20-Sided Dice of Joy

The new DLC for Two Point Museum--"Fantasy Finds"--released a couple of weeks ago and I spent many enjoyable hours checking out all the new additions to my favorite silly management series.  If it has been awhile since you picked up Two Point Museum, this is the perfect time to add some fun new content and check out the many quality of life changes that have been implemented.  You can grab the new DLC for just $7.99 on Steam (and maybe Epic...I think I've seen Two Point there too now).

What is it?

The first DLC for Two Point Museum.  It features a brand new expedition map with a large number of new Points of Interest to explore and tons of new fantasy themed exhibits, staff traits, and decorative items.  To fully explore the map/unlock all the new items you're looking at a good chunk of additional playtime.  I have always found the $7.99 price tag to be a good price point for DLC and I feel like I got my moneys worth with this one.

Pros:

+ Full lean into the "fantasy" theme that is a lot of fun.  The new exhibits fall into several classes--there are enchanted items (my favorite being the chicken spawning totem that randomly pops out a bunch of goofy looking fowl), goblin-themed items, dwarven items, mythical items, and even some new dragon bones (which technically fall under prehistory as fossils).  There's an entire storyline about fighting a dragon that serves as the progression on the map and can even affect which locations you are able to access.  If you're into going all out on the theme decorations--there are new fantasy inspired items to make the perfect fantasy land!

Chickens!  It's a bug, but they're kind of cute.

+ Staff traits that are DnD-inspired.  Rather than just hiring a fantasy expert you hire experts that have a fantasy "class."  We're talking warriors, rogues, bards, and wizards that even feature a set of "stats."  Rather than relying on the traditional museum training requirements, your fantasy experts will typically need to meet stats-related thresholds--for example, there might be a negative event that is countered by having a certain number of dexterity points.  When your staff levels up they gain XP and you can add to their base stats.  There are also special mythical items which can either be displayed as an exhibit or used to buff your staff--one of my favorite items is a pair of winged boots that buff dexterity and give your character crazy speed--they will randomly scramble all over the museum.

+ Dwarven items can be linked together and used to refine geodes into a display that is a 20-sided die that can be rolled to provide a random buff (or debuff...) for your displays or staff.  It's fun to randomly roll and see what you get (although I rolled a bad one that slowed staff way down and it didn't expire for a pretty long period of time).

+ Crossover content within exhibit themes.  For example you can take a supernatural expert and capture goblin spirits or take a botany expert and find some new plants.

My fantasy wing with many exhibits.

Cons:

- DLC does not feature a new museum.  I was a bit bummed about this because I was hoping there'd be more of a storyline/set of objectives to earn stars.  There was a new museum added as part of an update, so you could view that as an opportunity to lean fully into the fantasy theme.  Unfortunately for me, I had already started that museum and had played through a 3 location preview of the new content.

- Staff training with fantasy staff is a bit pointless and could definitely be improved.  Basically you just want to focus on improving their stats since the fantasy expeditions are not focused on specific skills.  I wish they had added in more fantasy specific training (there's one new fantasy specific training--potion brewing).  The chicken totem item is currently bugged and will keep spitting out chickens that don't disappear...I say, why not make that a trainable staff skill--chicken banishment!  (Sadly, they are fixing the chicken bug)

Recommendation:

Even though there's not a new museum, the fantasy theme is a lot of fun and there's a ton of new exhibits to discover.  For $7.99 it's a good deal and will provide many hours of dragon fighting and exhibit discovery.  Give it a whirl!