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Fantastiqa

Adventures in Fairyland

Adventures in Fantastiqa, full to the brim with strange creatures, which each have an individual ability and also vulnerability. If you play cards with symbols corresponding to those creature characteristics you can subdue the creature and win it for an ally. Some of the creatures carry gems, which you can use to may for powerful artifacts or for assistance from mythical beasts that you summon.

You start your adventure with a handful of household items, but are acquiring more power with each ally. If you complete quests you earn points and other awards. If you are first to reach or surpass the quest goal you win the game.

In your turn you have to implement three actions in order: First, fill the board - if this is not possible anymore, the game ends; if you draw an event card while refilling, it is implemented. If necessary, you also lay out a new ques. Then you have one action - either going on an adventure or visit a statue or complete a quest; furthermore, you can do any number of so-called free actions, even before your three turn actions - assign cards to a quest or withdraw them from a quest, use a treasure marker, use the special ability of a card or use an artifact card.

The game reminds me of Aladdin's Cave and his treasures, because it is chockablock full of allusions to fairy tales and other stories, from white rabbits to flying carpets and magic wands; a real adventure in fairyland, with all ingredients that you could with for in a family game. The variety of mechanism you can use is surprising in a game that is basically a deck-building game. Simply beautiful and simply fun to play!

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 60+

Designer: Alf Seegert

Artist: Pixel Productions

Price: ca. 55 Euro

Publisher: Gryphon Games 2012

Web: www.eagle-gryphon.com

Genre: fantasy, adventure, deck-building

Users: For families

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Many literal illusions

Good mix of mechanisms

Main mechanism is deck-building

Compares to:

Fantasy adventure games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 1

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0