2021 · Children's Game

Magic Mountain

Players use colored will-o'-the-wisp marbles to propel figures down a raised mountain board. On each turn a marble is drawn, dropped down one of six channels, and any figure struck is picked up and advanced to the next space matching the marble's color along a winding path. Six sorcerers' apprentices start in the back row and four witches occupy designated starting spaces; if a marble fails to hit a figure, the active player advances a witch instead. Play cycles through the marbles until either four apprentices reach the bottom before three witches do, or the witches outrun the apprentices. Difficulty and player-count rules are adjustable for cooperative or competitive play.

groupPlayers

2–6 best 3

schedulePlaying time

15 min

cakeAge

5+

psychologyComplexity

1 / 5