Wiz-Dom

Gameplay

1. Players choose their Heroes. There are 4 female and 4 male Heroes, each with their unique powers. Heroes are young witches and wizards, entering the School of Magic. A game session spans a semester of their life. Players get the Hero Card and the matching Item- and Spell Cards.

2. The Game Master (can be teacher, senior student, parent, etc.) assembles the Deck of Exercises. There are cards of 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard and a certain number must be selected from each category. Subjects include Math, History, Science and general Trivia, with curricula that matches education from age of 10 to 16.

3. The Game Master selects (or randomly draws) a Boss Monster for the game session. All other game components (Cards, tiles, tokens, sheets, etc.) are placed near the gameboard.

4. Players can move on the board by either rolling 2s6 (random mode) or use Movement Cards, giving a more strategic angle to the game. As players move on the board (from Field 1 to Field 30), the following steps will happen:

Depending on the Field they landed on, they either draw a single Exercise Card matching the symbol on the field (Easy, Medium, Hard), or a Fortune Card for every player.

(a) If it was an Exercise Card, they get 3, 5 or 10 minutes to solve the Easy, Medium or Hard problems. They can use pen and paper, they can talk to each other - they can even ask for help from the Game Master. If they successfully solved the problem, they get rewards. Every player who successfully solved her exercise will get Rune Golds. If at least one player solved it correctly, they get Team Rune Golds. Red (Hard) cards yield Magic Items as well.

Also, every player with a successful solution can place a Dungeon Tile. Tiles will form the combat grid for the final battle. There are symbols on the tiles indicating that the player can draw an extra Spell or Item card when placing that Tile. And certain Tiles will summon monsters for the final battle.

(b) If it was a Fortune Card, each player gets one and resolve the effect immediately. There are supporting ones (gain bonuses, draw items, etc) and there are negative ones (lose bonuses, get cursed, etc).

5. The three corners on the Board (Classroom, Club and Magic Rental) are places where the team must stop, even if they would overstep it.

(a) Classroom: they can select an Exercise Card of any difficulty to solve
(b) Club: they can either play a minigame (not included in the box, choose anything you like to distract players for a bit), or have a little break
(c) Magic Rental: after completing the mandatory Red Exercise on Field 30, players can spend their Rune Golds on Items and Spell. They are more than encouraged to collaborate and communicate, to figure out some kind of strategy before entering the final combat. The identity of the Boss Monster is revealed at this point.

6. Once they are well equipped, it's time for the Final Battle! Heroes descend to the Dungeons to defend the school from attacking monsters! Final Battle is a turn-based combat using cards and a d20 dice.

Heroes and Monsters take their turn, with the order depending on their Movement value. Monsters are controlled by the Game Master, following the behaviour detailed on the corresponding combat sheet.

(a) Movement: a figure can make a number of steps equal to its Movement value. It can step in any direction on the Grid, it can even overstep friendly figures, but cannot cross walls or hostile squares.

(b) Use Card: after or before the Movement is completed, Heroes can use a single card each turn. It can be a spell (usually turned face down after use), or a weapon (can be used any number of times in a combat). Ranged attacks must consider line-of-sight with walls and other objects blocking the way.

Combat lasts until the last survivor, with Heroes getting extra Rune Golds as loot. They can use this during their next game session.