Witch's Brew

Claim the role and risk losing it, or take the safe scrap — every round, twelve times over.

👥 3–5 players⏱ approx. 60 min🪄 A round to warm up8+

SdJ 2008 · nominated★ 6.4 · BGG #1,494

Who it's for

Groups who enjoy bluffing and second-guessing each other more than optimising an engine. Five players is where it sings.

Not for you if…

You hate having a good play stolen by someone sitting later in the order — that happens constantly by design. At three players the bluffing thins out a lot, and the fantasy theme is entirely cosmetic.

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Vibe's take

Nerve-wracking in the best way: a table of people trying to read each other's faces, and audible groans when someone calls your bluff two seats later.

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About this game

Everyone holds the same twelve role cards, picks five, and reveals them in order. Claim a role and you get the strong action — unless a later player claims it too, in which case you must decide: take the weaker favour now, or hold out and risk losing it entirely. Collect ingredients, brew potions, score.

The take-it-or-risk-it decision drives every single roundEveryone holds identical cards — it's pure reading of opponentsBest at five players, about an hour

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