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I keep having to make choices between supporting multiplayer and adding solo. Since Characters is the last expansion for Obsession, I am adding that 1st and then I will tackle solo. Sorry for the delay.

Dan

Working with Hersh, we are adding the Characters expansion modules over time. The modules are: ► Distinguished Family Members (DFM) that enable greater asymmetric setup ► New Objective Card (NOC) deck that eliminates all other OC decks (some rebalancing and about 20 new objectives) ► New Characters ...

During the courtship phases, everybody have to wait for the player who won to choose their Fairchild guest, and then everybody simultaneously choose an objective to discard. During the final courtship, there's also a third phase where each player choose whether to play VP cards for favours and/or s...

I think it would be a mistake to remove this from the game. The amount of depth introduced because you have to consider that a servant could be stolen in tremendous. By removing that, it's simply puts more dependency on finding early prestige guests that will draw you more. In other words, one of t...

Winn81 wrote: ↑23 May 2025, 19:04 I had suggested this in April '24, source: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... 83#p175683

It took me a year to come around to your point of view, but after seeing just how cutthroat it gets on BGA, I now agree. Thanks.

Working with Hersh, I have added a Loyal Staff option under the Polite Society variant so that player's cannot recruit a player's last small servant of a type (i.e., last footman, valet or lady's maid). Credit to GlitterBug for the recommendation. It is an additional option that will not interfere w...

inkni wrote: ↑14 May 2025, 21:04 Any update on this?

Working with Hersh to phase in Characters in modules. First pass will likely include Distinguished Family Members and the new Objective Card deck. Perhaps also new guests.

The sideboard will take the most programming, and I see that as a 2026 project.

Dan

bvibum wrote: ↑16 November 2024, 15:59 In 4 player games all five monuments should be included but the Wine Cellar has been missing for many many weeks. Could report the bug and hope it’s fixed by 2026. Pointless on a dying gaming platform.

There is no Wine Cellar in the reduced VP monument set. Only in the high VP monument set.

Dan

Can Hire Servants on Pass be a game option outside of Upstairs Downstairs? My group likes to play the base game with that one rule from Upstairs/Downstairs and it would be nice if we could do that online too. I have limited resources, and my next focus is to implement either Characters or Solo. Sin...

Obsession has a solitaire version in the rules. And a second solitaire in Upstairs/Downstairs. The original is not played any different from the base game. I would think it would be relatively simple to add it. Thanks ahead of time. My next module would be solo, but that is not in the near future. ...