Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition Review - Where In The World Is Carmen Kutil?

Milla, Joey, and Zee take a look at the newest expansion for Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition.
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[@Noobwater]

I like this new Negative-Positive bar on the bottom!

[@matheusfonseca2826]

The closeups at the game overview are also great

[@tonkabeanicecream5698]

Theyre NEARLY as good as Zee's review system which I LOVE.

[@AinSoph]

It’s totally fine in a solo review, but I actually don’t like it in this forum-style format. It’s distracting, not everyone will view a particular point as a negative or a positive, and kind of undermines the differing opinions and perspectives that this style is supposed to convey.

[@brianblessednn]

Oh, absolutely not. Not for a second.

[@tteshera]

We prefer cooperative games and bought this along with base Arnak solely for the cooperative campaign play. So, we're first-time Arnak players and diving into this mode. For us, you don't have to have intricate mechanics tied to cooperation to make cooperative play fun. If there's a strong us vs. them vibe, and a lot of opportunity for collaborating and dividing-and-conquering, then it's solid cooperative play. And this has both of those. We're also big on legacy and campaign games, and klunkyness of setup is just par for the course with those. So, I can definitely say that if you prefer cooperative games and like campaign games, this is a huge winner. But, that's from the perspective of someone who didn't come up through standard Arnak competitively and instead prefers cooperative play over competitive.

[@uplift-yourdailypickup6424]

Yeah Game Boy Geek also does that and I’ve always appreciated it

[@timrourke6737]

When we played the first scenario we went read that when you visit the broken plane you fix it and get the two compasses…. That makes it fairly manageable. I found a BGG forum which discussed this.

[@julienakadai9382]

Thanks for this! Gonna pick this up! Love playing Arnak solo

[@freeheeler00]

I just introduced a friend to The Lost Ruins of Arnak the other day and I included the Expedition Leaders Expansion. She loved it! It is a great game and I look forward to new content.

[@_p2bg]

😍 I'm looking forward to playing this expansion. I definitely love The Lost Ruins of Arnak!

[@Pmartshand]

The best thing about this expansion is the fact that after all the content only 1 card and 1 assistant was balanced. I also love that they implemented the campaign cards on to the new level 1 and 2 locations.

[@bradymccann]

I’ve played 4 of 6 chapters so far - I had zero negative experience getting into the campaign. I don’t relate at all, and I’m not that great of a player. The goal was obvious and it was a great story! Really loving this expansion!

[@kwubbalubdub]

Still need to get the base game but will definitely get all the expansions I can! Also, I may have missed it and I didn't see you guys on the exhibitor list, but are you guys going to PAXU this year? ❤

[@ahp9402]

I just ordered the 2 expansions for arnak within the last couple of weeks (I know, I know I'm slow). The 1st expansion gives you a heads up on which leaders are easiest/hardest to grasp. Does the 2nd expansion tell you where the 2 new leaders fall in the leveling category? Thanks for any replies!

[@rennyroufail728]

Coincidence that this review just went live and my birthday is around the corner? 😊

[@HALOX30]

I have to put a correction here. Those tokens that Camilla said she wil nit talk about because it is only campaign is NOT true. They have to do with the new research track and can be used with the base game. People can even incorporate them in the base game before doing tge campaign so just talk about them

[@JonoNZBoardGamer]

Nice editing during the discussion here! Hope this is a new trend moving forward

[@edwindrood2816]

Good job

[@nathanielheron5525]

A bit weird that there are only 2 new characters. If I buy this expansion and the base game without expedition leaders, can I include these characters in a regular competitive game with more than 2 players?

[@botchet4419]

I love this expansion but one thing that was a slight negative for me was that the campaign setup takes quite a while since it’s different for each scenario. They are a great fun challenge though and I like the new items and characters it adds

[@violentfrog_]

was thinking of getting this for characters but we don't care for coops or campaigns so the full package probably wont be worth it for me. glad people who like coops got on option

[@user-jj5xl2fx3y]

the positive and negative bar while discussing those points is great!

[@anisimov_pangeon]

dear friends, can you give free present to me this wonderful addition to the amazing game about Arnak in Russia? I will be incredibly happy. I live in Yekaterinburg. I really want such an addition. But because of all the big politics, we don’t have this addition. Neither in Russian, nor in any other language. Thank you, friends!

[@jessec5294]

Weird perception of the first campaign game. Everyone I spoke to though that was the easiest mission by far.

[@larrytedmcbride]

My 9 year old and I won on our first game, come on people. The objects are on the "Objective Cards".

[@bradymccann]

Yep. Agreed

[@douglestarge5865]

Our group skipped the campaign and just opened all the stuff.

[@janahuysmans]

Don't like the bar. It's a repetition of what's being said and it's annoying and distracting. If I'm in the minority, please at least make it a lot smaller.

[@brianblessednn]

I'm not a fan of the summary of the points at the bottom of the screen. They're visually distracting and redundant. Yes, we know they like the variability. That's what they're saying, in words.