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Does the second edition change any rules from the first edition?

The designer (Tom Lehmann) answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2022-01-03
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2019-02-08superseded
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2018-04-03

It adds color-blind support (small colored moons) and gender-neutral wording, and five cards were altered in game terms (available as a retrofit pack). The designer's 2019 answer that there were no other differences was superseded by the 2022 note about the altered cards. Second-edition expansions work with a first-edition base game.

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