Potions. Workshop ( eng. Potion-making: Practice ) - board game. The game was created by Sergey Machin in 2005, and is part of the series "Right Games . "
| Potions. Workshop | |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 - 6 |
| Age | from 10 and above |
| Game preparation | <15 minutes |
| Batch duration | 40 - 90 minutes |
| Strategy level | high |
| The influence of chance | average |
| Develops skills | strategic thinking, logic |
Content
Gameplay
In this card game, players play the role of magicians studying at the School of Magic. Each player tries to collect the necessary components to produce magic elixirs, powders, talismans, and even magic creatures. For each entity collected, the player receives points: the more difficult the recipe, the more points the player will receive when he collects it. [one]
The deck consists of 76 cards. On each card below, one of the 16 elements is indicated, and at the top - a recipe or spell. Each player starts the game with 4 cards in his hand. 4 cards face up on the "Element Table". Players can use these common elements to collect recipes from their hands.
On his turn, the player draws a card until he has 5 cards in his hand, then he plays one or more cards from his hand. He can: [1]
- Put the card as an element on the Elements Table. The player receives 1 point if such an element has not yet been presented on the Table.
- Take items from the Elements Table to play a recipe from your hand. The player receives points for the collected element according to the number indicated at the top of the map. cards of ingredients are placed face down over the card of the recipe collected. The card of the collected recipe is put face up so that all players see the recipe.
- Use one or more previously collected recipes along with the required items - to assemble a more complex recipe.
All items for the corresponding recipes are returned to the Elements Table. Each opponent whose recipe was used to collect a complex recipe receives, receives half the points for the collected recipe.
- Play a spell from your hand: to take a card from the Table into your hand; to parse the assembled recipe or transform one recipe into another. After casting a spell, you can sometimes play another card, which in turn can also be a spell.
After the deck is over, players continue to play until all players are left without cards. The player with the most points wins.
Game Additions
Potions. University course
Potions. University course ( Eng. Potion-Making. Univercity Course ) - the first official addition to the game, released in 2006 in Russian. In 2012, an English edition was published. [2]
University course "allows you to significantly diversify the game" Potions ", makes it more difficult and more interesting. To play" University course ", you must also use the basic set of" Potions. Workshop. "The game is played simultaneously by two decks, which are located on the gaming table separately so that during the game you can choose which deck to draw cards from.
Before the start of the game, each player from the top of the deck is given 6 cards: 4 cards from the base deck (“Workshop”) and 2 cards from the “University Course” deck. Then the top 4 cards from the Workshop deck and 2 cards from the University Exterior deck are laid out in the elements cabinet as starting elements.
The game continues until the cards in both decks and in the hands of all players run out. The player who scored the most points by this time won. Since the game can take a long time, you can limit the game by points: 40, 60, 80 points. In this case, the player who first received the indicated number of points won.
Each player's turn consists of three phases. [2] 1. In the first phase, the player draws cards from any of the decks up to 7 cards in his hand. If he has 8 or more cards in his hand, he does not take cards and skips this phase of the move. 2. In the second phase, the player must either take a card from the decks or play a card from his hand. A player cannot draw a card if there are 8 or more cards in his hand. In this case, he must play a card. 3. In the third phase, the player must play a card.
Among the elements and recipes are added:
- "Elementary Magema" - replaces any element in the collection of recipes
- "Elixir of universality" - replaces any simple (two-component) elixir. Can be assembled from any two elements.
- “Powder of Life” - when collecting a creature’s recipe, it replaces any powder.
- Junior talismans are talismans that give a player additional static effects (for example, get 1 point if there is another player who has more victory points).
- New spell. their great variety.
Potions. Alchemist Guild
Potions. Guild of Alchemists ( born Potion-Making. Guild of Alchemists ) - the second official addition to the game, also released in 2006 in Russian. In 2012, an English edition was published. [3]
Players - members of the Guild, collecting various recipes and creating a Sequence of Great Work, try to get the Philosopher's Stone.
To play the Guild of Alchemists, you must use the basic set of Potions. Workshop. " Optionally, you can add a "University course". In this case, the game will be played with three separate decks.
The game continues until the cards in both decks and in the hands of all players run out, or until one of the players completes the Great Work Sequence by creating the Philosopher's Stone. The player who scored the most points at this point has won. Since the game can take a long time, you can limit the game by points: 40, 60, 80 points. In this case, the player who first received the indicated number of points won.
When playing the Workshop + Alchemists Guild, the beginning of the game is as follows: each player is dealt 6 cards: 4 from the base deck and 2 from the Alchemy Guild deck. Then 4 cards from the base deck and 2 from the add-on deck are placed on the table as elements.
When playing the Workshop + University Course _ Alchemist Guild, the beginning of the game is as follows: each player is dealt 8 cards: 4 from the Workshop deck, 2 from the University Course deck and 2 from the Alchemists Guild deck. Then 4 + 2 + 2 cards are also placed on the table as elements.
The course of each gyro consists of three phases. [3] When playing the Workshop + Guild of Alchemists .: 1. In the first phase, the player draws cards from decks (you can from different) until he has 7 cards on his hand. If he has 8 or more cards, he skips this phase. 2. In the second phase, the player either takes another 1 card or plays a card from his hand. If he has 8 or more cards, then he can no longer take cards and must play a hand card. 3. In the third phase, the player must play a card from his hand.
When playing the Workshop + University Course + Alchemists Guild .: 1. In the first phase, the player draws cards from decks (you can from different) until he has 9 cards on his hand. If he has 10 or more cards, he skips this phase. 2. In the second phase, the player either takes another 1 card or plays a card from his hand. If he has 10 or more cards, then he can no longer take cards and must play a hand card. 3. In the third phase, the player must play a card from his hand.
Sequence of Great Work. Each player has three options for the Sequence of Great Work indicated on his Sequence card. Each Sequence consists of seven stages of recipes and ends with the creation of one of the three versions of the Philosopher's Stone. To collect any Sequence, the player must consistently place in it all the recipes indicated in the corresponding column on the map. This can be recipes collected by any player as well as cards directly from the hand. When a player places a card in a Sequence, it is believed that he played a card and this constitutes a whole phase of the turn. For each new stage in the sequence, the player receives the corresponding points. If a player puts someone else’s recipe, then the player who created the recipe gets half the points. Recipes in a Sequence are considered assembled and may be ingredients for other recipes or may be placed in another Sequence. It is impossible to take the card of the last stage from the sequence.
New spells have been added to the game, including a spell allowing you to skip a stage in a Sequence.
Rewards
- 2010 DetCon - favorite game [4]
- 2010 MIPL - Hall of Fame [5]