Changes to the Second Edition
Here's a rundown on what's new in the second edition releases:
New Features:
Backwards compatibility is completely maintained between editions. You can use second edition expansions with your original edition core game, and vice versa.
The second edition core game has a sturdy new telescoping box, while second edition expansions have double-width tuckboxes.
Timing icons in the style of Cthulhu Gloom and Unquiet Dead are incorporated throughout the second edition releases.
Rules cards and icon reminder cards are included in each second edition set for easy reference.
The card list, and the effect texts of individual cards, have been polished for a better play experience. For example, complex cards like 'Body Thief,' and cards with delayed effects, have been removed.
Three Modifiers have been turned into Transformations in Unwelcome Guests 2nd Edition.
Residences and Mysteries have been reworked in the second edition so that you can no longer end up with unusable cards in your hand.
All the Story icons and a few family icons in the second edition have been redrawn by artist Todd Remick.
Event cards in the second edition have a centre illustration and a blank icon in the top right spot, to give them the same silhouette as a Death card.
'Pathos Points' are now called 'Self-Worth Points,' to avoid unnecessary proliferation of game terms.
A number of mechanical changes have been made in the rule sheet. For example, timing icons, symbols on Event cards, and the new discard rule have been accounted for.