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Die Legende des Wendigo

deduction at the camp fire

The Young Squirrel Scouts sit around the camp fire and tell the legend of the Wendigo with his heart of ice and have no inkling that he is prowling around the camp and will steal one of the scouts every knight if the do not manage to unmask him.

32 Scout tiles show young scouts with varying characteristics - kerchief, hat, face and hair-do - and are spread out scout side up. At the start of the game, all Scout players close their eyes; the Wendigo player draws one of his 32 Wendigo tiles - their front sides are identical to those of the scout tiles, the back sides show the Wendigo - and finds the corresponding scout tile, which he then takes out of play together will all other Wendigo tiles. The remaining Wendigo tile - the one he selected - is placed into the scout tiles display. Now the scout players have 45 seconds - one run of timer - to memorize the display. Then, in the Night phase of a round - all close their eyes - the Wendigo removes one scout tile and puts his Wendigo tile into its place.

Then the scout players, in the Day phase of the round, have 45 seconds again to spot the Wendigo tile in the altered display. When they cannot identify the Wendigo within five such rounds, the Wendigo wins. In an easier version, you remove some tiles and the Wendigo must give a clue after each unsuccessful round - e.g. “the Wendigo does not wear a baseball cap”.

This is a felicitous implementation of the werewolf mechanism for all the family and thus for smaller groups; flair and challenge remain despite the simplification; the Cubs’ version is a nice introduction or a version for a game without adults.

Players: 2-6

Age: 6+

Time: 10+

Designer: Christian Lemay

Artist: Nikoa

Price: ca. 18 Euro

Publisher: Le Scorpion Masque 2017

Web: www.asmodee.com

Genre: Deduction

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Attractive simplification of the werewolf mechanism

Appealing design

Easy rules

Cubs’ version for an easier game

Compares to:

All kinds of Werewolf games

Other editions:

Iello (en)

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 3

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0