future you can dive back into a HUGE treasure trove of expansions to play when getting stuck into Frostgrave 2nd Edition.
You can checkout Joseph's blog The Renaissance Troll here.
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Are you tempted by the cool semi-cooperative nature of The Red King expansion?
The solo rules maybe enough to draw me into this game…?!
Red King any relation to the King in Yellow? Maybe the Blue King joins for a Primary Conclave.
They’ll meet in Carcosa
I should take a look at this more in depth.
Looks great
The earlier expansions are great and the red king sounds good as well.
Very nice.
I remember Wrath of Kings having motivations but if Frostgrave has something like that I will certainly be buying that as one of my first supplements.
Nice episode. I guess it’s implicit that previous expansions just work with 2nd Ed? Is there an FAQ or similar for where any conflicts or confusion may arise?
I love the idea of randomly generated bands to prevent meta-gamers obsessing.
The FAQ is actually at the back of the 2nd ed rules along with a paragraph about the book in general so new player can actually just read down and go “oh that sounds cool I should grab that”
Good thing I have a bunch of demon figures just looking for a reason to be painted. Of course I’m really going to need some of these plastics because they look so fun to work on.
Thing I like about Red King is that it harkens back to the first few expansions. The last few expansions suffered from too few scenarios, and were awash with “one time use” minis that never saw the light of day outside of the one scenario they feature in (at least Red King re-uses some of these like the Null Men for example).
Hopefully Joe will continue in this vein and reuse minis for the scenarios and keep the number of scenarios high (as this is where the bread and butter of the expansions lie), alas the last couple just featured WAY too many treasure tables (felt more like filler content) and less narrative elements.
But Lich Lord, Breeding Pits, Forgotten Pacts and now The Red King come in as excellent expansions for Frostgrave (as well as Ulterior Motives). But just remember not to get tempted to buy The Grimoire (seen it on sale on quite a few Webstores), as this is the only elements that’s not compatible with the second edition.
I love this game, I will definitely collect all the second edition books
I Love this game
Hmm, never really looked much into this game before, but it sure is tempting me now that I see more of it!
Sounds exciting. When I give this a go I’ll definitely be looking to play through a narrative campaign
I love the idea that Forstgrave is an evolving world and you add and take what you want from it. I love these chats with the writers.
It’s good that all the expansions still work with the new versions of the rules, so often a rulebook “adjustment” is used to force you to buy it and all the expansions again (and again)
that sounds amazing.
nice interview to help pass the time just off to paint a wizard or two
I have all the 1st edition expansions, so glad we can still use them.
such a wealth of expansions and the sandbox element makes customisation so easy and fun to do.
Good game. Nice table and terrain
Love Gerry’s idea for putting little hints in earlier scenarios for Red King campaign.
I have always loved the idea of each expansion being self contained, since it made it a lot easier to complete a campaign without going off the rails.
Not to mention the boss scenarios are usually the highlights.
Good to know, that all the older campaign books work with this edition.
Will look forward to explore this one once I win it!