Wiz-War (Eighth Edition)

Players take on the roles of rival wizards dueling inside a shifting underground labyrinth. They cast spells, summon creatures, and set traps to attack opponents, defend themselves, and manipulate the maze. Victory comes from stealing opponents’ treasures and returning them to a home base or from eliminating rival wizards; turn structure and card-driven spells determine movement, combat, and special effects. The game supports 2–4 players and emphasizes tactical positioning, hand management of spell cards, and direct player interaction.

Players: 2–4 best 4
Playing time: 30–60 min
Age: 14+
Complexity: 2.3 / 5

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About the game

Design: Kevin Wilson
Tom Jolly
Art: WiL Springer
Christophe Madura
Bill Hallier
Denis Medri
Bob Renzas
Dallas Mehlhoff
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Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Expansions

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Wiz-War: Malefic Curses2014

Wiz-War: Bestial Forces2014

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52
Plays logged: 53
Players: 1h 19m
Average play: 21
In collections: 4
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6.1/10

from 10 Ludoya reviews

Benjamín Amorín7.0
Action game between Wizards sending brutal spells to each other! I love the theme and all the posible combinations between cards but it's pretty chaotic and, most of games, the person who draws better, wins.
Evan4.6
This is a wacky capture the flag game with wizards! Players run around a maze casting spells at each other, trying to grab other player's flags and bring them back to their bases, without getting zapped away. The game has a focus on take that effects and card luck, but the humor infused in everything makes the game a fun romp rather than build up and crashdown. The only thing that I've found that can lead to the game dragging down is when it's played with 4 players or a lot of obstacle spells wind up in player's hands when also there's a lack of spells to remove them. :star: Art, Iconography and components functional :star: Clever or interesting mechanisms :star: Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players :star: Multiple plays stay interesting :nostar: Low or mitigatable luck elements :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: Raw enjoyment
Pahn7.2
I bought this one for myself for my birthday. I'm glad I did, as I really enjoy it. Most players apparently like to use the "both of your treasures are stolen, you lose" mechanic, but that would always end up with me losing, so I don't. I think this would be really fun with 6 or 8 players. Somehow.