Whirling Witchcraft

Brew, convert ingredients and shove them onto your nemesis until their cauldron overflows.

Designer: Erik Andersson Sundén
Published by: Alderac Entertainment Group
Editions by: Hobby World, Popcorn Games, Schwerkraft-Verlag, 株式会社ケンビル (KenBill), Bad Boom Games, Upgrade Games, Ігромаг

Being a witch means wielding powerful ingredients, but only up to a point, because then your workbench blows up in your face. In Whirling Witchcraft you start with four recipe cards and a handful of ingredients across five types, and each type has only a limited number of spaces on your workbench. Everyone plays at the same time. You all pick a recipe, reveal it together, then use as many recipes in front of you as you like to convert and transform your ingredients: maybe a mushroom turns into a mandrake, and two mandrakes into something stronger. The aim is to clear your own bench and stuff your nemesis's cauldron until it overflows. First to do that wins. Fast, simultaneous and mean in a tidy way.

Everyone reveals recipes at the same timeConvert ingredients on a limited workbenchOverflow your nemesis's cauldron to win

Who it's for

You enjoy short, interactive take-that games with a witch theme and a simultaneous twist, with three or so players.

Not for you if…

You want a quiet, solitary puzzle. Other people will throw ingredients at you, and you will need to adapt.

Vibe's take

Fast, simultaneous and a little frantic. Everyone is rearranging ingredients at once, and then someone's recipe lands exactly where it hurts you most.