Still, the game has enough depth to make me want to play it multiple times. It’s definitely a solid option for puzzle game fans.

Potion Explosion – Horrible Guild

This costs -2 VP, and lets you take any one marble from the dispenser, without triggering an explosion. When you take an Ingredient marble using the Little Help from The professor, you cannot trigger an Explosion, even if you make 2 marbles of the same color collide. As you can easily imagine, when an Ingredient marble is removed from the slide, all the marbles above it with roll down to fill the gap. This is when an Explosion can occur! You do not get a 2nd skill token of 'the 5th different kind of Potion' after you collect the 2nd set. The game is recommended for ages 14 and older. However, I think younger players could reasonably learn how to play the game, but they may need little help from an older player on occasion.

Completing a Potion

ATTENTION: online functionality is temporarily suspended because our provider has ceased operation. A new online integration is in development and will be released soon! Drinking a potion doesn’t lose points for a player. At the end of the game, they will still score points for all completed potions whether used or not. Note that those two blue Ingredient marbles in the last step of the example - even though involved in a collision-do not explode. An Explosion occurs only when two or more marbles of the same color collide with each other. Potion of Wisdom: Take one Ingredient of your choice from the Dispenser. No Explosions are triggered. Dram of Poltergeist Swat: Steal 1 ingredient from an opponent’s pool, then exchange it with the Ghastly Cauldron.

How To Play the Potion Explosion Game, a Quick Guide and Review

At it’s heart, the game is a set-collection type of game. And people of all ages love set collecting games. Potions are worth a certain number of points at the end of the game (as shown on the tile itself), and they can also be drunk to activate special one- time magical effects. Potion Explosion is a fantastic board game for the whole family! Looking forward to completing these potions.If a player completes at least 3 of one type of potion, the player collects one of the +4 point skill tokens.