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Grimoire

SPellBOOK FOR TIME SPELLS

Grimoire is the French word for a spell book and each player holds one such book, complete with a book mark. Why? Well, each player is an adventurer on the hunt for treasures and uses his grimoire to find those treasures and also companions. Two kinds of treasures are available, either tasks cards that must be executed, that is, find treasures or companions, or item cards which you can acquire by using special effects.

In each round a display of number of players + 1 task cards is prepared. Each player first determines a page using his spell book and his book mark. This page selection determines the order of play and also determines the kind of spell that will be used by this player in this round: Attack, Defense, a Time Spell to turn around the order of play or “Creation” for item cards. The spells in the book get stronger with ascending order, but you choose the cards in order – that means a weaker spell gives you earlier choice from quest cards with treasures and companions. If you own 10 quest cards showing coins or 10 quest cards showing companions, the game ends at the end of the round and each player counts his victory points, if you have the most you win.

Grimoire is an interesting little card game with a few unusual details, the spell book, the Grimoire itself, is a pretty detail and the coupling of the spell strength with the order of play makes sense. Fortunately, the game is completely bilingual, featuring good English rules and bilingual spell books. Friends of unusual games will find it a nice tidbit, which has been announced for publication by Z-Man Games.

Spieler         : 2-4

Alter            : ages 10+

Dauer           : ca. 30 min

Autor           : Hayato Kisaragi

Grafik          : Keita Komiyama

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 14 Euro

Verlag          : One Draw 2010

http://one-draw.jp

Genre                    : Fantasy card game

Zielgruppe             : With friends

Version                           : multi

Rules                              : jp en

In-game use of language   : yes

Kommentar:

Bilingual material

Good English rules

Not easy to acquire

Announced for publication from Z-Man

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