Printings and Editions

Frequently Asked Questions

~ Expansions, Promos, and Publishing

• What Spirit Island games / expansions exist? Is there any required order to the expansions?
  The Spirit Island Wiki has this information in both list and graphical form, along with recommendations for frequently asked purchasing questions at the bottom. You can also click through to see the contents of different expansions.

  Retail and crowdfunding versions of Spirit Island products are equivalent; there is no exclusive content.

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• How can I tell what printing I have (from looking at the outside of the box)?
  

  • Core game first printing has both the >G and Fabled Nexus logos.
  • Core game second printing has only the >G logo.
  • Core game third and fourth printing show the printing number underneath the bar code.
  • Core game fifth and sixth printing both show "5th edition" under the bar code. (Whoops.) They can be distinguished on the exterior by the Greater Than Games logo directly over the UPC symbol - the 5th printing has a shades-of-blue die above the text "greater/than/games" while the 6th printing has a blue-and-white die nestled below a larger, all-caps "GREATER THAN GAMES" - see Telling 5th and 6th printings apart for photos of the two logos.
  • Core game seventh and eighth printings show the printing number underneath the bar code.
  • Branch & Claw second and third printing show the printing number underneath the bar code.
  • Branch & Claw fourth printing shows "5th edition" under the bar code. (Whoops.)
  • Branch & Claw then skipped to 7th printing (in order to sync up with core-game printings), which is shown underneath the bar code.
  • Promo Spirits (Wildfire and Serpent) second-and-onwards printings have "Add a Presence" instead of "Add Presence" as reminder text under Growth options.

  See also: What changed between different printings of the game?
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Printing changes, Printings and Editions
• What changed between different printings of the game?
  Mostly small typo/clarity changes, plus some rewording / additional sidebars in the rulebook based on questions answered online. For a full list, see:

  • Changes in core game second printing
  • Changes in core game third printing
  • Changes in core game fourth and fifth printings
  • Changes in core game sixth printing
  • Changes in Branch & Claw / 2015 Promos second printing
  • Changes in Branch & Claw / 2015 Promos third printing

  (Note: there are currently 10 printings and counting, but starting with the 7th printing there were few - if any - changes.)
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• What languages besides English is Spirit Island available in?
  The following localizations have appeared or been announced:

  Language	Publisher	Timing
  German	Pegasus Spiele	Essen 2018 (base game); October 2019 (Branch & Claw)
  French	Intrafin	November 2018
  Russian	Hobby World	Spring 2019 (base game)
  Spanish	Arrakis Games	2019 (base game)
  Portuguese	ACE Studios	February 2019 (base game)
  Polish	Lacerta
  Hungarian	Gém Klub Kft.
  Italian	Ghenos Games
  Korean	BoardM Factory
  Chinese	One Moment Games

  
  

  The above table is best-knowledge (not a guarantee), and does not include deals not yet finalized / announced. Dates listed are initial printings only; if something's out of stock and you want to ask about a reprint, contact the publisher. Publishers with licensing to print the base game also have permission to print expansions, so if you want those to happen, write to them, not Greater Than Games! :)

  If there's a language not shown above for which you'd like to see a localization of Spirit Island, the steps to make this happen are: (a) find a local publisher who'd be interested in printing such a thing; then (b) get them to talk to Greater Than Games about licensing.
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• Will there ever be a Second Edition of Spirit Island? Or some sort of balance-tweak expansion for the current edition?
  Nothing is certain, but see Thoughts around the topic of Spirit Island 2nd edition.
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