Expand the Library

New Rooms, New Fears and New Ways to Play

Build on the board game you already own with real boxed expansion content: new room tiles, new cards, new characters, new dangers and the upcoming Horror in the Garden Super Expansion.

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Secret Rooms Cabinet of Fears Apparatus Co-op Garden Maze Reusable components Flexible room tiles

Expansion pathway

Build a Bigger Library from the Game You Own

Each expansion adds a new kind of table drama: dangerous rooms, darker choices, co-operative survival and the first journey outside into the Garden Maze.

How the world grows

Start with the core game, then choose how strange you want the Library to become.

The expansion line is designed to respect the game players have already bought. Add modules gradually, combine them for larger sessions, or build towards the most epic Victorian horror adventure ever by jove.

New rooms New threats New cards Co-op mode Garden tiles

The Collector’s Expansion

The boxed expansion bundle: Secret Rooms, Cabinet of Fears and Apparatus content for players ready to deepen the core game.

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Secret Rooms

Add the Kitchen and Laboratory, with the Butler and Lab Assistant patrolling these rooms and raising the stakes.

Open Rooms

Cabinet of Fears

Confront fears to unlock powerful special cards that can give you an advantage — if you dare.

Face Fears

Apparatus

Transform the experience into a co-operative survival challenge against the monsters overrunning the Library.

Go Co-op

Horror in the Garden

The Super Expansion takes the Library outside with double-sided Garden Tiles, moving monsters, Hot House rewards and Trellis flower hunts.

Enter the Garden

Expand the Library

A Bigger Mansion. A Stranger Game.

The core game is only the beginning. Horror in the Library is designed as a growing Victorian horror system: add new rooms, slot in new decks, introduce new characters and make each session feel more unpredictable without asking players to relearn the game from scratch.

The Collector’s Expansion builds directly onto the board game you already own. It expands the mansion layout, adds the Kitchen and Laboratory, introduces new cards and brings in modules that can be used separately or combined for a bigger, more chaotic night in the Library.

More rooms More cards More characters More danger Same core system

Major boxed expansion

The Collector’s Expansion

A major boxed expansion for players who want more danger, more choices and more ways to explore the Library. It builds on the core game rather than replacing it, adding new rooms, cards, characters and modes of play.

Secret Rooms Cabinet of Fears Apparatus New cards More table drama

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What’s in the box?

The Collector’s Expansion Box Contents

The Collector’s Expansion is a proper boxed expansion with physical components that add new rooms, characters, cards and modules to the core game.

Included components

1 Rule Book
7 Metal handles and screws
5 Plastic token stands — Max, Sarah, Butler, Lab Assistant and Cabinet
2 Yellow counters for the Max and Sarah player sets
2 Red cubes for the Max and Sarah player sets
2 Player boards — Max and Sarah
2 Player tokens — Max and Sarah
1 Cabinet of Fears token
1 Heavy Chair token
1 Butler token
1 Lab Assistant token
28 Secret Rooms Blessings and Curses cards
10 Apparatus cards
6 Cabinet of Fears cards
1 Laboratory and Kitchen Room Tile, double sided
7 Room tiles

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Room tiles and layout freedom

Build the Library Your Way

When we demo Horror in the Library, we normally set the room tiles out as a simple 3 × 3 grid because it is easy to teach, easy to see and quick for new players to understand.

But the Library does not have to be a neat square. The core game box includes 9 room tiles, and the Collector’s Expansion adds 7 more room tiles. You can arrange those rooms in different shapes, create side areas, add the Laboratory / Kitchen tile, or make the mansion even bigger by combining tiles from another expansion or another main game.

9 core tiles 7 expansion tiles 3 × 3 demo layout Flexible room shapes One green portal

Room tile rules

The green portal tile must be connected to a room with doors.
You may create another disconnected area of rooms, but that area must include a room with a mirror.
You may add the Laboratory / Kitchen tile if you want more rooms in play.
You can make the Library even larger by combining room tiles from another expansion or main game.
You can only have one green portal tile in play.

This lets players keep the familiar 3 × 3 layout for fast games, or build a stranger, wider mansion when they want a bigger session.

What’s inside

Three Ways to Change the Game

The Collector’s Expansion gives groups multiple ways to increase danger, add new rewards and shift the feel of a session.

Expansion module

Secret Rooms

Add the Kitchen and Laboratory where greater rewards come with greater risk. The Butler and Lab Assistant patrol these rooms, punishing careless players and raising the stakes.

New room objectives
Kitchen and Laboratory areas
Patrolling characters
Higher risk, higher reward

Expansion module

Cabinet of Fears

Challenge the Cabinet and confront your darkest fears to gain powerful special cards that can give you an advantage — if you are brave enough.

Special fear cards
Powerful advantages
More player risk
Stronger story moments

Co-operative mode

Apparatus

Transforms the game into a co-operative survival challenge. Players must complete the Apparatus and destroy the monsters before the Library is overrun.

Co-operative survival
Shared objective
Monster pressure
Different table dynamic

Super Expansion in development

Horror in the Garden

Step beyond the mansion walls for the first time. Horror in the Garden takes players into a dangerous Garden Maze of double-sided tiles, moving monsters, new Blessings and Curses, and fresh strategic choices.

Choose whether to use the lighter or darker sides of the Garden Tiles. Brave the Hot House for extra danger and extra reward. Use the Trellis to hunt the Mad Professor’s special flowers — if the display has not changed.

Double-sided Garden Tiles Light or dark routes Moving monsters Hot House rewards Trellis flower hunt

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Prototype and support

Follow the Garden as it grows.

Horror in the Garden is currently in development, with a prototype run planned for SPIEL Essen in October. The project will be available to support through GameCrowd.co when the platform launches.

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Product photos

Real Components. Real Table Presence.

These photos show the Collector’s Expansion modules and components in actual play, including Secret Rooms, Apparatus cards, Cabinet of Fears content and expanded room layouts.

Cabinet of Fears module with cards and room tiles

Designed economically

Use What You Already Own

The expansion line is designed to make the most of the game players already own, building bigger adventures without forcing players to start again.

Reuse Players

Keep using existing character standees and player boards as the world expands.

Reuse Coins and Bag

Blessing and Curse coins, the bag and core tension stay part of the expanded experience.

Expand the Mansion

Combine the main game, expansion rooms and Secret Rooms for larger table layouts.

Build the Epic Version

Create the most epic Victorian horror adventure ever by jove — with more routes, rooms and dangers.

Ready for more?

Make the Library bigger, stranger and more dangerous.

Start with the core board game, add the Collector’s Expansion when your group is ready, then follow Horror in the Garden as the next chapter develops.

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