# The Shipwreck Arcana: Promo Pack ## General Info - **Year Published**: 2018 - **BGG Rating**: 7.8 - **BGG Rank**: — - **Players**: 2-5 (Best with: 4) - **Duration**: 10-30 min - **Weight**: 2.00 / 5 - **Designers**: Kevin Bishop - **Artists**: Matthew Bishop - **Publishers**: Meromorph Games - **Categories**: Card Game, Deduction, Expansion for Base-game - **Mechanics**: Cooperative Game, Pattern Building, Pattern Recognition, Push Your Luck, Voting ## Verdict For those who already enjoy *The Shipwreck Arcana*, this Promo Pack is a 'must-have' that expands the possibilities of the base game. It doesn't change the rules, but adds variety and depth with new cards that bring more enigmas and cooperative decisions. It's a simple and effective way to refresh the experience without overcomplicating things.More cards, more varietyNew strategic challengesEasy to integrateMaintains game's essenceRequires base gameNo mechanic changesRECOMMENDED ## Description If you're already a fan of *The Shipwreck Arcana* and want to level up your gameplay, the *Promo Pack* is exactly what you need! It brings ten brand-new cards to boost the experience of the base game. These include: The Passage, The Pallbearers, The Wish, The Ghost, Asunder, The Feast, Fortune, The Captain, Iron, and The Lantern. Each of these cards adds new layers of strategy and challenges to your cooperative deduction and pattern recognition game. Imagine new situations to push your luck, more patterns to build and recognize, and of course, more group decisions to make. It's an injection of content that promises to refresh your games, ensuring that each shipwreck is an even more unique and unpredictable adventure. Get ready to unravel even deeper secrets and test your team's unity with these new arcane elements! ## FAQ ### What is The Shipwreck Arcana: Promo Pack? It's an expansion pack that adds ten new cards to the base game The Shipwreck Arcana, bringing more variety and strategic possibilities to your games. ### Do I need the base game The Shipwreck Arcana to use this pack? Yes, this is an expansion pack and requires the base game The Shipwreck Arcana to be played. The cards are integrated into the existing deck. ### How many players does this pack support and what is the playtime? As an expansion, it maintains the characteristics of the base game: 2 to 5 players, with games lasting between 10 and 30 minutes. The new cards fit into this flow. ### Does this pack add new complex rules or mechanics? No, the Promo Pack focuses on adding content (new cards) that integrates with the existing mechanics of deduction, pattern recognition, and 'push your luck', without introducing additional complex rules. ### Who is this Promo Pack most recommended for? It's ideal for those who already enjoy The Shipwreck Arcana and are looking for more replayability and challenges, without wanting a completely new game. Fans of the base game will love the content injection. ### Do the cards have a lot of text or language dependency? The Shipwreck Arcana cards generally have little text, being more visual and icon-based. The Promo Pack follows this trend, with easily memorizable text and low language dependency.