throw mushrooms of
the right color into
one's cauldron
place witch's kitchen
on bottom part of
box, take screen and
witch
distribute mushroom
face down, get dice
and spoon ready
throw the dice,
mushroom upside
down into cauldron
of color shown on
dice
Aim of the game
The witches try to collect as many mushrooms of the right color in their
own cauldron and, by cheating, put mushrooms of other colors into the
cauldron of the others.
This has to be done inconspicuously, otherwise the other witches become
suspicious.
Preparation
Take all the material out of the box and put the bottom part of the box in
the center of the table. Place the witch's kitchen onto the cardbord strips
in such a way that the colored cauldrons coincide with the corresponding
color areas of the box.
Each player gets a screen and puts it in front of them.
The four witches' tiles are put face down. Each player gets one, looks at
her without letting the others see and hides her behind the screen. The
color of the witch indicates which is one's cauldron.
If there are less than four players, the extra witches' tiles (watch out:
without looking at them) and screens are put aside.
The mushrooms are put face down, shuffled, dealt out equally among the
players and placed behind the screens.
Get the witch dice, the cooking spoon, the magic potion and the salt
cellar ready.
How to play
Play in a clockwise direction. The player who has eaten mushrooms most
recently starts and throws the dice. Nobody remembers when they last
ate mushrooms? Then it's the youngest player who starts.
What color appears on the dice?
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You have to throw a mushroom into the cauldron of the correspond-
ing color. Take a mushroom and put it face down on the cooking
spoon. Guide the spoon carefully to the cauldron and let the
mushroom slip from the spoon into the cauldron.
Important: In reality only mushrooms of the corresponding
color should be put into each cauldron.
But you can always bluff a little because this pot is not yours and you
want to cheat another witch into a wrong mushroom.
Sometimes you even have to cheat because you don't have any mush-
rooms of a suitable color.
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