I always said the same thing. lol It's what they went with, though. :-)

Yes. It almost feels like a mistranslation.

The way I have always interpreted this, is when you're watching those pulp adventure stories, the treasures are never exchanged for services. Instead people supply the hero with rides and items because of the weight of their name. My favorite example is every episode of Kim Possible had Kim calling in a favor from someone we've never seen before and they would just say "I owe you for helping me out back in Tierra Del Fuego!" Or something like that

@@Phantisma09 That makes the most sense. ^_^

Absolutely, said this the first time I played the original. It makes no sense the way it is. 😅

KABUKI... if you are using terms like vaporware you can NO LONGER call yourself kid!!!

@@tenseman LMAO! ;-)

Unfortunately, no. I spoke with the creators at Gencon last year. They said that after the pandemic, many of the people that they photographed for the expansions are no longer available to finish the shoot. They would have to hire all new models, create new costumes for the models, re-shoot what they already did, as well as the stuff they didn't get to when the world shut down. They just haven't publicly stated this, probably afraid of a backlash.

@@jayeckberg774 Boo! That's a real shame. Those expansions were promoted and even offered for pre-sale for some time prior to the pandemic, so it is a shame they weren't truly ready already by that point. I remember debating pre-ordering them and then figuring I would just wait for a proper release due to other pre-order items burning in me in the past. lol I guess I am glad I held off. heh Thanks for this information... despite it being disappointing information.

What are the names of the phantom expansions?

I think the glossary is new... which is a nice improvement. Also, the original game had plastic coins for the fortune and the glory. The box size is also different. Not sure what else is different at a glance.

Nazi's without Swastikas are not Nazi's so looks like I am keeping my big box edition and never getting this.

I'm glad I'm not the only one confused about what's different. It pretty much seemed identical except for some graphic and component differences.

@@e-manr.486 Someone on BGG compiled a list of differences on cards. I think 6 cards have differences on them. I keep seeing updated temple collapse rules being mentioned, but when they explain how a temple collapses, it's seems to be the exact same way. I'll have to download the new rulebook and see about it. If there are card changes, it would be nice to get an "update pack" for a minimal fee.

While some of the staff appears in the pictures, most of the pictures are of actors cast for the roles. As for the differences, they're pretty minor and mostly a downgrade, I'd say. The plastic fortune and glory tokens are cardboard now, although the five pieces are much bigger to make telling the difference easier. The card stock is a little thinner, but not super noticeable. The board is six segments instead of four, probably to accommodate the smaller box. All the tokens are flat, no longer glossy like Flying Frog's tokens usually are - this makes mixing this set with the old expansions a little jarring if that difference is noticeable to you. The text on the Adventure cards is...maybe a little bigger? Mostly just looks formatted a little differently. Characters have Health instead of Wounds on their cards now. And most of the swastikas are replaced with stylized eagles, which is an understandable change. If you want no swastikas in the game, unfortunately the backs of the Nazi Enemies cards still have the swastika (to match the old expansions' card backs), and there is still a swastika on the Berlin city space on the board.

They tried to do the competitive co-op mode hybrid. It is a horrible way to play it. I tried it twice and gave up. It overcomplexifys the game.

@@soltydog, do you like the competitive mode best then?

@@Proximityillusions Yes. Best way to play it.

@@soltydog, okay, thanks! If I ever acquire this -- and I want to someday -- I will go that way with it.

I used to feel that way about their games that did this, but it kind of grew on me, it seems to fit the B movie theme for this and Last Night on Earth pretty well.

I’ll stick to staring at eldritch horror and wonder when I will bother playing it again.