I always have all my gaming friends over for new years amd we spend days just playing games. The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. I think they sound like a great addition, and would also help keep tokens from getting stuck in the corners. You look at the ingredients you have and knowing you have to make do with that mix, sometimes you get a wonderful combo that will lead to huge points. Add extra end-game scoring options to work toward for The Quacks of Quedlinburg. Maybe if you could show a picture. The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches (North Star Games Edition) Out of Stock. I highly recomment getting 21mm coin capsules for the ingredients if you plan on playing this more than a couple of times. The teacher person from North Star did a fine job, too. Just demoed it at Origins. There’s a fix for every infirmity. But be careful, one ingredient too many and your potion will explode! It does add about 5 minutes to the duration of the play however. I know what I'm saving for now though ;), Putting the tokens in coin cases drastically improves the tactile enjoyment of this game for a fraction of the cost of the geekup bits. Posts with the Quacks of Quedlinburg tag: News, Newsletters. Price: $31.49 $34.99. When they are having a bad round, you empathize and feel a little thrill that you are going get a better score that round. People palming their White 3 (the really bad chip), people "accidentally" dropping chips on the ground (always a white 2 or 3, every time), people taking their purchase chips and palming an extra chip when they do it because you can't audit their bag, people grabbing two chips at a time and quickly looking and placing the one they want. 5 for the game (in case I get the expansion) and 1 for my dice. It has a huge perception of a runaway leader problem. I love this game. Issue 77 October 2019 Here Be Books & Games News. It’s definitely in the Dominion/Kingdom Builder/Quarriors model, a pretty simple game of finding combos and probabilities but with chits in a bag. Join our community! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Winner of the 2018 Kennerspiel des Jahres, The Quacks of Quedlinburg perfectly blends deck, i.e. Reason why is it's heavy on the luck side. I found it very polished and balanced for every player no matter how far one might be behind in a game. There is more strategy to this than people get; but not in Ingredient Set 1. Quacks of Quedlinburg is just that, a winner, and I would be inclined to say that this game may well be my most played game throughout 2019 (its already my most-played game this month)! What are your thoughts on the game? @sllewely I didn't have the scan for the other side of the player boards, but the other side just doesn't use the droplet at the bottom of the board. Secret Hitler. The Kennerspiel des Jahres winner for 2017, it has received acclaim for its unique combination of its genres. I've not had a chance to play it with anything but the starter ingredients, as I'm always showing it to new players, so it's good to hear how more strategy gets involved once you mix in new stuff. I feel bad if I don't win correctly. I love the cacophony during the last couple of rounds when everyone has full sacks and they're shaking the hell out of them. I haven't played with the vials with the expansion yet, and it's possible that that those two will work well together because of the Witches option, but that remains to be seen. While I agree, that is explicitly why all but the final rounds don't do simultaneous draws. Once you have played 2-3 games with each set, you can really start mixing the sets up, and you get some phenomenally interesting mixes; and it does mean that the game will always be different. Wife and I just picked this up over the weekend and loved it. I am typically not a fan of push your luck as a dominant mechanic in games but thought I would enjoy this game in spite of that. The rat's tail mechanic is really clever, but doesn't do mitigate the problem that too many potions boiling over is going to lose you the game. Quacks set up for two players. That is super lazy and uninspired design work. The other issue I have with the game, are the bags. Nate Anderson - Mar 9, 2019 3:00 pm UTC The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. ... Reddit, Youtube, Kickstarter, Miniature Market, Cool Stuff Inc, various online retailers, and game publisher websites. It’s a light, short, engine building game, but the twist is that you draw the components of your engine at random out of a bag. Each player has their own bag of ingredient chips. EYE OF NEWT — Quacks of Quedlinburg deserves its “Board Game of the Year” win This one might be a new family-weight board game classic. Yet again, this is another gem from the legend, Wolfgang Warsch, … I would say your points are all bang on. I have played with