There’s a new game out on the market and it’s all about the witches. Wicked Witches Way was created by Bruno Cathala and Serge Laget and is published by Asmodee.
It comes in a book shaped box. The box looks like a thick magical tome, complete with a brass closing catch. When opened, the box provides an area to roll the dice. Inside are a gameboard, nine dice, a deck of spell cards, a set of nine cards color matched to a witch token with stand for each player, and a curse token. The gameboard shows a convoluted 23 dot race course proceeding from a tent encampment through a nicely decorated landscape to end at the finish line. Each player gets a set of nine cards, one for each symbol along with an appropriate magical sound listed on it. The 27 “Black Magic” cards are amusingly illustrated and have the name of the card as well as a one or two lines explaining its effects.
It’s a broomstick racing game where the right spells need to be found to move ahead.
July 4, 2007 at 5:43 pm
on the face of it an ace new game for the family but am I the only witch to find the black magic and wicked witch connotations a little hard to swallow. Talk about reinforcing stereotypes. The game itself sounds great but i dont like the idea that negative imagery spoils it.