18th class?

[UnknownFox]

So, without trying to spoil majorly. Anyone know if there is a plan to add the secret one as well or do you think this will be after the campaign is complete that they will add it?

[Drake]

From what I've heard, the envelop X will contain a completely different reward so that the digital game doesn't spoil the tabletop game and vice versa.

[ExperimentalGamer]

The devs have repeatedly said no. Just what's in the basic box is already a huge enough undertaking without having to add a whole new class to their workload. It's not impossible that they come out with that reward and that their repeated insistences are just a fakeout, but I wouldn't bet on that. Everything related to that secret will wind up providing some other reward instead. Likely ditto envelope A.

If I had to guess, the X reward will come if they wind up doing DLC. Forgotten Circles is kind of slim on content, so X and the solo items would be a nice way to bulk that up. The folks at flaming fowl seem to like working on this game and Isaac has seemed really chill about working on the adaptation, so the big question is if this game sells well enough to justify DLC.

[ecla]

From what was said in the developer chat, while Envelope X scenarios **will** be in the digital, the ultimate reward will not. Their reasoning was a little of this and a little of that, I direct you to the chat itself for their precise words.

For me, Envelope X was one of the very first PQs I did waayy back as a solo player diving right in, and it sorta shaped a lot my early GH experience; so with hindsight I'm a little sad it won't be fully implemented but based on how arcane and also frustrating it was going through that I can also fully understand the decision.

[Glaucon]

In the Q&A in the recent activity the Developers talk about this at length. Envelope X will be treated different. The two reasons I came away with are that, first, many of the triggers are very specific and not easily or directly implementable in the digital version. Second, they wanted to keep the entire Envelope X experience unique to what Isaac did with it in the board game.

The second reason makes sense to me, since I remember all the controversy about posting spoilers when the board game first came out. The intent was also something of an easter egg hunt and keeping it unique to the board game remains consistent with that intent.

I do hope they put in something similar in the digital version.