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Witching Hour

Rivalry for the witches cup

Examination time in the School of Sorcery; witches vie for the Witches Cup with Potions and Hexes.

Cards in the game carry information on the number of points you will score for a given number of cards in a set, and also name the total number of cards of that type in the deck. All 56 cards are shuffled, and you are dealt 13 cards in a game of two to four players and ten cards in a game of five players; an eventual rest is discard pile.

You play sets of cards to attack an opponent or use the special ability of one card. In a round, you take turns until only one player has cards in hand or nobody has cards at the end of a turn. For an attack, you select an opponent and play a number of identical cards; the defender must play the same number of cards, but can play a different type of cards. If your opponent can play the necessary cards, your attack is blocked, and all cards played by you and the defender are discarded. If the defender cannot play the necessary cards, he takes the attack cards into his Hex pile. At the end of the round, the last player still holding cards puts them into his Hex pile and then all score sets of cards in in their Hex pile and take the respective number of counters. You can only score identical cards once, not split them into several sets. After three rounds you win with the lowest score.

Simple set collecting, but for the special abilities of the various card types - Mirror reflects an attack, the attacker becomes the defender; a Candle can be added to any other type of card; a Familiar lets you discard cards of an attack instead of adding them to your Hex pile, etc. - with thrilling interaction and unexpected outcomes of attacks.

Players: 2-5

Age: 14+

Time: 30+

Designer: Bruce Baskir

Artist: Marco Machadinho

Price: ca. 15 Euro

Publisher: Indie Boards & Cards 2017

Web: www.indieboardsandcards.com

Genre: Cards, sets

Users: With friends

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Familiar mechanism

Nicely varied by card effects

Also good for families with same gaming experience

Compares to:

Karrierepoker and other games with counteracting of card sets

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0