Gamehelppotionexplosion

2023-06-08T02:30:04Z

RWSN0042: request for how to use a particular potion. it's currently a reported as a bug since no one can figure out how to use it on BGA.

For tips on how to play potion explosion, see <b>[[Tips_potionexplosion|Tips_PotionExplosion]]</b>

== Game play ==

* Players start by picking two potions that they want to make.
* Players choose their first potion going clockwise around the table, and their second potion going anti-clockwise.

=== On Your Turn ===

* On your turn, take any marble ("ingredient") from the dispenser.
** If two marbles (or groups of marbles) of the same colour collide when falling to close the gap in a column left by taking a marble, they explode and are also taken by the player.
** This will repeat as "exploded" marbles are removed and subsequent groupings collapse.
* Exploded marbles are placed in the user's "hand".
** ''i.e. the rectangle above the flasks in the player's board.''
* 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.
** ''The pool can hold at most three but can hold any colour.''
** If there is available space in your pool you must fill it with marbles from your hand before ending your turn.
** Any marbles left afterwards in your hand at the end of your turn are returned to the dispenser.
* When all the holes of a potion are filled, that potion is completed and it moves to your potion area, becoming worth its VP at the end of the game.

==== Other Actions ====

* At any time on your turn (before or after your regular marble pick), you may also:
** Drink a potion from your potion area, to activate their effect.
*** You can only drink each potion once, and it still scores VP even after being drunk.
*** Hover over to see the effect.
*** You may drink multiple potions in a turn if you have them.
** Once per turn, ask the professor for a Little Help.
*** This costs -2 VP, and lets you take any one marble from the dispenser, without triggering an explosion.

* At the very end of the turn, you must draw new potions to replace any that you completed (You cannot add marbles to these new potions until next turn).

=== Skill tokens ===

* The game is setup with ([# of players] + 2) skill tokens from the start.
* When you make your third potion of the same type, or when you have made five different types of potions, take a Skill token for 4VP.
* With 5 or more players, you also gain a skill token when you complete your 10th potion.

== Game End ==

* When the pile of Skill tokens has been depleted, that round is played out and then the game ends.
* Skill tokens are scored even after they have been depleted.
* The player with the most VP points is the winner.

=== Tiebreak ===

* In the case of a tie, all tied players (starting from the first player in turn order) each one at a time take one marble from the dispenser to try to trigger an explosion.
** The player who takes the most marbles this way is the winner.
* ''Note:'' each player may get the skill token of 'the 5th different kind of Potion' once.
** You do not get a 2nd skill token of 'the 5th different kind of Potion' after you collect the 2nd set.

== Potion effects ==

*'''Abyssal Draft:''' Take up to 1 Ingredient of each colour from the bottom row of the Dispenser slide tracks. You can only take 1 Ingredient from each slide track.
*'''Balm of Uttermost Stickiness:''' Take 2 or more adjacent Ingredients of the same colour from the same slide track of the Dispenser. No Explosions are triggered.
*'''Elixir of Blind Love:''' Steal all the Ingredients from 1 opponent’s Pool.
*'''Filter of Lavamancing:''' Discard up to 5 Ingredients of 1 colour from the same slide track of the Dispenser back into the tank. No Explosions are triggered.
*'''Potion of Magnetical Attraction:''' Take 2 adjacent Ingredients of different colours from the same slide track of the Dispenser. No Explosions are triggered.
*'''Potion of Prismatic Joy:''' You can place all Ingredients (up to 3) in your flask's ingredient Pool on any holes of your incomplete Potions, regardless of their colour.
*'''Potion of Wisdom:''' Take one Ingredient of your choice from the Dispenser. No Explosions are triggered.
*'''Sands of Time:''' Activate again the effect of 1 Potion you already used.

== Variants ==
===Fulminating Serum===
* The fulminating serum will possibly be available.
* It discards 2 ingredients on the same track back into the Dispenser. No explosions are triggered.

===Fifth Ingredient===
====Ghost Ectoplasm====
* Ghost Ectoplasm is added as an extra ingredient. It is found in the Ghastly Cauldron.
* This ingredient can be used as any colour, both for explosions and for brewing.
* When you exchange an ingredient with the Ghastly Cauldron, you must take a marble from it (Ghost Ectoplasm if possible) and put another marble in its place. After that, gain 1 reward token.

====New Potions====
* Brew of Feather Touch: Take 2 or more ingredients of the same colour from the same row of the dispenser. No explosions are triggered.
* Chameleonic Varnish: All ingredients of a colour of your choice is changed to another colour of your choice (Except wild). Someone please add instructions on HOW to get a choice of colors on BGA UI.
* Dram of Poltergeist Swat: Steal 1 ingredient from an opponent’s pool, then exchange it with the Ghastly Cauldron.
* Ghastly Concoction: Exchange an ingredient in your hand with the Ghastly Cauldron.

====Professor Tiles====
* A professor tile is chosen at the start of the game. Its effect apply during the whole game.
* Reward tokens (1 point each) and scolding tokens (-1 point each) might be gained during the game.
* List of professors:
** Albedus Humblescore: You can discard 2 ingredients of the same colour from your hand to discard a little help token.
** Antiqua Thriftymind: If your pool is full at the end of your turn, exchange an ingredient in it with the Ghastly Cauldron.
** Gravitha Tidygall: If you do not put ingredients in a potion from bottom to top, receive 1 scolding token after that potion is completed (max 1 per potion).
** Overwhilma Explosiwa: If you collect 8 or more ingredients with your regular pick, exchange one of them with the Ghastly Cauldron.
** Shi Zan Shuimo: You may instead activate the effect of a potion you have already used when you take a little help token.

===Sixth Student===
====Mandragora Leaves====
* Mandragora Leaves is added as an extra ingredient.
* During explosions, they are treated as a regular colour.
* When brewing, layers can be filled with only mandragora leaves instead.
* You cannot change the colour of mandragora leaves, even with potions.

====New Potions====
* Concentrate of Selfishness: Steal 1 ingredient from each opponent’s pool.
* Generosity Confection: Take one ingredient per player from a side track, which must be all adjacent. Then give 1 ingredient to each player. If an opponent’s pool is full, discard that ingredient instead.

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