Following a series of expeditions — some successful, others not — into the frigid Siberian tundra, corruption has spread from animals and people to a much larger threat. New heroes, better prepared than their predecessors, gather to face the prospect of a mechanical monster, but the changing landscape brings greater uncertainty as they explore Tunguska with fresh eyes.

The Gears of Corruption expansion to Expeditions adds elements of risk and danger in the form of secret bonuses on map tokens and a corrupted mech that roams the land. To counter these threats, the expansion offers 2 new mechs and 4 new character/companion pairs, as well as components for a 6th player. Gears of Corruption also accelerates early gameplay by giving players starting resources and a hero worker that can act as any type of worker.

UPDATE (afternoon of June 5):

The Ironclad Edition of Gears of Corruption is starting to sell out on several of our webstores. The size of the Ironclad expansion printing was 8x larger than the number of Expeditions newsletter subscribers who told us in advance that they wanted the Ironclad Edition of the expansion–that seemed to us like more than enough, and I’m very sorry a first-printing copy wasn’t available for you directly from us.

If you were hoping to get the Ironclad expansion and it’s sold out in our webstore in your region, you have a few options: Check with your preferred retailer (some units were presold to distributors), sign up for a back-in-stock request so we know how many more to make, or buy a standard version of the expansion and we’ll make some metal mechs to sell separately. We’ll aim to start a reprint and/or the metal mechs soon for availability in Q4.