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Elder Sign Omens of Ice Board Game EXPANSION | Horror Strategy Game | Cooperative Dice Game for Adults and Teens | Ages 14+ | 1-8 Players | Avg. Playtime 1-2 Hours | Made by Fantasy Flight Games

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Age Range (Description)	14 years to 18 years
Number of Players	8
Brand	Fantasy Flight Games
Theme	Game
Material	Cards

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ADVENTUROUS EXPANSION: Experience new challenges in the far north with Omens of Ice, an expansion for the popular Elder Sign cooperative dice game.
IMMERSIVE ALASKAN THEME: Venture into the Alaskan wilderness, unravel Inuit mysteries, and brave the harsh elements in a thematic quest against ancient evils.
ENHANCED GAMEPLAY: Includes 60 Alaskan Adventure cards, introducing new locations and three formidable Ancient Ones, plus a terrifying new deck of Mythos cards.
SEASONAL STRATEGIES: Unique gameplay where seasons matter; choose between the summer sun or the more challenging winter dark for varied experiences.
ADDITIONAL CONTENT: Comes with 8 new investigators, Allies, Spells, Common Items, and Unique Items to aid in your quest to prevent a global freeze.

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Product Dimensions

5 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches

Item Weight

14.1 ounces

ASIN

B0198KUCPK

Item model number

SL17

Manufacturer recommended age

13 - 15 years

Best Sellers Rank

#357,414 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
#12,170 in Board Games (Toys & Games)

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4.4 92 ratings

4.4 out of 5 stars

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Release date

December 11, 2015

Manufacturer

Fantasy Flight Publishing

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"Venture into the far north and combat ancient American horrors in Omens of Ice, an expansion for the cooperative dice game Elder Sign. Deep in the Alaskan wilderness Ancient Ones are awakening whose diabolical forces cannot be fought within the safe confines of the Arkham Museum. You must brave the Tundra, solve the mysteries of native Inuit traditions, and make the treacherous ascent up the mountains of the Alaska Range. There, wild animals and monsters are far from the only dangers you'll encounter, for frostbite and starvation are among the Ancient Ones' deadliest weapons. Omens of Ice features a complete deck of sixty Alaskan Adventure cards. They open up locations across that frozen territory, where three new Ancient Ones threaten to awaken, and a new deck of Mythos cards makes midnight more terrifying than ever. For the first time in Elder Sign, the season matters as much as the time of day, and you can choose whether to take up your quest in the summer sun or, for a greater challenge, the winter dark.".

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	Elder Sign	Elder Sign: Unseen Forces Expansion	Elder Sign: The Gates of Arkham	Elder Sign: Omens of Ice	Elder Sign: Omens of the Deep	Elder Sign: Omens of the Pharaoh
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Customer Reviews	1,078	334	246	92	138	246
Price	—	$22.72	$24.23	—	$26.87	$23.80
Type of Game	Board Game	Board Game	Board Game	Board Game	Board Game	Board Game
Number of Players	1-8 Players	1-8 Players	1-8 Players	1-8 Players	1-8 Players	1-8 Players
Average Playtime	60-120 Minutes	60-120 Minutes	60-120 Minutes	60-120 Minutes	60-120 Minutes	60-120 Minutes
Recommended Player Age	14 and up	14 and up	14 and up	14 and up	14 and up	14 and up
Game Objectives	Armed with cards for tools, allies, and occult knowledge, investigators must put their sanity and stamina to the test as they adventure to locate Elder Signs, the eldritch symbols used to seal away the Ancient Ones and win the game.	The museum harbors artifacts that draw the attention of horrible beings, and the unfathomable wills of these creatures make themselves known in the form of blessings and curses.	The struggle against the Ancient Ones spreads out of the museum and into the haunted city of Arkham. Gates to Other Worlds open throughout Arkham, destabilizing time and space.	Brave the Tundra, solve the mysteries of native Inuit traditions and make the treacherous ascent up the mountains of the Alaska Range.	Venture forth from the confines of the museum and board The Ultima Thule to combat the Ancient Ones that have begun to stir in the depths of the Pacific.	An archeological expedition in the deserts of Egypt brings your team of investigators face to face with the threat of the Dark Pharaoh, Nephren-Ka.
Game Setting	Museum	Museum	Arkham City	The Alaskan Wilderness	The Pacific Ocean	Egypt
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What's in the box