the expansion once, and am looking forward to getting my own copy. Compare prices for the The Quacks of Quedlinburg board game across 12 board game online retailers … This site is dedicated to promoting board games. Price: $35.86-11%. I have no time for 'letter of the rule' arguing. It plays well at 2-4 (up to 5 with the expansion), adding only about 5 minutes for each extra player, so that's a bonus. Usually, I'm not that into multiplayer solitaire games, but as everyone is playing simultanously it's just super entertaining to just watch what happens to everyone around you. Pax Renaissance is my favorite game and I love Quacks. That’s interesting. BG Atlas page here Designer, Wolfgang Warsch,Artist, Dennis Lohausen, Wolfgang Warsch,Publisher, North star Games BGG Entry: Quacks is one of those games i like and can definitely see why its immen… Considering the low price (not sure about the US though), of about 25 euros it's super cheap for what it offers. Who gives a shit it is FUN! Purchasing good ingredients for your brew can help you make the best "healing" What I learned is that I strongly strongly dislike it at 2 players but think it’s a very good game w/ at least 3. I know it's only a suggestion in the rule and you only need to officially finish the last round that way, but I think it's really fun playing a bluff with others (is my hand empty and I'm actually out this round?) Overall, yeah, I think The Quacks of Quedlinburg is excellent, I said, generally in line with popular opinion on the subject. Of course, if you don’t like push-your-luck games or games with a … It's already the new family favourite! Easy to teach, and despite what some others say about it being a bit heavier, I don't think that makes it as inaccessible to newer gamers as some say. Each player has their own bag of ingredient chips. Includes upcoming events, Game Auction Recap, and 5 Games of Mystery and the Macabre for Halloween. The quacks of Quedlinburg The bag-building game for quacks and charlatans by Wolfgang Warsch for 2–4 players ages 10 and up. Someone else busts dramatically? So nice to finally give it a try. That you can wait and see what the others get. 'pot', building strategy with a press your luck element that ratchets up the excitement each turn as the stakes get higher. Players spend their turns concocting cures by means of bagbuilding and push-your-luck. I've played the first set many times, and set 2 twice, and I have never gone further than that. Thank you to those who recommended this game. Of course they do, they aren't going to explode ever and are going to get great draws every round. If you don't want to play with simultaneous draw, and you get someone who wants to do this, the only counter we have found is to get everyone else to insist they aren't going to draw until that person has finished their round, after all, if they can do it, so can everyone else. Are there similar games to this one? It’s a “controlled” push-your-luck game with great replayability thanks to the different ingredient abilities! This is in my opinion the most valuable upgrade to a game you can make.In Australia I got these on eBay, but apparently in the US Amazon is the better place to get them. But adding one Cherry Bomb too many to the mix … North Star Games is excited to announce that its newest release, The Quacks of Quedlinburg has won the coveted 2018 Kennerspiel des Jahres award. My partner and I were just brainstorming the best shape and types of cloths we might use if we construct our own bags, since the square silk bags feel like they form around the tokens and we'd love to be able to feel like things are more easily getting mixed around in the bag. I picked it up recently at KublaCon and have had a blast with it. It's one of my favorites and i hope there are more expansions coming. I've played it twice and don't really care for it (would play again) and you've identified my main problem with it -- the solitaire feel. I have seen this happen a few times, and these players also have a tendency to become a runaway leader. November 17, 2020 Features and have never had any cheating issues; granted we've got a pretty cool group of people I don't think would cheat anyway, but it's good to hear how playing that way covers this possibility easily. Having taught the game about a dozen times where I watched but didn't play, I have never seen more cheating in a board game ever. But be careful: a few too many special ingredients and the whole potion could blow up in your face! Written by tina 5 October 2019 5 October 2019 Leave a comment. This results in the tokens falling into the corners of the bag, meaning that unless you consciously move the tokens, you're picking tokens off the top, which a savvy player could use to cheat. The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. Wonderful "game night" game that I've brought to the local