Why get this over the older one?

[onedudesmind]

Legitimate question, not trolling. Are the expansion packs included? what makes this worth a purchase when i already own the first one with all DLC (have the real board game as well only have dungeon, cliffs and city on that). Do you own the original on steam if so why are you getting this one?

[jarikith]

The plan is for Nomad to remaster the 4th Edition expansions (with Reaper to be the first) into 5th Edition and if you own them in 4th you get them for free with 5th.

One of the main reasons I'm buying this version is that I have 1 friend who will regularly play 4th with me and thoroughly enjoys it and 2-3 I can very occasionally rope into playing, but due to time differences and just preference.. the length of game overall makes something that they can't/won't jump on playing more often. With 5th streamlining things hopefully that'll change. Once we play it tonight we'll have a better idea on how game length will now compare. Sorta. We do usually play with a bunch of extra expansions in 4th after all. Hopefully the changes made to 5th will make the game show up more regularly in our online gaming picks.

[EdrickV]

If you have the expansions for their older version, (as I do) then you will get access to the same expansions in the newer version, once they have been made. (Reaper is first for some reason.) There will also apparently be brand new expansions made for this game that likely will not be made for the older one.

At the moment, it is just the base game, but it is a bit different as there are rule changes and I think at least one space on the board is different. (I don't recall Caverns being on the board in the older version.) I like what I've read about the changes to becoming a toad, but there is also an option to use the older rule for that.

[Vas]

We will have to wait a while for expansions unfortunately, according to road man it won't be any time soon. All my friends refunded it and we back to playing 4th edition. I will definitely buy it when there's more expansions are out

[EdrickV]

Not really into the whole "refund, rebuy later" thing. If you're going to buy it again later, you may as well just hold onto it. It's not like you can't play it without expansions, and the more sales they get means more money they can put towards getting the expansions out. (At the very least, they need to pay the people that are making the remastered expansions, and that takes money.)

Also a little note is that, good feedback now may make a better product in the long run, but to give good feedback, it helps if people actually play the game. :)

But everyone is free to do what they want. I've still got 4th edition installed, so I can play that one when I want to, but right now I'm still learning about the 5th edition changes. (And getting used to the dice change, which is not one I would have done if I was the maker of the board game. The Talisman symbol is far too easy to mistake for a 1.)