Kupferkessel Co.

Players take on the role of witches and wizards shopping for potion ingredients from a laid-out 6×6 grid (corners removed). On a turn a pawn moves clockwise around the grid a number of spaces equal to the value on the player’s top card, then the player takes one ingredient from the row or column where they stopped and places it face-down on their personal stack; only the top card of each stack is visible. An taken card is immediately replaced from the draw deck and some icons trigger extra effects (extra turn or forcing an opponent to recycle a card). The game uses set-collection scoring: singletons score negative, pairs score zero, triples and quadruples score increasing positive points, and collecting ingredients that match a player’s color doubles their value. Optional recipe cards add end-game bonus conditions. Play ends when any row is emptied; highest total wins.

Players: 2
Playing time: 30 min
Age: 8+
Complexity: 1.7 / 5