Cole Wehrle has become one of the most exciting names in board games on the strength of Root, Arcs and Oath, so word that his very first design is getting a second edition is worth paying attention to. At UK Games Expo 2026, Wargamer's Mollie Russell got hands-on with a prototype of An Infamous Traffic 2e and came away a believer.
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Start organising for freeAn Infamous Traffic is a heavy strategy game with a deliberately uncomfortable subject. You play a British merchant in the 1820s, chasing profit by pushing opium into China in the run-up to the Opium Wars. It is pointedly not a power fantasy; the game makes you complicit in something grim, and that moral weight is the whole point. The original arrived in 2016 as a flagship title for Hollandspiele and did well enough to help co-founder Amabel Holland take the publisher full-time. Wehrle reclaimed the rights in 2019, and this new edition is the payoff. Russell described a "snappier, sleeker" game, with the rules streamlined and turns moving fast once everyone is up to speed, the kind of polish a decade of hindsight tends to buy.
It comes from Wehrlegig Games, which reports suggest has since been absorbed into the newly formed Buried Giant Studios. The write-up calls the game "almost ready," though no firm release or crowdfunding date has been set.
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Set up your group for freeFor heavy-game groups, a tighter version of a Wehrle cult classic is properly exciting news. If you have the players who relish a thinky, morally thorny evening, line up your strategy crew and keep this one near the top of your watchlist.
Sources: Wargamer
