The Quacks of Quedlinburgperfectly blends deck, i.e.‘pot’, building strategy with a press your luck element that ratchets up the excitement each turn as the stakes get higher!
In The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans —or quack doctors —each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. Take care with what you add, though, for a pinch too much of this or that will spoil the whole mixture!Each player has their own bag of ingredient chips. During each round, they simultaneously draw chips from their bags and add them to their pots. The higher the face value of the drawn chip, the further it is placed in the pot's swirling pattern, increasing how much the potion will be worth. Push your luck as far as you can, but if you add too many cherry bombs, your pot will explode!At the end of each round, players gain victory points and coins to spend on new ingredients, depending on how well they managed to fill up their pots. But players whose pots have exploded must choose points or coins —not both! The player with the most victory points at the end of nine rounds wins the game.
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Estimated ship dimensions: 11.6 inches length x 11.6 inches width x 3.1 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 3.1 pounds
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This is a fun game where children can learn about probabilities, and it helps them with counting. The board looks like it’s complicated and the rules looks complicated but when you try it out, it’s actually very simple to understand and children and adults can play together and have fun together.
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Great game!
5 out of 5 stars
Would recommend
Ttmarie3039 - 2 months ago, Verified purchaser
Our new favorite board game! Fun with 2 people or a group. Not too hard to learn but a great adult board game
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Fun game!
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melacine - 4 months ago
A push your luck - build your bag game. Each player has their bag of ingredients they are using to build a potion. There are elements in your bag that once your total is greater than 7, it explodes and negatively effects your progress with acquiring victory points or money for buying ingredients for the next turn. So you are picking ingredients out, trying to get as far on your track as you can without exploding. Each game consists of only 9 rounds so it's around 45 minutes once people know how to play. It's a lot of fun and I am glad Target carries it now. There are a lot of ingredients so it takes a bit of space.