meetup I help run with a couple friends. I mean, it won the Kennerspiel, I don't think any board gamer can scoff at it. I think we may need to adopt your simultaneous draw rule. Enter the full URL of your item or group's Polycount page, Enter the full URL of your item or group's reddit page, Enter the full URL to your item or group's Sketchfab page, This item has been removed from the community because it violates Steam Community & Content Guidelines. It will help with any issues that can arise from people trying to purchase out of turn and causing a token scarcity. Here is an expansion to the very popular The Quacks of Quedlinburg, which I reviewed not too long again. The simultaneous draw also stops the jackass players who insist on not drawing past their fourth or fifth chip until everyone else is done so they have perfect information to play against. P.S. Players take on the roles of quack doctors, mixing various ingredients in order to create the greatest potions. For sure. First of all, it's one of the best push your luck games in ages. I will play coop games where I accidentally cheat or miss a rule and if I catch myself i will go back and redo the turn or give myself a punish to fit. Come discuss games like Codenames, Arkham Horror, Terra Mystica, and all your other favorite games! Double the amounts of rats tails this round), we just shuffle it back in and draw again. Players are quacks trying to brew the best potions ahead of the upcoming festival. Join our community! Sometimes I get to stuff a bit late; whatever. when you're ready of course, Just spent all my money on my son's birthday! I'm a hardcore & heavy board gamer, but it actually might have been my favorite game of 2018. That would take up a ton of room. She claims she isn't. Gave it to my son for his birthday yesterday and it was a big hit. Also the sound they make while jiggling them in the bag is wonderful, the feeling of a bag "heavy" with ingredients is great, and if someone drops an ingredient which can happen, you hear and feel it. There's an expansion! Those titles all have the “use things from your bag to buy more things to put in your bag” but use them for different ends to Quacks, which is a quick and punchy, colourful endeavour. Will check them out. Lots of goodies in this fun board game. The player with the most points is the winner. You actually have solid information about what you are pushing against because you create the bag yourself. It's one of those games that 'serious gamers' seem to like scoffing at, but most willing to give it a fair shake ends up enjoying it. It’s quantity over quality. First of all. In reality, the board game is a fun press-your-luck, bag-building game where players compete in brewing the best potions. People often try to rush to get their tokens while they are there, the rules are clear that you do this in player order, but some people get impatient, don't let them. I would compare it to some sort of push your luck game, as this is the very chore mechanism. Stick to the player turn order for resolving events and end of round stuff. Also the playing board has a reverse side for a different style of play, which again, I have never played. Everyone I have played this way with, now close to 20 people, have all agreed it's better. We’ve only played once, and found it charming, though one player liked it a lot less after several turns of terrible luck in a row. As for the runaway leader, I find this seems to happen more often in a 2 player game, than a 3 or 4 player game. You also get a better feel about needing to push with the different interation tiles, mostly the blacks. When people say that it is "fantastic" and "excellent", maybe there will be some contradictory statements. My copy is up to about 30-40 plays, having loaned it out to people at a convention last weekned a few times, and everything still looks shiny and new. Thanks for the tip on 21mm coin capsules! Instead, The Quacks of Quedlinburg is about miracle doctor “quacks” showcasing their healing remedies. Highly recommended and I hope you have as much fun with it as we have. I played this for the first time recently, I didn't like how dependent on the last round the game is, meaning it doesn't matter how well you have built your bag, it could all fall in a heap. In The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans — or quack doctors — each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. In The Quacks of Quedlinburgplayers pose as miracle doctors selling homebrewed medicinal potions at the city’s bazaar. That is very much a beginner set without a lot of control, the other sets allow you to do more to take some control. We haven’t played it yet, but I’m interested in other people’s reactions. You start with perfect information, and from there you can either remember or not. 