2019 · Expansion for Base-game
The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches
Adds four new sets of components that expand player options and player count. Includes four witch characters that grant one-time special abilities, a new Locoweed ingredient whose effect varies rather than having a fixed value, and updated ingredient books that increase variety for existing ingredient types. Also provides a fifth player color in black to accommodate an additional participant. Integrates with the base game to offer more strategic and tactical choices during bag-pulling and potion-building while preserving the core push-your-luck mechanics.
- Players
- 2–5 best 4
- Playing time
- 45 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 2 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 54
- Plays logged
- 66
- Players
- 1h 3m
- Average play
- 176
- In collections
- 19
- On wishlists
- 1
- Pre-ordered
7.9/10
from 27 Ludoya reviews
gcasasf9.0 A must have expansion for this game
2-5 Best 3-5
Comments as posted on our instagram blog dedicated to boardgames. Cool pictures are on the blog, i'll post them here later !! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwbs__Pj0C9/ FRENCH - LES SORCIERES S’EN MELENT : Extension pour les Charlatans de Belcastel. Que vous apporte cette extension ? Principalement le fait de pouvoir chaudronner à 5 joueurs, mais pas que ! A ce propos l’éditeur aura eu la délicate attention de rajouter moults composants du jeu de base + ceux de l’extension ? ! Pour le reste, si le hasard vous faisait pester parfois…ou plutôt exploser notamment sur la fin, quand vous tentiez de rattraper un certain retard en prenant tous les risques…et bien dépensez habilement un centime, au bon moment, et le pouvoir d’une des trois sorcières disponibles pour la partie pourrait vous sauver la mise ! Les ?sorcières : des sortes de jokers multiformes - et difformes - au passage. Un nouvel ingrédient en forme de ? viendra également agrémenter vos potions (une sorte de clonage), les ?un peu trop légères du jeu de base sont upgradées et permettent de progresser rapidement sur la piste de score du chaudron. Et divers autres petits détails bien mijotés. Bref, les sorcières ?️?️ s’en mêlent, pas indispensable car le jeu de base est déjà très bon mais si vous aimez…vous risquez de craquer sans regrets pour cette extension ! ENGLISH HERB WITCHES This expansion mainly brings the ability to play with 5 players, but not only ! Bad luck in the final rounds may be avoided with the witches, a king of jokers with many abilities (only 3 are available in each game). Spend a penny and get the power. A new ingredient too (cloning ability), various small details added too (new pumpking, up to 6 spaces ahead in the cauldron !) and changes in ingredient books. In short, the base game is already very good but if you like it a lot…you may love this expansion too ! ESPANOL - POCIMAS y BREBAJES "BRUJAS" - Esta expansión añade la capacidad de jugar con 5 jugadores y mas cosas : la mala suerte en las rondas finales puede evitarse con las brujas : comodines con muchas habilidades (sólo 3 están disponibles en cada juego). Se paga moneda y su poder es tuyo por la ronda. Un nuevo ingrediente aparece (clonación), varios pequeños detalles son agregados (como los nuevos cachorros, hasta 6 espacios por delante en el cauldrón!) y cambios en los libros. Si te gusta Brebajes, esta expansión vale la pena !
Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
When do I put the yellow and purple ingredient books out?
Start the game with only the green, blue and red books; put the yellow book out before Turn 2 and the purple book out before Turn 3 (see pages 2 and 7).
How do the rats work — when do I place a rat stone and how far does it move?
Rats come into play starting on the 2nd round: after the Fortune Teller card is read, each player (except the current leader) counts rat-tails between them and the leader and places their rat stone that many spaces ahead of their droplet (page 3).
What makes my pot explode — do colored chips count toward an explosion?
A pot explodes when the sum of the values on your white chips exceeds 7; colored chips are not counted toward this total (page 4).
Can I use my flask to put back the last chip if that chip made my pot explode?
No — you may use the flask to return the last drawn white chip to your bag only if the last chip did not cause an explosion; the flask cannot be used if the last chip caused the pot to blow up (page 5).
If my pot explodes, do I still roll the Bonus Die, get rubies, and buy chips?
A player whose pot exploded does not roll the Bonus Die (Evaluation A), but players still receive any rubies shown on their scoring space (Evaluation C); exploded pots must then choose between Evaluation D (taking the victory points shown) or E (taking the coin value of the scoring space to buy chips) (pages 5–7).
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