Tarot-sized cards (85)^ Mini American Board Game Cards (50)^ Tokens & markers (47)

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4.4 out of 5

92 global ratings

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Customers like the gaming in the tabletop game. They say it's a great addition to the base game, with new adventure cards, and new game mechanics. They also appreciate the creepy artwork and lore. However, some customers disagree on the difficulty level.

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5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers find the base game so-so, but the Gates of Arkham expansion takes it to a new level. They say the new adventure cards have great, creepy artwork and bring quite a few new game mechanics. They also say the game is very enjoyable, adds a nice amount of replay for the price, and is amazing.

"...But the atmosphere and story (yes, it has a simple storytelling) are amazing!!! Especially if you play in winter...." Read more

"Excellent addition to the Elder Sign core game. Omens adds many new Adventure, monster, Other World, Ancient One and investigator cards...." Read more

"...The new adventure cards have some great, creepy artwork and you really feel like you're fighting for your life in an unforgiving tundra, even if all..." Read more

"The base games was so-so, the Gates of Arkham expansion took it to a new level and now Omens of Ice has put on the final bit of polish...." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers find the artwork and writing in the game top notch. They also say the creepy artwork gives the game a great flavor.

"...The artwork and writing are top notch, continuing the tradition of the other games in the Arkham Horror line...." Read more

"Great mechanics and the art and lore give it a great flavor, but man is it tough. Make sure you don't play this with an inexperienced group." Read more

"...The new adventure cards have some great, creepy artwork and you really feel like you're fighting for your life in an unforgiving tundra, even if all..." Read more

6 customers mention4 positive2 negative

Customers are mixed about the difficulty level of the tabletop game. Some mention that it tiers the difficulty of the scenario and limits the overall game time by having an in, while others say that it's quite difficult, challenging, and impossible to complete.

"...Elder Sign is better simpler and plays faster...." Read more

"...but it does help reinforce the arctic theme and it makes makes the game more difficult...." Read more

"...Also tiers the difficulty of the scenario and limits the overall game time by having an in game timer to work against." Read more

"...It is quite challenging because while collecting Elder Signs, you must control the time. If you are on the 8th day - you lost (winter mode)...." Read more

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Pavel Golubev

The most difficult expansion

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024

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This expansion for those who is already experienced with the base game and Unseen forces and Arkham expansion. Here you have to control storm tokens' effects, season's effect and etc. It is quite challenging because while collecting Elder Signs, you must control the time. If you are on the 8th day - you lost (winter mode). And Ancients are able only from this expansion. And they are quite difficult. But the atmosphere and story (yes, it has a simple storytelling) are amazing!!! Especially if you play in winter. You must understand that chanses to win here are very low.. Mostly the game for atmosphere and experience and not for win.

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Ryan

Excellent Expansion

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2016

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Excellent addition to the Elder Sign core game. Omens adds many new Adventure, monster, Other World, Ancient One and investigator cards. The new game play brings a welcome twist to the original with weather and supplies that will add new difficulty to your adventures in Alaska.

The artwork and writing are top notch, continuing the tradition of the other games in the Arkham Horror line.

Highly recommended to anyone who is a fan of the original Elder Signs and the two previous expansions.

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Pyre

Great mechanics and the art and lore give it a ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2016

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Great mechanics and the art and lore give it a great flavor, but man is it tough. Make sure you don't play this with an inexperienced group.

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A. M.

I love this game

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2017

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I love this game. I own it all. I even bought Eldritch Horror because I liked Elder Sign so much. Elder Sign is better simpler and plays faster. This series is the go to for all our board game nights, plus it's up to 8 players and the turns don't take forever. - can't say enough about the Elder Sign series. Get it, play it, love it - your welcome.

