The Valley of Alchemists

2019 · Fantasy

The Valley of Alchemists

Players assume the roles of alchemists living in a mountain valley and prepare mixtures from wondrous local ingredients. On each turn a player chooses two actions (which may be the same) from five options: gather ingredients, brew decoctions, craft elixirs, rearrange elixirs, or sell a line of elixirs. Actions can be performed in any order and combine to build efficient production chains. The game tracks collected ingredients, decoctions in progress, and completed elixirs; players score Experience Points during play and at game end. The highest total EP determines the winner.

Players
2–4 best 4
Playing time
45–75 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2 / 5
2.8 on LudoyaSet CollectionPattern Building

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Full stats in Ludoya
6
Plays logged
17
Players
1h 3m
Average play
2
In collections
1
On wishlists

2.8/10

from 4 Ludoya reviews

  • Garfield2.0

    Wow, one of the worst game I've ever played. It's a multiplayer solitaire. After a few rounds everyone can take almost any resources and then convert them to the bottles and then go shopping and then selling. Repeat these steps till the game finishs. The components are very good, but the game is very dull. [c] Theme: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Gameplay: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Boring as hell --> Interaction: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> Artwork: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Luck: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Random elixir cards --> Strategy: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Obvious ones --> Components: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Kickstarter edition has very nice components --> Play duration: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]At least it's over quite fast --> Easy to teach: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Quite easy --> Rules quality: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Setup time: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Fast --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Almost no downtime --> Replay value: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No, please no! --> [/c]

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