Obsession expansions
Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs vs Obsession: Characters Expansion
| Question | Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs | Obsession: Characters Expansion |
|---|---|---|
| Our label | Buy this first | Depends on your group |
| Buy order | #1 for Obsession | #3 for Obsession |
| What it adds | Four new servants (Cook, Hall Boy, Head Housemaid, Useful Man), the Howard family, 49 more guests, five improvement tiles, and Solo Estate Challenge, Tableau and Cooperative modes. Enables 5 players, and 6 with Wessex. | Constable, Reverend and Dowager Marchioness characters, second-chance servants, distinguished family members, a 52-card universal objective deck, 28 new gentry, 14 solo opponents, cooperative play and a 20-page variant catalogue. |
| What it fixes | The servants let you screen guests, work around prestige-guest limits, find tiles, refresh the market more easily and strengthen favors early (BGG description). | Gives an escape route from bad guest or objective draws: remove unsavoury guests, swap objectives, or recruit prestige guests. |
| Type | Expansion | Expansion |
| Players | 1–6 players | 1–4 players |
| Rules load | Adds more rules | Adds more rules |
| Best for | Best for experienced groups | Best for experienced groups |
| What you need | Just the base game | Just the base game |
| Price guide | $20–$40 | $20–$40 |
| More | Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs details | Obsession: Characters Expansion details |