Witchcraft! Review & Gameplay | Solitaire Board Game | Salt & Pepper | David Thompson

We show gameplay and review Witchcraft!, the 17th/18th-century historical fantasy solitaire card game from (historical game board game) from Salt & Pepper Games, designed by David Thompson, Trevor Benjamin, and Roger Tankersley. Artwork by Albert Monteys. In this game you lead a coven of witches on a series of missions and hopefully achieve acceptance into the town at the trial at game end.

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This review and gameplay video produced by Zilla Blitz.

The game shown in this video is a prototype version (not final version) provided by Salt & Pepper Games.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:29 Components
08:45 Gameplay
30:21 Impressions

Witchcraft
David Thompson
Trevor Benjamin
Roger Tankersley
witch games
Salem witch trial games
solo solitaire card games
colonial new england games
solo solitaire war games

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Witchcraft! First Look Gameplay & Review | Solitaire Board Game | Salt & Pepper | David Thompson

[bellasonoclaudio]

Bought it today, I'm spending the hole night playing ahah

[housecaldwell]

Wow, this looks like a brilliant twist on Resist. I love the theme and the artwork again is spectacular.

[lilesindiecorner]

This looks so COOL! I love that it's also more fantasy themed, since I have to admit some of the real-life conflicts I don't really want to engage in. Great art again, fun gameplay, hopefully it releases here as well!

[nanibly]

I received my copy today! Thanks for this video, you made it so easy to learn Witchcraft, by relating it to Resist. And your excitement for this game is contagious. Well done, sir!

[danoleary]

Thank you so much for your detailed review and explanation of the game. I watched other main stream reviewers and you took the time to explain everything in detail
I feel I can now go and set up this game and play.
I’m a follower now.

[trevorbenjamin]

Thanks so much!!! Gotta love a Cursed Chicken ;)

[manuelkooijman]

This will be an instant back. I backed Resist! last year and am still thoroughly enjoying both the base game as well as the scenarios (which are hard). It ended up being my number two game of the year just behind Heat. Witchcraft really looks awesome again and I am happy the same artist is involved. The gameplay looks even more interesting than Resist!. Plenty of familiarity but also enough changes to justify having both in the collection. David Thompson is on fire. Not seen a bad game from him.

[mj]

Thanks Zilla, this looks fun. Great presentation as always!

[joelcole]

Alright!
*Resist!* is fantastic, I'll be looking forward to *Witchcraft!* now.

[coyi]

Always a risk putting the population in danger, for some reason its always 3. Looks every bit as good as Resist and the art work is top notch. I do have room in the sideboard odds and ends draw for another box of similar size. Added to the wish list. Excellent play through & info.

[robertdelaney]

I am so getting this. I think my wife might even play this.

[thecustardprophet]

Looks a good one! I like the evolution of the game from Resist.

[ColasTeam]

I didn't get resist despite hearing it was one of the best solo games ever because I hated the theme, but I love witches as a theme, so it looks like I'm definitely getting this one!

[pterrok]

Well, that turn was brutal! ;-p

Trying to math it out from what I saw, if you sent all witches to jail each turn, you'd get 5 turns, minimum? (Since on some you might not have to use ALL witches to do everything harmful.) But you have 9 missions, so you'd be left trying for a good vote like you modeled at the end--which also seems unlikely to work.

i.e. the deck seems stacked against you, and a win is gonna be tough. Just need to draw cards that manage to match the challenge cards in a mission. Guess that must happen more than I would think...Oh wait! You had the special recon reveal of all the challenge cards--gonna be even harder if you have to normally show them one at a time? ) EDIT: Oops--that reveal let you decide if you wanted that mission or not--they ARE all revealed once you officially choose a mission, though, right? Just you'd be going in blind, otherwise. ;-p)

So you simply MUST to do a full play and show us how well you do! ;-)

[sapien]

Instaback for me. But will I ever want to play Resist! again after getting this game?

[nordicmaelstrom]

I have to ask this Zilla but are you a fan of any particular baseball team or do you just wear all the teams gear?

[davidbarr]

No board so it's not a board game.