An interesting family strategy game

I have my daughter (7) bought the game because they like very much TipToi games. The reviews that I read here on amazon have put me off at first, but I wanted to give me your own picture.

We played the tutorial, a practice round and occupy us now several times a week with it. It is a very challenging Tip-Toi game that encourages strategic thinking and memory.

The age I think is correct.

If one considers that the function of the individual figures and plates and what is the goal, the game is not difficult to understand.
There is the character that is drawn. The goblins, represented by wooden cylinders, which are sent out on playing fields for searching and octagonal plates, to cover ingredients in the cauldron. In addition, 4 different colored witches figures that are drawn as directed by the TipToi on the board.

There in the tutorial an error, it is, imagine two goblins on a field and continue to be spoken by the octagonal tiles, here is a goblin, you meant a wooden cylinder. The octagonal tile land only in the witches pots when ingredients were delivered.

Nor is it true, as previous speakers have written that if you put a figure wrong, the game is not playable. You can be told from TipToi the positions of witches, goblins and pawns at any time if you are unsure or has actually moved. This is also clearly in the included Instructions, the TipToi pen does not mention it.

You have to get used to it that you have to watch exactly what the TipToi says, who is on move. Sometimes one is more in succession on train because you have either gebräut a witches' brew or the opponent are just on long travels across the board go. This can initially cause confusion.

My Short description:
Initially one determines the position of his character. Where the character is, goblins can be sent out for Ingredients Search. The better the field, there are 3 different field types (very economical, productive and not so productive), depending on the number of goblins that are sent (max. 6) and the longer you can look for the goblins, the more ingredients you will find , How productive are the fields and what can be found in the fields, resulting in the game when you just pay attention and it remembers or by interviewing witches.

Is it on the train you always have the following options: character can walk on the board, goblins send to search Ingredients, recall goblins and collect goods, witches surveys (according to fertility of the fields, according to the ingredients of the fields by the evil witch), witches supply. Or brew potions that cause reductions, so you can recall, for example, goblins, although the character is not on the puck field or travel time from one pitch to the next halved if you are planning a long way over the game board.

In the beginning it is recommended to the Potions once be disregarded until we have internalized the game.

The witches can only consult and deliver when it is shared with them a box. You can send goblins at every pitch. Goblins call back when you stand back or even on the field with the ausgesandeten goblins with his character.

Restrictions:

- Every witch can only be supplied with a 1x Zutatenart, with the octagonal tile the ingredient is covered in the cauldron of the witch, so you know yourself well, to which witch has delivered. The ingredient amounts are determined. The more ingredients are delivered, the more points you get at the end. One of the four witches in each round, the wicked witch, what it is, you can find out in the game, as you can ask for example witches and only the good witches speak the truth. This way you can find out in the process of elimination, who is the lügende wicked witch. Ingredients that have landed in the boiler of the evil witch, count as negative points. Strategic action in the supply favored the victory.

The witches survey I first made my daughter publicly, so I could give her assistance on how best to deal with the tips, normally only get the asking players to do.

- One can only take so many ingredients, as it has not sent to search goblins. One finds for example 6 Rabe eyes, but has only 3 Kobold places left, so you have to throw off the other 3 ingredients.
Tip: We have left the rule of limiting ingredients in the first few games left out, the game length is shorter and the kids first time to focus on the other game elements.

The game ends as soon as a witch pot with 5 different ingredients were supplied. The recognized by the fact that all the ingredients were covered with octagonal tiles. The winner is who has the most points: by ingredient delivery and Zaubertrankbräuen. The TipToi announces the winners incl. Score.

It's really a very nice attractive game, which is interesting for both children and adults, where you have to say that adults probably. have higher chances of winning because they can see through the strategies faster and more far-reaching thinking.

My daughter has the game first played with me and then explained their same age friends, with whom she now plays it well alone.
It all sounds much more complicated than it actually is. However, you should take your time, it's not a game for in between.

I think it's great that Ravensburger has brought a sophisticated TipToi family game on the market and definitely would like to see more of it.
Children and adults who like short-lived game, you will can not be bound with this game.