Alchemists
In Alchemists, two to four budding alchemists compete to discover the secrets of their mystical art. Points can be earned in various ways, but most points are earned by publishing theories – correct theories, that is — and therein lies the problem.
Factsheet
Full Name
Alchemists
EAN/UPC
8594156310271
ID/SKU
CGE00027
Release date
Q4 2014
Play Time
120 min
Players
2-4
Age
13+
Designer
Matúš Kotry
Developer
CGE
Artist
David Cochard
MSRP
USD: $59.99
EUR: €49.99
Genre
Worker Placement, Making Deductions
Sales Sheets
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Detailed Overview
Welcome to the world of Alchemists! Perform experiments to discover the magical properties of your ingredients. Demonstrate your knowledge by selling potions. Use the money to buy artifacts that further your research. Publish, publish, publish! Earn grants. And expose the fallacies published by those fools who think they can be your rivals.
Alchemists is a game of strategy, risk assessment, and deduction. Do you experiment to get more knowledge or do you publish now to get more points? Pay to endorse the latest theory of toads or save your money for an artifact? And should you really be selling that potion to the large axe-wielding barbarian when you aren't quite sure of its effects? The choices you make will prove whether you are the world's greatest alchemist.
This game is designed to be played using an app that turns your tablet or smartphone into an ingredient card reader. The app is available for free. Supported operating systems are: iOS, Android, Windows.
Bullet Points
- Perform experiments to discover magical properties of your ingredients
- Demonstrate your knowledge by selling potions
- Buy artifacts that further your research
- Publish theories and earn grants
- Expose fallacies of your rivals
Components
- double-sided game board
- theory board
- exhibition board
- 4 laboratory screens
- 4 results triangles
- 4 player boards
- 6 adventurer tiles
- 2 conference tiles
- 5 grant tiles
- 8 alchemical tokens
- 104 result tokens
- 36 gold piece tokens
- 44 seal of approval tokens (11 in each color)
- 6 conflict tokens
- starting player token
- 8 ingredient tiles
- gamemaster board
- 40 ingredient cards
- 22 favor cards
- 18 artifact cards
- 16 bid cards
- 8 plastic beaker figures (2 in each color)
- 24 plastic cubes (6 in each color)
- pad of deduction grids
- containers for tokens
- rulebook
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