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Become the greatest wizard of the Annual Grand Rite by collecting and managing your Materia to feed your familiar and learn your spells. Act quickly to use your powers early...or wait to unleash them at full strength. Your path to victory is full of choices and combined tactics! In SpellBook, each player, accompanied by a familiar, possesses a grimoire and collects Materia to master spells and feed their familiar. The game provides pre-drawn spell sets for use in the early rounds, but soon players start drawing spells randomly or create their own spell combinations that are common to all players. Each spell combination gives an effect that lasts the rest of the game, and the more ingenious the combination, the more powerful the effect. As the rounds progress, the game becomes a different experience every time, with more than 2,100 spell combinations being possible. The game ends as soon as a magician's grimoire is complete or a familiar is fully fed, then the player with the most points wins. SpellBook includes a solo mode that closely mirrors the multiplayer experience, offering a high level of challenge and an excellent way to learn the game's rules. —description from the publisher
| Year | 2023 |
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| Designers | Phil Walker-Harding |
| Artists | Cyrille Bertin |
| Publishers | Hobby Japan, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Geekach LLC, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Space Cowboys |
| Players | 1–4 |
| Time | 45 min |
| Status | Played or rated only |
| BGG Rating | 6.4 |
| Categories | Fantasy |
| Mechanics | Hand Management, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game |
| BGG Rank | 3540 |
| Complexity | 2.05 / 5 |
| Language | Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups |
| Date | Location | Duration | Qty | Players | Scores | Winner | |
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2024-08-04 | Board Game Arena | – | 1 | Yashima | -1.00 | |
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2024-08-04 | Board Game Arena | – | 1 | Yashima | -1.00 | |
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2024-08-04 | Board Game Arena | – | 1 | Yashima | -1.00 |
My BGG Comment
Something something engine building. Played solo on BGA a couple of times. I wasn't overly impressed. Could imagine more plays would lead to more appreciation. As it is it was pretty forgettable and is unlikely to return to my rotation of BGA solos.