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The tiny Gloomhaven spinoff, Buttons & Bugs, is getting its first expansion that introduces a new quest and classes.
Due to launch later this year, the Gloomhaven Buttons & Bugs: Pub Crawlers add-on features new enemies to battle, an all-new adventure with 17 scenario cards, two classes with teeny miniatures, and more. Although we don't have a release date yet, it'll be shipping in September (though fans of the best board games can pre-order it for Gen Con 2026 pick-up via publisher Cephalofair if they want early access). Just bear in mind that you'll need the original Buttons & Bugs – which you can find for $20 at Miniature Market or £15.99 via Wayland Games UK – to play.
In terms of specifics, it looks like our pair of new mercenaries are the Fungal Monk (which looks like a walking pink mop with a bone staff) and Whistlecry, which seems to be a cross between a flying squirrel and a fairy. It's unclear what adventure they'll be going on, but it adds a new Struggle/Ease Difficulty Deck alongside a new enemy dial and cube. Because of the title (not to mention the cover art), I'd hope we're scurrying around a pub causing mischief like boozy Borrowers as well.
If you haven't encountered Buttons & Bugs before, it's a much smaller take on the original Gloomhaven that's designed to work as a travel version of the popular RPG. While you're still getting the deep, tactical card-based combat the franchise is known for, it's playable in under 20 minutes and comes in at a fraction of the size. That makes it even more accessible than the slimmed-down entry-level game, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion.
Buttons & Bugs: Pub Crawlers will launch toward the end of this year and costs $17.99/£17.
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