If a player completes at least 3 of one type of potion, the player collects one of the +4 point skill tokens. Then all the potions tiles are shuffled and placed into 5 piles with the recipe side up. 5 options to choose from when selecting my next potion. At the end of the game you score points for you potions and there are points for set collection too - collecting potions of the same type and one of each of five out of the six types. There are eight different types of potions included in this base game, so there is a little variety outside of the randomness of the marble dispenser. Your goal is to win the student of the year award. To do so, you’ll need to be the best student and brew potions that are worth the most valuable points. What is Potion Explosion? At the end of a player’s turn, if they have empty spots on their desk, they choose a new potion from the top of one of the potion piles and place it in the empty spot on their desk.

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If two ingredient marbles of the same color marbles collide, they “explode”. You may take all of the same-colored marbles that touch after an explosion is triggered. The 'Fifth Ingredient' is now available! You'll meet the Professors, concoct unbelievable new Potions and unleash a new ingredient, the Ghost Ectoplasm, in this madcap expansions! The Fifth Ingredient also adds Reward and Scolding tokens. ** Store; The store is useful for preparing the next potion and indeed storing general overflow. However, be careful cause this can be stolen by other players… and this can be a good idea for you! Stealing from others is an uncertain gamble but with only a few colours this seems to work out quite often! You do not get a 2nd skill token of 'the 5th different kind of Potion' after you collect the 2nd set. Then, players add up the points they have obtained from potion tiles (marked with a number on the potion tile). Add skill tokens points and subtract two points for each help token.One at a time, you can move these marbles to the matching colour on the potions in your board and/or to the "Pool" holding flask. There are 8 different types of potions in the game, but only 6 are used each game. These six can be chosen strategically or randomly (we like random). When you finish collecting the magical ingredients, set the colored marbles in corresponding colored slots on your potion card. You must place ingredients in your hand on matching empty holes on your potion recipe. Each player receives a Desk board and places it in front of himself, leaving some space both above and below it.

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Okay class, today we’re talking about a fun board game that is definitely and legally not Harry Potter related.But, if you have particularly slow or overthinking players at the table, or if you feel confident enough with the basics of the game, feel free to agree on a different number at the beginning of flay, if you'd like to have shorter or longer games! The marbles are then matched up with brewing potions to both generate points as well as use special abilities. The aim of Potion Explosion is to get the most points. Each potion bottle has a point value. If you successfully get the potion, you get the points. Points are added up at the end. On gaining a potion bottle, it gives you a special power you can use once during the game. Some of the potions and their abilities are: