A Black Box for the Kraken?

We headed to the Funtails booth on Day 2 for two things – first, to check out the prototype of their new Black Box Edition and the Sea of Shadows expansion for FEED THE KRAKEN, and second to get in line for the signing event with Steven Medway, he of Blood of the Clocktower fame.

Every year, the Funtails booth runs demo of the highly rated Feed the Kraken with their giant set, and facilitators well dressed in pirate gear. This year was no exception except they already have the Sea of Shadows XP in a giant set too (before it was even launched in Gamefound)!

What’s the Black Box?

It’s the special deluxe edition (launching in Gamefound today) to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of FEED THE KRAKEN. Reimagined into stunning matte black and gold-foiled Deluxe Box, and including new premium miniatures, wooden tokens and more deluxified components – it’s the collector’s edition every fans of Feed the Kraken will want! Double-dip if you must. Hah.

Note: There’s no new gameplay in the Black Box Edition so existing users of the game can still play the new Sea of Shadows XP without double-dipping. But… the FOMO calls!

Sea of Shadows Expansion

And now, what about the Sea of Shadows expansion? What does it add to the gameplay?

The most obvious thing I noticed when I came upon the Funtails booth is the “open sea” concept. Unlike the OG base game, where you can already see the entire route “opened” for your ship to navigate – in Sea of Shadows, you sail blindly on “uncharted waters” ie tiles are placed face down until your ship draws adjacent to them.

As mentioned above, while this new expansion probably looks more inline with the new Black Box, it’s fully compatible with the existing Deluxe / Retail / Essential editions. Good on Funtails for making sure existing owners do not have to double-dip the Black Box in order to play the Sea of Shadows.

When are these available?

Ah.. they just launched today on Gamefound. You can check out the deets – link below – and put in your pledge if you are looking for new ways to bluff and new ways to lie to your friends.

p/s Funtails Gamefound projects do not support retailer pledges so pls go direct if you are looking to get this Gamefound Deluxe edition. BGC will eventually stock the Retail and maybe Deluxe Edition, subject to stock availability.

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/funtails-gmbh/feed-the-kraken-sea-of-shadows

#13yearsofSpiel
#LetTheGamesBegin

For more SPIEL Essen reports:
https://boardgamecafe.net/category/spiel-essen/