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2012 Ranked #21,855

Merlin Zinzin

A cooperative dexterity race has players send spells to move characters, use passages, or gain invisibility while a cat advances on a timer. The group must bring everyone to the village before the cat catches them.

Action / Dexterity Children's Game Cooperative Game Theme: King Arthur / The Knights of the Roundâ?¦

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

7+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.33

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Merlin stole a spellbook to his father then was captured by the witch. His friends, Viviane, Lancelot, Guinevere and Arthur went looking for him and were able to deliver him ...

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Merlin stole a spellbook to his father then was captured by the witch. His friends, Viviane, Lancelot, Guinevere and Arthur went looking for him and were able to deliver him ... Remains to reach the village of Broceliande to give the spellbook back to its owner but they are pursued by the monstrous cat Morpnage ... In this game, players join forces to lead all the characters to the village before being caught by the cat. Players will send (literally) spells on the track according to a precise technique indicated by a special dice. According to the case indicated by the spell, players will advance a character, use a secret passage, give a character invisibility or reverse the hourglass. But, these spells can also have side effects that will waste precious time to players. The cat wall advance whenever the hourglass will have elapsed (ie once per minute)or whenever and 3 spells have been sent off to the track spells. If the cat catch up a character on the board he or she will be eaten.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
15 min
Age
7+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Annick Lobet

Artists

2
Stan! Leonid Vladimirsky

Publishers

1
Blackrock Games

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