The Quacks of Quedlinburg (2018)
(2018)Schmidt Spiele, CMYK, North Star Games
A strategic push-your-luck game where players are charlatans (quack doctors) drawing ingredient tokens from their bag to brew potions. Players must carefully balance risk and reward as they add ingredients to their pot, trying to create the most powerful potion without causing it to explode.
The Verdict
based on 43 reviews
The reviewer considers 'The Quacks of Quedlinburg' to be a fantastic and highly accessible family-weight game that skillfully balances luck and strategy, offering significant replayability; the main criticism is its limitation to four players, as the reviewer wishes more people could experience it.
Honestly, after initially thinking I wouldn’t really like this game based on how random it sounded, I am amazed at how much I love the game and how much fun I have playing it. I think Quacks is wholly deserving of it’s praise and awards and can’t wait to check out the expansion soon.
The Quacks of Quedlinburg is full of lots of fun moments that make for highly memorable game nights.
The reviewer highly recommends The Quacks of Quedlinburg, praising its engaging push-your-luck mechanics and high replayability, making it a crowd-pleaser and one of their all-time favorite games despite some potential wear on the cardboard components over time.
The reviewer enthusiastically praises 'The Quacks of Quedlinburg' as one of the best games played in years, highlighting its delightful push-your-luck mechanics and emotional roller coaster experience, making it a highly recommended title.
It is silly, it is exciting, and it is F-U-N fun. In fact I dare you to play The Quacks of Quedlinburg and not enjoy it. That is just how confident I am.
The reviewer highly recommends "The Quacks of Quedlinburg" for its enjoyable push-your-luck mechanics that offer strategic mitigation, making it a fun and highly replayable game that is easy to learn.
The reviewer highly recommends The Quacks of Quedlinburg as an engaging push-your-luck game that consistently provides fun and memorable experiences for players.
I have loved every minute of my playtime so far because everything about the Quacks experience is distilled “essence of fun.” Nothing is baggy or extraneous.
This is probably one of the most simple and yet at the same time most just flat out FUN games I own. Highly recommend this one, one of my favorites.
The push your luck element as you blindly draw ingredients from your bag is very satisfying and frustrating in equal measure and everyone loves a potion explosion. Frankly, I think it will be my first choice ‘COVID secure’ game for the foreseeable future.
The reviewer highly recommends "The Quacks of Quedlinburg," praising it as a thematic and strategic push-your-luck game that, despite its luck-based elements, provides numerous ways to mitigate risk and offers a smooth, enjoyable experience with high replayability.
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