Expedition: modifiers
Why modifiers cut both ways and why that is what makes the Expedition a roguelite.
reviewed 8 August 2026
What it is
Every branch of the track carries a modifier. They are good and bad — that mix is what makes the Expedition a roguelite instead of a queue of wins.
How I do it
Before you startAn Expedition run in progress modifiers only show up inside the run, at the fork.required
How to read the track before choosing:
- Read the branch before enteringeach branch declares the modifier it applies; you choose the path knowing what is coming.
- Weigh the good against the badmodifiers cut both ways: some help the run, others hinder it.
- Choose and move ononce the branch is chosen, the modifier takes effect in the run under way.
In development
What is missing: the list of modifiers and the effect of each one.
What already holds: they are good and bad, and the branch shows its own before you choose.
What I get — and what it costs
What I get
Informed choicethe branch's modifier is shown before you enter it, so the route is a decision, not a draw.the modifier you chose applies to the run under way, including when it hinders you.
What it costs
Scoped to the runthe modifier lives inside the run; it does not carry over to the account.Bad is also a modifierchoosing the branch means accepting both of its sides.