The second edition of Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs has been out for a while, last year in fact, but I have not yet mentioned it. This is a game I struggled with a bit, on whether to do a second printing. The first edition did not sell particularly fast. Partly it is because this is a game with a minimum player count of 7. I was running out of stock, and I still had enquiries, so I decided to do another print run. At the time I received positive feedback from Thailand about the game, so that was part of my motivation too. 

 

 

Comparing the two editions (first on the left, second on the right), to be honest I like the first edition cover better because it is cleaner. Well, it is cleaner because I forgot several things. I forgot to put  the designer name and the publisher logo. I do think both are important. So now that grumpy dwarf at the bottom right corner suffers the same fate at Mike Wazowski of Monsters Inc. 

 

 

The second edition is slightly thicker. I wanted to make sure all cards still fit comfortably after being sleeved. For the first edition, after sleeving the cards, the box is just slightly too small for them and the lid no longer fits perfectly. With the second edition, I have two more rulebooks and one more card, so I made the box deeper. 

 

One more thing you will notice is the Japanese text has been changed to Chinese. In the first edition, the Japanese text is just flavour. I don’t have any Japanese rules. It’s just that the art is in a Japanese manga style. In the second edition I now have rules in both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. So I should have the Chinese name on the box now. 

 

 

I did small changes to the back of the box. I follow international best practices more now, having the child safety icon and the CE mark. I have the language icons now. 

 

 

I used the four sides of the box bottom to advertise the other Cili Padi Games titles. You can see Pinocchio and Dancing Queen here. 

 

 

 

Cards in the first edition had Japanese text, more for flavour than for gameplay. The cards did have English text or numbers. Now the Japanese text is changed to Chinese. 

 

 

The game remains the same except for this one single card. This is the Huntsman variant. It is an advanced variant and you will only play this after you know at least two other variants – at least one of the Prince variants, and the Evil Queen variant. The Huntsman must be played with at least one Prince (you can play with both) and the Evil Queen. 

 

Snow White, Prince Charming and the Huntsman are kind of on the same team. The two other teams are the Dwarfs and the Evil Queen (who might convert Dwarfs to become her Evil Minions). Despite both supporting Snow White, Prince Charming and the Huntsman are not friends. They are rivals. Prince Charming wins by finding Dwarf #1 (Happy), and if he wins, Snow White wins too. However the Huntsman loses. The Huntsman wins by finding the Evil Queen. If he does, Snow White wins too, but Prince Charming loses. This sounds like Snow White can just sit back and relax and let the two guys do the work. This is not true. Snow White can win the game by finding Happy herself, and if she does that, she wins the game by herself. Both Prince Charming and the Huntsman lose. She is a strong and independent woman and does not need to rely on a man to win. 

 

If you have the first edition of the game, you can play the Huntsman variant by using Dwarf #14 as the Huntsman.