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Publisher<\/b>: Goldsieber<\/p>\n
Author<\/b>: Alan R. Moon, Aaron Weissblum<\/p>\n
Tester<\/b>: Aaron Haag<\/p>\n
Game Tested<\/b>: 1st release 2001<\/p>\n
The Game<\/b>: Travelling as one large group three to six players move across a
\nboard depicting a fantasy world with town and rural areas. In each of these areas
\ngemstones are for sale (3 in a town area, 2 in a country area). The inhabitants of this
\nworld are willing to part with their precious gems if they are offered the resource they
\ndesperately need: metal. Each area of the map indicates the type of metal required (gold,
\nsilver, copper or iron). In their strive to collect 7 different gemstones (or any 8 of
\nthe 10 types) to win the game by filling the empty slots of a players amulet, hence the
\nname of the game, players bid metal cards for the right to take one gemstone from the
\ncurrently visited area. It goes to the player bidding the highest amount of the required
\ntype of metal. The group then moves on to an adjacent area of the map.<\/p>\n
The third resource in this game are spell cards. The most important attribute of each
\nspell is the amount of metal cards it creates per round (from 0 to 4). Most spells have
\nadditional effects, mostly on the bidding phase for gems (e.g. declaring a particular
\nmetal as a joker). Again, these spell cards are distributed to the player via a bidding
\nround. And here the fourth and final resource comes into play: energy stones. At the
\nstart of the game each player receives 10 of these stones, which are used for bidding on
\nspell cards and simultaneously as “energy” for a spell successfully bid on.
\nSpells use up energy – high value spells at a higher speed than lower valued ones.
\n“Used” energy stones are returned to the player and are again available for
\nbidding on spells.<\/p>\n
The game components are very well designed with plastic gemstones in easily
\ndistinguishable 10 colors and nicely drawn spell cards and a map board design that
\nunderlines the fantasy theme of the game.<\/p>\n
Playing Time<\/b>: The game can be explained in 5 to 10 minutes and played in about
\n60 to 90 minutes depending on the number of players.<\/p>\n
Similar Games<\/b>: Westpark Gamer’s Opinion<\/b>: What sounds like a rather dry resource management Where bidding on spell cards is straight forward and fast (there is just one bid per Aaron’s Rating<\/b>: 7 (out of 10)<\/p>\n Westpark Gamers’ Rating<\/b>: 6.75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Das Amulett Publisher: Goldsieber Author: Alan R. Moon, Aaron Weissblum Tester: Aaron Haag Game Tested: 1st release 2001 The Game: Travelling as one large group three to six players move across a board depicting a fantasy world with town and rural areas. In each of these areas gemstones are for sale (3 in a town … Das Amulett<\/span> weiterlesen
\nCosmic Encounter<\/a>,
\nDer Weisse Lotus<\/a><\/p>\n
\ngame really is an excellent bidding game. As usual with this kind of game all players are
\npermanently involved and there is hardly any waiting for a player to finish his or her
\nturn. Since there are no real “killer” combination of spell cards the decision
\non whether to bid and if so how much is usually straight forward. Care must be taken
\nthough to not acquire too many spells that yield no metal cards as this can have a
\ndisastrous effect: you not only get no metal cards for bidding on gemstones but you also
\nhave insufficient energy stones for a few rounds to bid on better spells (because they
\nare allocated to your spells).<\/p>\n
\nplayer) we found a small problem with the bidding on gemstones: since only the amount of
\nmetal cards in a player’s hand need to be disclosed but not their type a player may
\nbe tempted to drive up the price for a gemstone by bidding more than he\/she is actually
\nable to pay. In our opinion the rules should state what happens if a player cannot pay
\nthe required amount of metal cards.<\/p>\n