Zauberei / It's Magic

Gamedesign: Fred Kater and Ina Alvarez, Graphics: Ina Alvarez 

  

Players: 2-6,  Age: 12 years and up,  Duration: 30-60 mins (ca. 10 mins per player)

 

Contents:

Game map (see above)

6 magicans (pawns)

6 x 12 precious stones (wooden dice) with the colours red (Ruby), blue (Saphire), purple (Amethyst), green (Emerald), yellow (Amber) and black (Obsidian).

4 markers (dragons)

1 numbered dice and 1 colour dice

The story

In the north of the magic world Bubk each years young magicans are gathering to determine their best. They agree not to use any spell they learned before. The one who learns first three of the six possible new spells and aquires the necessary precious stones will receive the price. Naturally the newly learned spells may be used to finish first. Alongside those spells a number of ready to use minor spells are available to help.

Come to Bubk and be part of it!

The game

Each player receives four hand cards. They allow him to learn spells at certain places, to move to the next place, to cast minor spells and collect precious stones at certain places. Each card offers two possibilities of which only one may be used. The player who manages first to have learned (at least) three spells and has gathered the stones needed to cast those three spells wins. 

Important: The player has to make the best of his current hand. Holding on to cards will proof fatal, as other players who do not will get forward much faster. The spells to be learned may influence the game very differently. Still it is better to aquire apparantly not so powerful spells if easily reachable instead hoping for better spells later.

The cards

 

Here are some of the cards