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I always have all my gaming friends over for new years amd we spend days just playing games. The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. I think they sound like a great addition, and would also help keep tokens from getting stuck in the corners. You look at the ingredients you have and knowing you have to make do with that mix, sometimes you get a wonderful combo that will lead to huge points. Add extra end-game scoring options to work toward for The Quacks of Quedlinburg. Maybe if you could show a picture. The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches (North Star Games Edition) Out of Stock. I highly recomment getting 21mm coin capsules for the ingredients if you plan on playing this more than a couple of times. The teacher person from North Star did a fine job, too. Just demoed it at Origins. There’s a fix for every infirmity. But be careful, one ingredient too many and your potion will explode! It does add about 5 minutes to the duration of the play however. I know what I'm saving for now though ;), Putting the tokens in coin cases drastically improves the tactile enjoyment of this game for a fraction of the cost of the geekup bits. Posts with the Quacks of Quedlinburg tag: News, Newsletters. Price: $31.49 $34.99. When they are having a bad round, you empathize and feel a little thrill that you are going get a better score that round. People palming their White 3 (the really bad chip), people "accidentally" dropping chips on the ground (always a white 2 or 3, every time), people taking their purchase chips and palming an extra chip when they do it because you can't audit their bag, people grabbing two chips at a time and quickly looking and placing the one they want. 5 for the game (in case I get the expansion) and 1 for my dice. It has a huge perception of a runaway leader problem. I love this game. Issue 77 October 2019 Here Be Books & Games News. It’s definitely in the Dominion/Kingdom Builder/Quarriors model, a pretty simple game of finding combos and probabilities but with chits in a bag. Join our community! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Winner of the 2018 Kennerspiel des Jahres, The Quacks of Quedlinburg perfectly blends deck, i.e. Reason why is it's heavy on the luck side. I found it very polished and balanced for every player no matter how far one might be behind in a game. There is more strategy to this than people get; but not in Ingredient Set 1. Quacks of Quedlinburg is just that, a winner, and I would be inclined to say that this game may well be my most played game throughout 2019 (its already my most-played game this month)! What are your thoughts on the game? @sllewely I didn't have the scan for the other side of the player boards, but the other side just doesn't use the droplet at the bottom of the board. Secret Hitler. The Kennerspiel des Jahres winner for 2017, it has received acclaim for its unique combination of its genres. I've not had a chance to play it with anything but the starter ingredients, as I'm always showing it to new players, so it's good to hear how more strategy gets involved once you mix in new stuff. I feel bad if I don't win correctly. I love the cacophony during the last couple of rounds when everyone has full sacks and they're shaking the hell out of them. I haven't played with the vials with the expansion yet, and it's possible that that those two will work well together because of the Witches option, but that remains to be seen. While I agree, that is explicitly why all but the final rounds don't do simultaneous draws. Once you have played 2-3 games with each set, you can really start mixing the sets up, and you get some phenomenally interesting mixes; and it does mean that the game will always be different. Wife and I just picked this up over the weekend and loved it. I am typically not a fan of push your luck as a dominant mechanic in games but thought I would enjoy this game in spite of that. The rat's tail mechanic is really clever, but doesn't do mitigate the problem that too many potions boiling over is going to lose you the game. Quacks set up for two players. That is super lazy and uninspired design work. The other issue I have with the game, are the bags. Nate Anderson - Mar 9, 2019 3:00 pm UTC The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. ... Reddit, Youtube, Kickstarter, Miniature Market, Cool Stuff Inc, various online retailers, and game publisher websites. It’s a light, short, engine building game, but the twist is that you draw the components of your engine at random out of a bag. Each player has their own bag of ingredient chips. EYE OF NEWT — Quacks of Quedlinburg deserves its “Board Game of the Year” win This one might be a new family-weight board game classic. Yet again, this is another gem from the legend, Wolfgang Warsch, … I would say your points are all bang on. I have played with