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Sam B

A decent expansion, but not quite as good as the first two

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019

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I'm a huge fan of Elder Sign and its first two expansions. Unseen Forces expanded all of the decks and ratcheted up the game's difficulty. Gates of Arkham added an awesome new adventure deck and brought quite a few new game mechanics. By comparison to those two great expansions, Omens of Ice feels a little weak in terms of new content, but it is by no means bad.

The best thing about Omens of Ice is its theme. The whole snowy, cold wilderness theme really comes through in both the new adventure deck and the new mechanics. This is basically Mountains of Madness: Elder Sign Edition, even if the action is set in Alaska rather than Antarctica. The new adventure cards have some great, creepy artwork and you really feel like you're fighting for your life in an unforgiving tundra, even if all you're doing is basically rolling dice.

There's basically three new mechanics in this set. The first is that the adventure deck is split into two stages: The first stage represents your party arriving at Anchorage and setting out on your expedition, and the second, more difficult stage represents your party surviving in the wilderness and encountering all sorts of ancient evils. You progress through these stages by completing four special adventure cards. I really like this new mechanic because it lets the players as a party determine how quickly they want to advance through the game. Do you stay in town and gather supplies for a while to ensure that you're adequately prepared for the wilderness, or do you rush right out into the tundra to confront the ancient one?

The second new mechanic are storms that will appear on adventure cards as the game progresses. In terms of gameplay, these are basically just new tokens that give you a bunch of negative effects when you enter a new adventure. This is kind of a minor mechanic, but it does help reinforce the arctic theme and it makes makes the game more difficult. The third mechanic simply adds supplies to the game, which dwindle or increase as your party completes adventures and spends more time in the wilderness. Again, it's a relatively minor mechanic, but it does feel pretty thematic.

Overall, I like the new mechanics but they feel very minor compared to the new mechanics introduced in Gates of Arkham, which added a ton of new choices and gameplay features. This lack of meaningful new mechanics is perhaps the biggest drawback to this set.

The other big negative to this expansion is that you can only use the three included ancient ones when playing with the Alaskan adventure deck. Similarly, the new ancient ones cannot be used with the older adventure decks. This is a pretty big disappointment for me because when I buy one of these expansions, I expect to be able to use the new ancient ones with any set, not just the set they come with.

The eight new investigators, thankfully, can be used with any adventure deck. They are eight characters who should be familiar to anyone who has played any other FFG Arkham game though they do have new artwork which is nice.

Overall, I'd recommend this expansion only to seasoned fans of Elder Sign who already own Unseen Forces and Gates of Arkham and who are craving a new experience. If you're a newer Elder Sign fan who doesn't yet own one of those other two expansions, buy one of those instead.

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Johan

but by no means easy.

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2017

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The base games was so-so, the Gates of Arkham expansion took it to a new level and now Omens of Ice has put on the final bit of polish.

Very enjoyable. Not as random and (at times) completely unfair as Gates of Arkham, but by no means easy.

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Darren

Fans of the base game would love the improvements and variety

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016

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Builds on the previous Gates of Arkham expansion that adds more danger and difficulty to the location cards so players have to choose where to risk sending their investigators moreso than the base game. Also tiers the difficulty of the scenario and limits the overall game time by having an in game timer to work against.

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Stride Knight

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017

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Great addition ot the base game. Adds a very nice amount of replay for the price.

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Paolo

Good transaction and challenging game!

Reviewed in Italy on August 8, 2016

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The transaction went fine: the item arrived rapidly, with a solid packaging and in good conditions.
The game is really challenging and adds to the origina Elder Sign game a new mechanic that modifies the gameplay adding variety. Suggested!

Ellie G

Helps expand the Eldersign universe and add another level to the game!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2018

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Bought this expansion pack as a gift for my brother. It's brilliant, lots of extra cards to play with to help expand and prolong the game. The original game is brilliant, but this really adds to it. New cards add new rules and complexity to the game. Definitely recommend!

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L. K. Szachnowski

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2017

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A great expansion to the game

Amazon Customer

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2016

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Great expansion to the game

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