The Quacks Of Quedlinburg: The Alchemists Expansion Board Game

The Alchemists of Quedlinburg are as famous as they are notorious People seeking help come from far and wide to have their sometimes extremely exotic complaints treated expertlyIn this latest expansion distill essences to free the citizens of Quedlinburg from these afflictions and receive valuable bonuses to become the number one alchemistAt the start of the game choose a patient to treat Every patient needs a special essence as a remedy You must make this essence in your alchemist flask and will receive special bonuses for itFollow the usual Quacks rules There is now an additional phase to play once all players have finished the Preparation Phase but before the scoring called The Essence PhaseDuring this phase you distill an additional essence from your potionComplete the following three steps one after the otherCount how many different ingredients (colours) are in your cauldron Do not count the white chips here! Place your essence marker on the appropriate space in the alchemists flaskAdd up the white chips in your cauldron If the sum totals exactly 7 move your essence marker forward 1 additional space in the flaskIf the cauldron of the player directly to your left or right explodes move the essence marker forward yet another space If the cauldrons of your two immediate neighbours explode move the essence marker forward 2 spacesIn the ninth round there is a final Essence Phase In this round you do not earn any of the bonuses rat tails or points shown on the essence but rather 1 point per space that you advanced on the alchemists flaskA copy of The Quacks of Quedlinburg is required to play Can also be combined with The Herb Witches expansion