Magic Mountain (Board Game)

In Magic Mountain, a.k.a. Zauberberg, you want to move the sorcerers'apprentices down the mountain ahead of the witches — but you don't alwaysknow how the will-o'-the-wisps will make the figures move.

To set up, place supports on the game board to elevate the starting area,then place six sorcerers' apprentices in the back row and four witches on theirdesignated starting spaces. Add the five coloured will-o'-the-wisp marbles tothe bag.

On a turn, draw a will-o'-the-wisp, then place it at the top of one of thesix starting channels and let it go. If the will-o'-the-wisp hits a figure, theball will stop. Pick up this figure and move it to the next open coloured spaceon the winding path that matches the colour of the will-o'-the-wisp. If you'removing a sorcerers' apprentice, you might want to do it quickly because if thewill-o'-the-wisp hits that same figure, you can move it once again! Don't rushmoving the witches, though, since you want them to move as little as possible.If a will-o'-the-wisp doesn't hit any figures, then you must move a witch ofyour choice to the next matching coloured space. Once all five will-o'-the-wispshave been drawn, return them to the bag and start again.

If you manage to move four sorcerers' apprentices to the bottom of themountain before three witches get there, you win! You can adjust the difficultyof the game by requiring more sorcerers' apprentices or fewer witches or both.Alternatively, you can play the game competitively, with each player or teamtrying to get their group of four figures down the mountain first.

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