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Close up of the Wizards my wife and I made.

Wiz-War made from Ilya 77's files with home made Card shoe

My pnp copy of Wiz War + 1st expansion. Half sized laminated cards.

Homemade Wiz-War dungeon from painted Legos

Wiz-War (1983)

Players

2–4

Best: 4, 4+

Playing time

60–60 min

Age

10+

6.86

Average rating

1,671

Ratings

2.00/5

Weight

#3066

BGG rank

Top 5,000

Alternate names:Wiz War

Designer:Tom Jolly

Artist:Tom Jolly, Phil Morrissey

Publisher:Jolly Games +2 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy5.0

Luck5.0

Interaction7.0

Complexity4.0

Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

FantasyFightingModular BoardPlayer Elimination

Overview

In the light, beer & pretzels type of game Wiz-War, players are transformed into wizards attempting to collect treasures from a twisted little maze. At the heart of the game is a deck of cards that the players use to cast spells, power-up spells, and augment movement. Each turn, players can move up to three spaces (or more with the use of number cards). However, the goal is to penetrate the other players' sections of the maze, pick up one of their treasures, and bring it back to your home base. The first player to capture two such treasures or kill all the other wizards wins.