Potion Panic: Concoction Crafting for the Chaotically Inclined Board Game - Quick How to Play

hi it's taryn and stella from meeple university today i'll show you a quick how to play or overview of potion panic concoction crafting for the chaotically inclined so hopefully you can get a bit of flavor for this game coming up [Music] do we do a lot of how to play live play true videos and more so if you're new here please consider subscribing and do hit the bell to be notified when we post new videos if you find value from this video later please hit the like button subscribe to us hit the bell and leave your feedback in the comments for others to find for now let's get to the table potion panic is a quick playing card game in which players battle to brew recipes and win the philosopher's stone it was designed by jordan devonport and published by rocket house games the game plays 2-4 players in 20-40 minutes and is of light complexity in potion panic players are alchemists racing to gather the potions they need to complete recipes earn crystal shards and ultimately win the philosopher's stone at any time there will be three common recipes that players will race to complete players will also begin with one private recipe only they may complete the ingredients form a draw deck and three discard piles on a turn a player must take three actions these may be to prep a card face down from their hand to the table up to a maximum of three and discarding an unwanted card if at capacity to smash a face down card revealing and then discarding it to resolve its text effect to brew a recipe revealing and then discarding the three required potions to claim the card and the crystal shard reward which goes with it or to reserve a common recipe into their private supply up to a maximum of three the first player to earn 10 crystal shards from completed recipes wins the game there are six colored ingredients which form the potions and each comes with its own hand management smash action blue lets you draw two cards from the main deck red lets you draw three cards and then discard two yellow lets you take the top card from each of the three discard piles while green lets you take three cards from a single discard pile orange lets you look at an opponent's hand and steal one card from it and purple lets you swap hands with an opponent there are dual elixir cards which can count as one of two colors and there are other special power cards including insta cards which can be played without an action and in response to an opponent this gives the game all of the hallmarks of any good hand management and take that game the game comes with a variety of amusing and thematically colored recipes and with accessible ingredients distinguishable by words colors and shapes the game can also play in perpetual mode with the previous game's winner starting with the fabled philosopher's stone which can be discarded for a once-off bonus during the game and that's quick how to play of portion panic we hope that you enjoy the video we are using a prototype copy here of the game and so the rules and components may not be final and do check out the project page we put a link to that in the description below and if you find this video useful please help us by hitting that like button subscribe to us you can also hit the mipple in the corner to do so and hit the bell icon so you'll be one of the first to know when we have new and exciting videos you can also follow me on instagram for my board games journey and if you have any questions comments or feedback please leave them in the comment section below see you next time bye