Crimson Company: The Other Side

About this expansion

Crimson Company: The Other Side is a 2020 expansion for two players, adding new character cards and strategic possibilities to a game played in around 30 minutes.

Its theme revolves around a world beyond life and death, bringing an otherworldly character set to the cut-throat fantasy world of Crimson Company. The expansion focuses on new flip and destruction effects, opening up additional synergies both among its new cards and with characters from the base game.

In Crimson Company, two opposing noblemen assemble armies of sellswords, including hardened warriors, shady merchants, and mythical creatures. The objective is to conquer two of the three castles in the center. To conquer a castle, you must have more strength than your opponent in its lane when that lane is scored.

A lane is scored once a player owns at least four cards in it. Every character has a strength value and a unique effect. Some effects happen immediately when a card is played, while others trigger during specific phases of the game.

• Four character cards are randomly drawn and placed on offer.
• You may bid coins on only one offered card at a time.
• Your opponent chooses whether to pay you off, doubling your bid, or pass and let you play the card.
• New flip and destruction effects create fresh tactical interactions.

These bidding decisions make every offered character a potential opportunity or a costly exchange. By adding new effects to the card pool, Crimson Company: The Other Side gives players more ways to shape lanes, combine abilities, and pursue control of the castles.