Quacks of Quedlinburg

Setup

1

Place the large game board in the center of the table

2

Place the following items on the game board

The yellow flame goes on space 1 of the round tracker

The 4 seal tiles go on the spaces in the bottom left

Place them with the 0 side face-up on the seal spaces

1 game piece per player on the seal tiles

This is the plain wooden piece in the player's color

This is where you start the point tally

Create a pile of red rubies next to the board

Place the white die next to the board

3

Sort chips

Set aside the white chips

Sort all other colored chips by number

Create 3 piles with the chips

1 chips

2 chips

4 chips

4

Prepare 2 standard ingredient books

The black and orange books are used in every game

They are always in play from the beginning

The black moth book with the player count at the top

For 2 players: 2 cauldrons on the bookmark

The orange pumpkin book with a bookmark at the top

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Additional ingredient books by choice

The books have small bookmarks at the bottom

The number of bookmarks indicates which set they belong to

In the first game, use the following books from the start

Green spider book with 1 bookmark = Set 1

Red mushroom book with 1 bookmark = Set 1

And place the following books outside the game

Yellow root book with 1 bookmark

Blue raven's head book with 1 bookmark

Purple ghost book with 1 bookmark

These books come into play when the round tracker flame reaches the corresponding space

Example: Yellow book from round 2

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Each player receives

A cauldron board in their color - The side without reagent glasses at the top

A red droplet in the center of the cauldron

Place it on space 0 in the center of your cauldron

A rat in the bowl below the cauldron

A flask with the full side up

Place it at the bottom right of your cauldron board

A ruby on the bag to the left under your cauldron

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You also each get a bag

Fill it with the following tiles

1x orange with a 1 on it

1x green with 1

1x white with 3

2x white with 2

4x white with 1

8

The starting player gets the fortune-teller cards

Choose a starting player

They take the fortune-teller deck and shuffle it

Goal

1

Reach the most victory points after 9 rounds

Victory points are the brown slips in the cauldron

And the numbers on the die

Your piece moves around the game board accordingly

Whoever is furthest ahead at the end wins

Gameplay

1

You play 9 rounds. Each round has 4 phases:

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Phase 1: Reveal a fortune-teller card

The starting player reads the top card and places it next to the score track.

The event applies to all players:

Purple card: executed immediately

Blue card: applies for the entire round

3

Phase 2: Advance rat stones (from round 2)

Count the rat tails on the score track between the leading player's piece and your piece.

For each rat tail between the leading player's piece and your own, the rat in the cauldron may be advanced one space

Players can throw rats into the cauldron and catch up more easily

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Phase 3: Brew potions

All players do this simultaneously

Draw one chip at a time from your bag and place it immediately in the cauldron

The number on the chip indicates how many spaces it lands from the last chip in the cauldron

After each draw and placement, you can decide whether to draw another chip

If you are furthest ahead, you may roll the bonus die

But be careful! The cauldron can explode!

As soon as the sum of all white chips exceeds 7

Then you must stop

The last drawn white chip is still placed in the cauldron

Below your cauldron, you see what happens then

You may not roll the die, even if you are furthest ahead

You may only either buy or move your piece forward

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Phase 4: Round end and scoring

When all players have stopped drawing chips, the round is scored

The scoring space is the first free space after the last chip in the cauldron

Go through the columns on the game board in order

Roll bonus die

Chip actions

Collect rubies

Victory points

Buy chips

Trade rubies

Roll bonus die: The player with the highest scoring space rolls the die

Only if the cauldron has not exploded

Warning! Some spaces have the same values

The space furthest ahead counts

If 2 players are tied, both may roll the die

Chip actions: Black, green, and purple chips are executed.

Only when the corresponding book is in play

The yellow book, for example, only comes into play in round 2

Rubies: Players on scoring spaces with rubies receive 1 ruby.

Victory points: Players receive victory points according to their scoring space

Victory points are always the brown numbers on the light brown post-its

Buy chips: Players can buy 1 or 2 chips of different colors.

Round end: Players can spend rubies

for 2 rubies:

move their droplet forward

or refill the flask

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Final Round

When the yellow flame is on the 9th space of the round tracker

Then you draw each chip simultaneously

When a player stops, only the other players continue to draw chips

At the end, you can buy victory points

5 chip points for 1 victory point

You don't need ingredients anymore

2 rubies for 1 victory point

Scoring

1

Whoever is furthest ahead with their piece now wins!

2

In case of a tie, the player who filled their cauldron the most in the last round wins

3

If still tied, you can jointly declare yourselves the best quacksalvers

Infos

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Special Rounds:

Round 2: The yellow ingredient book is placed.

Round 3: The purple ingredient book is placed.

Round 6: Each player adds an additional white 1 chip to their bag.

Round 9: All players must draw their chips synchronously.

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Tips for a successful game:

Use the flask wisely to avoid explosions

With a full flask, you can risk more and score more points

Combine ingredients cleverly to get many points

Watch the other players and react accordingly.