Quacks

Place the first drawn chip on the first space after your droplet (or rat); for each subsequently drawn chip place it after the previously laid chip according to its value (so a 2 goes two spaces after the last placed chip), leaving any gaps as empty spaces (page 4).

Only the values on white chips are added to check for an explosion; if the total of white chips exceeds 7 your pot explodes, the last chip is still placed, and you must stop drawing (page 4).

You may put back the last drawn chip only if it was white by using your flask, but you cannot use the flask if that last drawn chip caused the pot to explode; the flask can be used once per turn and must be refilled before it can be used again (page 5).

You still determine your scoring space and receive any ruby shown on it (rubies are awarded regardless of an explosion), but exploded pots do not take part in the Bonus Die (Evaluation A); after rubies (C) an exploded player must choose either to take the victory points (D) or the coins (E) and can only buy chips if they take coins (pages 5–6).

Rats start in round 2 after the Fortune Teller card is read; each non-leading player counts the rat-tail symbols between their score marker and the leader on the scoring track and places their rat stone that many spaces ahead of their droplet (the leader cannot use rat-tails) (page 3).

No — shopping happens in Evaluation Phase E after the Potions Phase, and purchased chips are placed into your bag along with the drawn chips, so they are available for future draws (i.e., not usable during the Potions Phase you just finished) (pages 6–7).