New Salem: Second Edition

About this board game

New Salem: Second Edition is a 2019 board game for 3–8 players with an approximately 45-minute play time, centered on a growing threat of witchcraft in the burgeoning town of New Salem.

As the danger rises, the town’s founders elect a Constable to help mediate the situation. Because witches may have infiltrated the founding group, the Constable rotates among the founders, ensuring that no suspected witch can hold too much power for too long.

The Second Edition includes The Constable expansion, introducing a varied selection of events that shape each witch hunt. The Constable is responsible for triggering these events, including dramatic possibilities such as Seance, Purge, and Hysteria.

• Play with 3–8 players in about 45 minutes.
• Use a random assortment of 7 events in each game.
• Choose from a pool of more than 25 available events.
• Experience a different witch hunt from game to game.

The building sets have also been revised for this edition. The former Gloom and Law buildings are replaced with new sets that add or remove Despair as individual buildings are collected.

Collecting all three buildings in one of these sets creates a stronger end-game effect, adding or removing a much larger amount of Despair. With rotating authority, changing events, and revised building sets, New Salem: Second Edition presents a fresh version of the town’s struggle against witchcraft in every game.