2014 · Fantasy
Alchemists
Players take on the roles of rival alchemists working over six rounds to discover how mystical ingredients interact. Each round players choose turn order, place worker cubes to declare actions, then resolve those actions in sequence. Players mix ingredients and test results using a companion app that randomizes potion effects each game, sell potions to earn money, buy powerful artifacts, and publish theories about ingredient properties. Reputation shifts throughout play and is tracked for scoring; at the end of the game published theories are checked and converted into points along with artifacts, grants, and final reputation totals.
- Players
- 2–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 120 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 3.9 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 599
- Players
- 1h 58m
- Average play
- 238
- In collections
- 16
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7.6/10
from 123 Ludoya reviews
Mestremuten6.0 Rating: 3/5 Production value: 3/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
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Garfield10.0 #58 Very interesting deduction game mechanism. Beautiful theme. [c] Theme: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]It really shines --> Gameplay: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Perfect amount of decisions --> Interaction: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Little interaction --> Artwork: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Gorgeous --> Luck: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Mixing potions, card drawing --> Strategy: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]You must have a plan --> Components: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Play duration: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]A lot too teach (30min) --> Rules quality: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Good, with a lot of examples --> Setup time: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]It takes a while... --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Plays very smooth --> Replay value: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Finding the best deduction methods? --> [/c]
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Carlos8.0 Interesting game but it doesn't seem very replayable to me. Little difficult to introduce new players on it.
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