The arrival of the Cy-Gull promo for King of Tokyo (KoT) sparked something inside me.

Initially it was to get the remaining character packs Anubis and Cybertooth that I didn’t have. But to be fair I wasn’t aware I’d missed them until I looked.

I then discovered that the Power Up and Halloween expansions had been updated to second edition with new art work. Well I needed them as well.

Which meant with the other item the KoT Dark Edition I ordered technically I’d have three copies of the game. More on this later.

Below are the standees for the Power Up and Halloween expansions. On the left is the new art for the second edition version. Whilst on the right is the original first edition version.

All art is subjective but I’m not convinced the new versions are an improvement.

As I mentioned above I caved and got the Dark edition of KoT. This has been out for a little while. But I just love the box art. It’s amazing.

It will be interesting to see how this “new path to victory” works and effects play.

For the first edition stuff or my spare third copy I did the following.

First I took out the two characters not in the second edition Cyber Bunny and Kraken and added them to my copy of the second edition.

With the Halloween and Power Up first editions added into the base game I feel happy I can pass this game on (for free), because it has seven monsters to play with. Despite me removing two. Plus the relevant power up cards.

I did check with a couple of friends but they already had the game. So I’ll pass it on to a family member who might like to try it.

In the meantime I think KoT might be a game playable using a webcam I might talk to my friend about trying it out.