The Willow Game
| The Willow Game | |
|---|---|
| Game data | |
| author | Greg Costikyan |
| graphic |
Janet J. Kramer , Romas Kukalis , Ron Miller |
| publishing company | Tor Books |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| Art | Fantasy board game |
| Teammates | 2 to 6 |
| Duration | 120 minutes |
| Age | from 11 years |
The Willow Game is a board game for 2 to 6 players developed by Greg Costikyan and published in English in 1988 by Tor Books . It's a fantasy game and is based on the movie Willow .
Game objective
There are two parties, divided into good-minded and bad-minded players . Various cards are used on a game board. The goal of the good players is to bring the Elora Danan card and scepter to Tir Asleen . There the good players have to try to liberate the city. Another way to win is by fighting the great sorceress Bavmorda . The evil party's goal is to get the Elora Danan card and take it to Nockmaar Castle .
Course of the game
The gameplay scheme follows a simple pattern. The game of the good party consists of the following steps:
- Draw card
- Fight against enemy cards that the evil party may have put on your character
- Move
- cure
- Find treasure maps
The evil party's gameplay looks like this:
- Draw cards (2 each)
- Move
- cure
- Fight against good
Web links
- The Willow Game in the Luding games database
- The Willow Game in the games database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Arno Van der Kwast: The Willow Game at boardgame.de (English)
- Game Manual at oocities.org (English)