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2019 Ranked #18,344

Weird Alchemy

This hand-management card game has rival alchemists draw cards, hide creatures, and finish with the fewest points. Drawing an accident exposes everyone’s hands for creature claims, turning concealed plans into sudden scoring liabilities.

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Players

3-6

Play time

10-20 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

6.84

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 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Weird Alchemy is a fast paced, highly competitive, game for three to six players. Illustrated by Juan Moore, he has created 39 individual artworks that bring the game to life.

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Weird Alchemy is a fast paced, highly competitive, game for three to six players. Illustrated by Juan Moore, he has created 39 individual artworks that bring the game to life. In the game, each player is an alchemist trying to take over the world through various means but with creating a new kind of creature at the core of their scheme. Unfortunately something went wrong in their lab and now they are trying to cover it all up. On an alchemist's turn, they will play one of their pass cards if they have one and then draw a card. If an accident is drawn, players reveal their hands and any creatures are claimed by the player holding them. Magic can be used at this time also leading to weird and wonderful situations. At the end of the game players score points for exposed creatures they have and cards in their hand. The player with the least points wins. -description from designer

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
10–20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Chris Winterburn

Artists

1
Juan Moore

Publishers

2
Clever Unicorn Games Light N Games Inc.

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