At Spielwarenmesse 2026, publisher Czech Games Edition showed mock-ups for three Codenames expansion packs from designer Vlaada Chvátil that will hit the retail market in Q2 2026, each retailing for US$10.
Two of the packs — Fairy Tales and Sci-Fi — each feature 50 new words and phrases on 25 cards, along with three new agent tiles and four cards for Codenames: Pictures, while the third pack — Cute Critters — includes 40 new images on 20 cards for Codenames: Pictures.
Regina Urazajeva from CGE notes that these items will be labeled "expansion packs" at release to emphasize that the cards in each pack are fixed, not randomized as in booster packs for trading card games. As for why these packs exist, she says that given the larger number of words in the Codenames app and online site, fans have requested more variety in the published game.
Since this post is brief, let's add visual sparkle in the form of nearly six-foot-tall LEGO TIE fighter that greeted visitors near the main entrance of the Spielwarenmesse fair. Pew! Pew!
