I really like this because it allows the designers to make the game feel like you’re trudging into the wilderness, and passing into stage two actually means something. Omens of Ice features a staged encounter deck, where the cards you encounter in stage one vary between the green (easy) and yellow (normal) difficulty, while stage two are only the yellow and red (hard) cards.
Omens of Ice feels very similar to these games, as you need to ration your supplies as you face the biting cold. I love the snow theme in pretty much any game ( The Frozen Wastes for Runebound being a prime example of this!) and was truly enraptured by the Mountains of Madness expansion for Eldritch Horror for the amount of theme that comes through in the gameplay there. Omens of Ice is an expansion in the very same mould, as we venture into the Alaskan wilderness, following the mysterious goings-on in the wake of the discovery of a statue of Ithaqua… The Gates of Arkham expansion from early 2015 introduced a new mode of play for the game, where we left the museum behind and ventured into the various neighbourhoods of the town.
It’s time for another game day here at, and this week I’m taking a look at the latest expansion for Elder Sign: Omens of Ice! (This blog was originally slated to come out in Halloween week, where it would have made more thematic sense…)Įlder Sign is one of my favourite games to break out for an evening of cosmic horror and dice rolling.
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