Garphill Games has announced Raiders of Scythia: Omens, a new expansion for its management and raiding game Raiders of Scythia, once again designed by Shem Phillips with artwork by Sam Phillips. As is tradition at Garphill, the expansion enriches the base experience without overhauling it: it keeps the 1 to 4 player format, with games lasting 60 to 90 minutes, for ages 14 and up.
The name says it all: Omens make their entrance, bringing new rules for raiding and completing quests in specific areas of the board. The expansion also adds new Heroes, Crew members, and Animals, along with an updated game board to accommodate all this new content — not to mention new Shields, purple dice, and Kurgans that add their own share of variation to every game.
With this announcement, Garphill Games confirms its intent to keep the Raiders of Scythia universe alive over the long term, adding replayability to a title already praised for its tense resource management and steppe-inspired theme. It remains to be seen how these new omens will fit into gameplay — we’ll be sure to share more as soon as it’s available.