the expansion once, and am looking forward to getting my own copy. Compare prices for the The Quacks of Quedlinburg board game across 12 board game online retailers … This site is dedicated to promoting board games. Price: $35.86-11%. I have no time for 'letter of the rule' arguing. It plays well at 2-4 (up to 5 with the expansion), adding only about 5 minutes for each extra player, so that's a bonus. Usually, I'm not that into multiplayer solitaire games, but as everyone is playing simultanously it's just super entertaining to just watch what happens to everyone around you. Pax Renaissance is my favorite game and I love Quacks. That’s interesting. BG Atlas page here Designer, Wolfgang Warsch,Artist, Dennis Lohausen, Wolfgang Warsch,Publisher, North star Games BGG Entry: Quacks is one of those games i like and can definitely see why its immen… Considering the low price (not sure about the US though), of about 25 euros it's super cheap for what it offers. Who gives a shit it is FUN! Purchasing good ingredients for your brew can help you make the best "healing" What I learned is that I strongly strongly dislike it at 2 players but think it’s a very good game w/ at least 3. I know it's only a suggestion in the rule and you only need to officially finish the last round that way, but I think it's really fun playing a bluff with others (is my hand empty and I'm actually out this round?) Overall, yeah, I think The Quacks of Quedlinburg is excellent, I said, generally in line with popular opinion on the subject. Of course, if you don’t like push-your-luck games or games with a … It's already the new family favourite! Easy to teach, and despite what some others say about it being a bit heavier, I don't think that makes it as inaccessible to newer gamers as some say. Each player has their own bag of ingredient chips. Includes upcoming events, Game Auction Recap, and 5 Games of Mystery and the Macabre for Halloween. The quacks of Quedlinburg The bag-building game for quacks and charlatans by Wolfgang Warsch for 2–4 players ages 10 and up. Someone else busts dramatically? So nice to finally give it a try. That you can wait and see what the others get. 'pot', building strategy with a press your luck element that ratchets up the excitement each turn as the stakes get higher. Players spend their turns concocting cures by means of bagbuilding and push-your-luck. I've played the first set many times, and set 2 twice, and I have never gone further than that. Thank you to those who recommended this game. Of course they do, they aren't going to explode ever and are going to get great draws every round. If you don't want to play with simultaneous draw, and you get someone who wants to do this, the only counter we have found is to get everyone else to insist they aren't going to draw until that person has finished their round, after all, if they can do it, so can everyone else. Are there similar games to this one? It’s a “controlled” push-your-luck game with great replayability thanks to the different ingredient abilities! This is in my opinion the most valuable upgrade to a game you can make.In Australia I got these on eBay, but apparently in the US Amazon is the better place to get them. But adding one Cherry Bomb too many to the mix … North Star Games is excited to announce that its newest release, The Quacks of Quedlinburg has won the coveted 2018 Kennerspiel des Jahres award. My partner and I were just brainstorming the best shape and types of cloths we might use if we construct our own bags, since the square silk bags feel like they form around the tokens and we'd love to be able to feel like things are more easily getting mixed around in the bag. I picked it up recently at KublaCon and have had a blast with it. It's one of my favorites and i hope there are more expansions coming. I've played it twice and don't really care for it (would play again) and you've identified my main problem with it -- the solitaire feel. I have seen this happen a few times, and these players also have a tendency to become a runaway leader. November 17, 2020 Features and have never had any cheating issues; granted we've got a pretty cool group of people I don't think would cheat anyway, but it's good to hear how playing that way covers this possibility easily. Having taught the game about a dozen times where I watched but didn't play, I have never seen more cheating in a board game ever. But be careful: a few too many special ingredients and the whole potion could blow up in your face! Written by tina 5 October 2019 5 October 2019 Leave a comment. This results in the tokens falling into the corners of the bag, meaning that unless you consciously move the tokens, you're picking tokens off the top, which a savvy player could use to cheat. The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. Wonderful "game night" game that I've brought to the local