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Rules assistance for Arcanum: The Witch
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
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Rules assistant for Arcanum: The Witch
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Arcanum: The Witch is an expansion for Arcanum released in 2011. It was designed by Andrea Chiarvesio and Pierluca Zizzi and its main mechanics are Hand Management and Betting and Bluffing.
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About the game
Arcanum: The Witch is a small expansion for the Arcanum base game. When you move a court figure on an empty city area, you gain control of the Witch. When you control the Witch during the "draw cards" phase, you can draw one additional Minor Arcana card – that is, either four Minor Arcana or one Minor Arcana and one Major Arcana – or force all other players to discard a card.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Lo Scarabeo
Questions and answers
Arcanum: The Witch has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Arcanum: The Witch belongs to these categories: Card Game, Bluffing, and Medieval. Its main mechanics are Hand Management and Betting and Bluffing. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Arcanum: The Witch are: Andrea Chiarvesio and Pierluca Zizzi. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Arcanum: The Witch as an expansion for Arcanum. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Arcanum to use it. Check that your edition of Arcanum is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.