The Quacks of Quedlinburg board game is back baby, with a fresh new edition to sate your appetite for potion craft. With the game having had a slight rebrand a few years back, we’re now getting full-on Quacks: All-In Edition that not only gives the artwork a refresh and adds two great expansions, but also lets you play with up to 5 players.
You can expect the new Quacks: All-In Edition to drop some time in summer 2025, but you can currently pre-order it for £64.93 at Board Game Bliss in the UK, or $99.99 over at the CMYK store for US potionsellers. For now, let’s see how this classic board game plays, and what changes to expect with the new edition.
Quacks is a press-your-luck potion making game in which players take on the role of charlatans, or quack doctors. Many people consider Quacks an absolute classic and one of the best board games around, since it’s a heck of a lot of fun. It’s all about making the most of randomly drawn tokens to create potions, while trying not to let everything blow up in your face if you get a little too ambitious.
The gameplay is a little Potioncraft adjacent, though a little more intense, as you to place randomly-drawn tokens outward from the middle of your swirling pot to increase the potions’ worth. Boom berries hidden in your personal stash push your potion to the edge, and can cause a cataclysmic explosion that ruins your run.
Back in 2018, when the game underwent a rebrand from The Quacks of Quedlinburg to just Quacks, a Deluxe Edition came out that included upgraded tokens and other components that made the game look and feel more in-line with the 2018 refresh.
Complete with all-new artwork from Ryogo Toyoda, it put a modern 3D twist on an all-time classic. Now, Toyoda is at it again for the All-In Edition with their gorgeous 3D graphics writ all over the game box.
With the new Quacks: All-In Edition, players will get not only the base game, but also The Witches and The Alchemists expansions (similarly to how the Mega Box integrated those same expansions). The All-In Edition even includes the deluxe edition’s components. You can also play with up to 5 players, as opposed to 4.
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