Warlock's Brew

2 - 6 Players

15 - 20 Minutes

 

Who among you and your friends cook up the best Warlock's Brew?

Compete against your friends for ordinary and extraordinary items of value through snappy secret auctions. Once you gain 3 of the same item, you win the game with your fantastic brew made of Horns, Tentacles, and oh so much more!

Goal:
Have 3 of the same type of ingredient in your brew to win!

Setup:

1. Shuffle the Ingredient cards into a deck
2. Every player gets one of each value of Coin, 1 through 5, to make their hand
3. Start the first Auction

Auction:

1. Reveal the top card of the Ingredients deck
2. Each player places a secret bid to buy the Ingredient by choosing 1 Coin card in their hand and placing it facedown in front of them
3. Every player, at the same time, reveals their bids
4. The player who offered the highest value of Coins is the auction winner and puts the Ingredient in front of them, the Coin card they bided also stays in front of them meaning they can no longer use it, at least for now
5. All players who didn't win the Auction put the unspent Coin card they bided back into their hand
6. A new Auction begins

Tie For Auction Winner:

• If there is a tie during an Auction, the next highest bidder (without tying) becomes the Auction winner
• If all the players tied, the Ingredient is removed from the game and all bided coin cards stay in front of players

After an Auction:

• If a player gets 3 of the same type of Ingredient they win the game
• If a player has 3 Coin cards in front of them, they put all of the Coin cards in front of them into their hand
• If the deck is empty, the player with the most Ingredients in front of them wins

In General:

• Cards in front of players must be kept face up
• At anytime players may make deals, exchanging Ingredients, Coins, or favors

 

Variants:
Two Players: The Auction winner gives their bided Coin card to the other player's hand instead of keeping it in front of themselves 

Magic Infused: When setting up, put any amount of Ingredient cards onto special effects cards, Ingredients on special effects cards get the listed special effect

Limited Supply: When setting up, remove an equal amount of Ingredients from each type from the game

Broke Buyers: When setting up, no player gets the 5 value Coin card

Small Selection: When setting up, remove any amount of entire Ingredient types from the game

Impotent Ingredient: When setting up, remove 3 Ingredients from any amount of individual Ingredient types from the game

Storefront Disaster: When setting up, remove any amount of random Ingredients from the game, any player may look at the removed cards at any time

Snakeoil Salesman: When setting up, remove any amount of random Ingredients from the game, no player may look at the removed cards

Vision of Blindness: Cards in front of players are always facedown, players may peak at the cards that are in front of them (this means that players can lie when making deals)

Utter Darkness: Cards in front of players are always facedown, players may not peak at the cards in front of them, at anytime a player can declare they have won and reveal all their cards, if they have 3 of the same Ingredients they win as usual, otherwise they lose and are eliminated from the game