Space is home to a multitude of epic events and cosmic phenomena. Even the mightiest of starships seem insignificant in the face of Supernovas, Black Holes and Comets.
The next digital expansion is here! The second expansion in the Crisis set, Events, is now available through the Google Play Store, the Apple App Store, and Steam. If you already have Star Realms, then you need to update your app. Then when you click on New Game or Challenge (click selective), you will have the option to unlock the Events expansion.
Events are a new type of card for your Trade Deck. Each Event card has a potentially game changing effect as soon as the card enters the Trade Row. After it has its effect, it immediately gets replaced with the next card in the Trade Deck. In some cases, you might actually experience two events in a single turn! There is still a surprising amount of balance with Event cards because every Event card affects all players. Check out Andrea Joki’s primer on Events for strategy tips for playing with these exciting new cards!
This expansion contains 12 cards that will be added to the trade deck when playing with Events:
- 1 Black Hole
- 1 Bombardment
- 2 Comets
- 1 Galactic Summit
- 2 Quasar
- 1 Supernova
- 2 Trade Mission
- 2 Warp Jumps
Events also adds a new campaign chapter to the app, with 7 entirely new missions.
Events have powerful one-time effects. When an event enters the trade row, the event will pop up, the player follows the instructions on the card, and then the Event card is scrapped immediately. The opponent will follow any instructions for them at the beginning of their turn. One difference in the digital game versus the physical game is that events cannot be fatal. What this means is that if an Event would normally decrease your authority below zero, then your Authority will be reduced to 1. This is stated on the digital Event cards that reduce authority – Supernova, Black Hole, and Bombardment – as “Events cannot reduce a player’s Authority to less than one.”
The Crisis: Events expansion costs $1.99 (or local equivalent) to unlock. Get it now on is now on the Google Play Store, the Apple App Store, or Steam! If you click on New Game or Challenge you should see Events as an option. If you don’t see events as an option, you may need to update to the latest Star Realms version 3.0.188. If you install on Steam, you will need to uninstall previous versions or launch by clicking “play game” from within Steam. Sometimes it takes a few hours for our app to propagate through all of the servers on all of the platforms, so you may also need to wait a short time and try again.
Enjoy!
Are you making a windows/mac download available? Or are you moving to Steam only?
We are moving to Steam (and mobile) only for releases from now on.
Ok, I downloaded the free version on Steam, I want to restore my purchases and buy the new expansion but when I choose Play Online, an error pops up saying “Steam not initialized”. It makes no sense to me.
I am getting the same message when I’m trying to restore my purchases. “Error: Steam not initialized”
I can’t find any info on it anywhere.
For clarification, if we now want to play on mobile/android and a windows pc, will a code purchased on either steam or the google play store enable use on the other platform or will we have to buy the updates twice?
Just like in previous builds: one purchase will let you play on any of your other devices. Just use the Restore Purchases function on your other device after making a purchase.
iOS user here, the March 8th update completely messed the app up, i can hardly play it because the FPS are so low and the app is so glitchy. I have a iPhone 6 and the graphics are turned all the way down and still no help. What’s the time frame on a patch?
Have you tried reinstalling the app? It sounds like something went wrong with your update.
That fixed it. Thanks.
great
My app has updated, as there are new graphics.
But I have no links or icons either in the app nor on Google Play to pay the $1.99 and unlock the expansion.
I had to go to “VS. AI” and there it showed me list of expansions where I could select and purchase.
So yeah – not best choice to bury the store access – but once you know where it is, you are good to go.
I’m in the same boat (ship?) as Stepehen. After the new update, the whole app has become very slow and the animations are jittery. I have an LG G3 (Android), so it’s not just an iPhone issue. I’ll try reinstalling the app, but you should be aware that this might be an issue for a bunch of people.
Reinstalling the app didn’t help.
What version operating system are you running?