meetup I help run with a couple friends. I mean, it won the Kennerspiel, I don't think any board gamer can scoff at it. I think we may need to adopt your simultaneous draw rule. Enter the full URL of your item or group's Polycount page, Enter the full URL of your item or group's reddit page, Enter the full URL to your item or group's Sketchfab page, This item has been removed from the community because it violates Steam Community & Content Guidelines. It will help with any issues that can arise from people trying to purchase out of turn and causing a token scarcity. Here is an expansion to the very popular The Quacks of Quedlinburg, which I reviewed not too long again. The simultaneous draw also stops the jackass players who insist on not drawing past their fourth or fifth chip until everyone else is done so they have perfect information to play against. P.S. Players take on the roles of quack doctors, mixing various ingredients in order to create the greatest potions. For sure. First of all, it's one of the best push your luck games in ages. I will play coop games where I accidentally cheat or miss a rule and if I catch myself i will go back and redo the turn or give myself a punish to fit. Come discuss games like Codenames, Arkham Horror, Terra Mystica, and all your other favorite games! Double the amounts of rats tails this round), we just shuffle it back in and draw again. Players are quacks trying to brew the best potions ahead of the upcoming festival. Join our community! Sometimes I get to stuff a bit late; whatever. when you're ready of course, Just spent all my money on my son's birthday! I'm a hardcore & heavy board gamer, but it actually might have been my favorite game of 2018. That would take up a ton of room. She claims she isn't. Gave it to my son for his birthday yesterday and it was a big hit. Also the sound they make while jiggling them in the bag is wonderful, the feeling of a bag "heavy" with ingredients is great, and if someone drops an ingredient which can happen, you hear and feel it. There's an expansion! Those titles all have the “use things from your bag to buy more things to put in your bag” but use them for different ends to Quacks, which is a quick and punchy, colourful endeavour. Will check them out. Lots of goodies in this fun board game. The player with the most points is the winner. You actually have solid information about what you are pushing against because you create the bag yourself. It's one of those games that 'serious gamers' seem to like scoffing at, but most willing to give it a fair shake ends up enjoying it. It’s quantity over quality. First of all. In reality, the board game is a fun press-your-luck, bag-building game where players compete in brewing the best potions. People often try to rush to get their tokens while they are there, the rules are clear that you do this in player order, but some people get impatient, don't let them. I would compare it to some sort of push your luck game, as this is the very chore mechanism. Stick to the player turn order for resolving events and end of round stuff. Also the playing board has a reverse side for a different style of play, which again, I have never played. Everyone I have played this way with, now close to 20 people, have all agreed it's better. We’ve only played once, and found it charming, though one player liked it a lot less after several turns of terrible luck in a row. As for the runaway leader, I find this seems to happen more often in a 2 player game, than a 3 or 4 player game. You also get a better feel about needing to push with the different interation tiles, mostly the blacks. When people say that it is "fantastic" and "excellent", maybe there will be some contradictory statements. My copy is up to about 30-40 plays, having loaned it out to people at a convention last weekned a few times, and everything still looks shiny and new. Thanks for the tip on 21mm coin capsules! Instead, The Quacks of Quedlinburg is about miracle doctor “quacks” showcasing their healing remedies. Highly recommended and I hope you have as much fun with it as we have. I played this for the first time recently, I didn't like how dependent on the last round the game is, meaning it doesn't matter how well you have built your bag, it could all fall in a heap. In The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans — or quack doctors — each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. In The Quacks of Quedlinburgplayers pose as miracle doctors selling homebrewed medicinal potions at the city’s bazaar. That is very much a beginner set without a lot of control, the other sets allow you to do more to take some control. We haven’t played it yet, but I’m interested in other people’s reactions. You start with perfect information, and from there you can either remember or not. 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