Welcome to one of our town’s best kept secrets - the Expanded Archives! The contents of this room are meant only for the eyes of the Grand Librarians. Residing within the walls and shelves are strange, oft-forgotten powerful Artifacts that are difficult to master but will impress any Official Inspector!

In addition to powerful Artifacts, you’ll have the opportunity to hire trusty Special Assistants to send out into the village to find the most impressive tomes. These Assistants have powerful abilities that will aid your research and study inside the archives to outshine your competition.

Features:

Compatible with original 2017 printing and new revised 2023 printing.
Introduces new Artifact cards that can be shelved with your books for powerful effects and scoring potential.
Adds new Special Assistants and a new way to use them! The Job Faire module allows players to bid to gain Special Assistants, allowing them to have multiple different ones during each game!
5th Player components! Play with up to 5 players for an epic game of Ex Libris.
Solo compatible.

Contents

18 Artifact Cards:
15 Special Assistant Cards
5 Location Tiles
1 Library Tile
3 Scoring Reference Tiles
3 Standard Assistants
15 Special Assistants
1 Official Library Inspection Form
1 Location Reference
At a Glance

Number of Players: 1-4
For Ages: 14+
Playing Time: 45 min
Game Type: Strategy, Worker Placement

It may not be possible to ship very heavy items outside of the Mainland UK.
Released: 19 December 2023