A little mandrake root, a little raven's feather. Toss them in the cauldron and see what they make. Should you drink it? Maybe not. After all, that's what students are for. Welcome to the world of Alchemists! Perform experiments to discover the magical properties of your ingredients. Demonstrate your knowledge by selling potions. Use the money to buy artefacts that further your research. Publish, publish, publish! Earn grants. And expose the fallacies published by those fools who think they can be your rivals. Alchemists is a game of strategy, risk assessment, and deduction. Do you experiment to get more knowledge or do you publish now to get more points? Pay to endorse the latest theory of toads or save your money for an artefact? And should you really be selling that potion to the large axe-wielding barbarian when you aren't quite sure of its effects? The choices you make will prove whether you are the world's greatest alchemist. This game is designed to be played using an app that turns your tablet or smartphone into an ingredient card reader. The app is available for free. Supported operating systems are: iOS, Android, Windows. If, for whatever reason, you don't want to

the mobile app, you can still use the web-based version or play with one player acting as the game master. Author: Matus Kotry Year: 2014 Players: 2-4 Age: 14+ Time: 120 min Theme: potion mixing, selling potions to adventurers, publishing theories Mechanics: making deductions, worker placement, scanning with smart device Expansion: The King's Golem What's in the box 1 x Double-sided game board 1 x Theory board 1 x Exhibition board 4 x Laboratory screens 4 x Results triangles 4 x Player boards 6 x Adventurer tiles 2 x Conference tiles 5 x Grant tiles 8 x Alchemical tokens 104 x Result tokens 36 x Gold piece tokens 44 x Seal of approval tokens (set of 11 in each colour) 6 x Conflict tokens 1 x Starting player token 8 x Ingredient tiles 1 x Gamemaster board 40 x Ingredient cards 22 x favour cards 18 x Artefact cards 16 x Bid cards 8 x Plastic beaker figures (2 in each colour) 24 x Plastic cubes (6 in each colour) 1 x Pad of deduction grids 1 x Rulebook with containers for tokens