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Alchemists
#179BGG7.6RATING
Updated Jun 10
2–4
PLAYERS
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MINUTES
4
BEST WITH
3.9
HEAVY
ERRATA1
Official grant timing rule overrides rulebookdesigner
- RULING
- "After you publish, endorse, or debunk a theory, you may take any grants you are eligible to gain. You cannot gain grants any other time."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(32 replies, 9 thumbs)DATE: 2015-07-29
DESIGNER CLARIFICATIONS7
Favor card discard pile during setupdesigner
- RULING
- "Discard them face up on the same discard pile you will use for Favor cards played during the game."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(42 replies, 19 thumbs)DATE: 2015-03-12Herbalist favor card draw timingdesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players asked whether ingredients should be drawn before or after seeing the turn order card or initial setup phase. Applies to both turn order selection and initial ingredient setup.
- RULING
- "Draw the ingredients first so that you can discard them in case you draw the Herbalist favor card."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(42 replies, 19 thumbs)DATE: 2015-03-12Two different negative potions on the same playerdesigner
- CONTEXT
- The rulebook states "No negative potion can affect you twice." Question was whether this prevents two *different* negative potions from both affecting the same player.
- RULING
- "If you drink two negative potions with different colors, you get affected by both of them. The 'No negative potion can affect you twice' applies only to two identical potions."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(42 replies, 19 thumbs)DATE: 2015-03-12Boots of Speed on Custodian's imaginary action spacedesigner
- CONTEXT
- The Custodian favor card creates a personal action space between Transmute and Sell Potion. Question was whether Boots of Speed (usable on any space except Sell Potion) applies to it.
- RULING
- "Yes. The Custodian card literally creates an imaginary action space just for you, situated between Transmute and Sell potion action spaces. Boots can be used 'on any action space except Sell potion'. So this imaginary one also counts."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(42 replies, 19 thumbs)DATE: 2015-03-12Boots of Speed when the placed cube was declineddesigner
- CONTEXT
- A player placed a cube on an action space but chose not to use the action (declined/passed). Question was whether Boots of Speed could still be triggered from that space.
- RULING
- "Yes. Boots say you can use it 'On an action space where you have at least one cube'. So it doesn't matter whether that cube was used or declined."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(42 replies, 19 thumbs)DATE: 2015-03-12Boots of Speed during Publish Theory following a Debunkdesigner
- CONTEXT
- When Debunking, the player's cube is removed from the Debunk space. Question was whether Boots' extra action could still be used during the Publish Theory step that immediately follows, even though the cube was removed during the Debunk.
- RULING
- "Yes."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(42 replies, 19 thumbs)DATE: 2015-03-12Periscope: spied player does not learn which ingredient was seendesigner
- RULING
- "The spied player does not know what ingredient was seen by the spying player. If someone uses Periscope on you, shuffle the ingredient cards face down, then pass them to the spying player. He looks at one and discards them both."
AUTHOR: ko3matus (Matúš Kotry, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(42 replies, 19 thumbs)DATE: 2015-03-12
Q&A1
Element size irrelevant for hedging and scoringcommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- Is the size of an alchemical element (large vs. small) relevant when hedging a seal or calculating scoring?
- ANSWER
- No. Element size is irrelevant for hedging and scoring purposes — only the +/- sign matters. Size only becomes relevant when determining which alchemicals combine to produce which potions.
AUTHOR: Alex Churchill (designer of another game)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(14 replies, 6 thumbs)DATE: 2014-11-07
Last researched: 2026-04-28
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Deduction·Fantasy·Puzzle
MECHANICS
Action DraftingConstrained BiddingDeductionEnd Game BonusesEventsHand ManagementOpen DraftingTurn Order: ProgressiveWorker Placement
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