https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/collections/all.atom vaibhavhospital 2024-05-02T02:40:41-04:00 vaibhavhospital https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/7218205425715 2024-05-02T02:40:41-04:00 2024-05-02T02:40:41-04:00 Wizard Deluxe (German Import) Board Games AMIGO

Vendor: AMIGO
Type: Board Games
Price: 34.95

Designer Ken Fisher
Publisher AMIGO
Players 3-6
Playtime 45 mins
Suggested Age 10 and up


Note: Thie game is in German.

One of the most successful trick-taking card games with exclusive features!

In this magical card game, you as a sorcerer's apprentice predict how successful you will be at winning tricks.

Make the right predictions and show everyone else who the wisest sorcerer's apprentice is.

In addition to the set of cards with the newly revised illustrations, high-quality metal coins are included that help you keep a better eye on the predicted tricks at the table.

The high-quality box also contains a wizard pen with which the predictions can be written down on the pad of truth.


Quick start Guide:

* Everyone gets one card in the first round, two cards in the second round, etc. Before the start of each round, each player must predict how many tricks they will win with their hand.

* The color played first must be followed. If you can't serve, you have to discard or trump.

* In addition to the number cards from 1 to 13 in four different colors, there are also magicians who (almost) always win and fools who (almost) always lose.

]]> Age_9+ Arrival-May 5 2024 Arrival-New-Apr-29-May-5-2024 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Category_Family INV-M-Z INV-W NewProduct Players Maximum_6 Players Players Minimum_3 Players Playtime Maximum_45 Minutes Playtime Minimum_45 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20240512 Restock-20240526-Long Source_Import Games https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/7218205425715 Default Title 34.95 AMI02206 716 https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/4741349670963 2021-01-28T20:42:52-05:00 2021-01-28T20:42:52-05:00 Wizard (25th Anniversary Edition) (German Import) Board Games AMIGO

Vendor: AMIGO
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.95

Designer Ken Fisher
Publisher AMIGO
Players 3-6
Playing Time 45 mins
Suggested Age 10 and up

Note: This game is in German.

The trick-taking game Wizard uses a sixty-card deck that consists of the traditional 52-card deck (1-13 in four suits) along with four Wizards (high) and four Jesters (low).

Players compete over multiple rounds based on the number of players, and whoever ends with the highest score wins. In each round, players are dealt a hand of cards — one card in the first round, two cards in the second, three in the third, etc. — then trump is determined by flipping the top card of the undealt deck; if a suit is revealed, that suit is trump, while if a Wizard or Jester (or no card in the final round) is revealed, then the round has no trump. Players then state how many tricks they expect to win in the round.

The playing and winning of the tricks uses mostly standard trick-taking rules. If a player leads a suited card, then all other players must follow suit, if possible. If a player leads a Jester, then the second player determines the suit led. If a player leads a Wizard, then those who follow can play whatever they want. However, in all cases a player may always play a Wizard or Jester, even if they hold cards in the suit led.

After each player has played a card, determine the winner of the trick as follows: If one or more Wizards were played, the player of the first Wizard wins the trick, collects the cards, and leads to the next trick. If not, whoever played the highest trump wins the trick. If not, whoever played the highest card of the suit led wins the trick. If all players played Jesters, whoever played the first Jester wins.

After all tricks have been played, players tally their score for the round. If a player matched their bid, winning exactly as many tricks as stated at the start of the round, they score 20 points, plus 10 points for each trick taken. If a player missed their bid, they lose 10 points for each trick that they were off, whether they took more or fewer than predicted.

A common variant in Wizard is to not allow the total number of tricks bid in a round to match the round number, thereby forcing (at least) one player to be off each round.

Wizard: 20th Jubiläumsedition is a special edition of Wizard that includes six cards not present in the normal game, including a single dragon card that beats a Wizard, a four-colored 7-1/2 Juggler card, and a bomb card that negates the bids for the round, with players then scoring points based on the total number of tricks they take.

]]> Age_9+ Arrival-Feb 10 2024 Arrival-Feb 18 2023 Arrival-Jul 28 2022 Arrival-Jun 18 2022 Arrival-May 18 2022 Arrival-Nov 5 2022 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set INV-M-Z INV-W Players Maximum_6 Players Players Minimum_3 Players Playtime Maximum_45 Minutes Playtime Minimum_45 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220525 Restock-20220623 Restock-20220825 Restock-20221110 Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20230226 Restock-20240211 Restock-20240526-Long Source_Import Games Year Published_2010s https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/4741349670963 Default Title 44.95 AMI02101 1699 https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/1389134544947 2017-06-27T23:06:10-04:00 2017-06-27T23:06:10-04:00 Wizard Deluxe (U.S. Games Edition) Board Games U.S. Games Systems

Vendor: U.S. Games Systems
Type: Board Games
Price: 21.95

Designer Ken Fisher
Publisher U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Players 3-6
Playtime 45 mins
Suggested Age 10 and up
Honors 2011 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee

The trick-taking game Wizard uses a sixty-card deck that consists of the traditional 52-card deck (1-13 in four suits) along with four Wizards (high) and four Jesters (low).

Players compete over multiple rounds based on the number of players, and whoever ends with the highest score wins. In each round, players are dealt a hand of cards — one card in the first round, two cards in the second, three in the third, etc. — then trump is determined by flipping the top card of the undealt deck; if a suit is revealed, that suit is trump, while if a Wizard or Jester (or no card in the final round) is revealed, then the round has no trump. Players then state how many tricks they expect to win in the round.

The playing and winning of the tricks uses mostly standard trick-taking rules. If a player leads a suited card, then all other players must follow suit, if possible. If a player leads a Jester, then the second player determines the suit led. If a player leads a Wizard, then those who follow can play whatever they want. However, in all cases a player may always play a Wizard or Jester, even if they hold cards in the suit led.

After each player has played a card, determine the winner of the trick as follows: If one or more Wizards were played, the player of the first Wizard wins the trick, collects the cards, and leads to the next trick. If not, whoever played the highest trump wins the trick. If not, whoever played the highest card of the suit led wins the trick. If all players played Jesters, whoever played the first Jester wins.

After all tricks have been played, players tally their score for the round. If a player matched their bid, winning exactly as many tricks as stated at the start of the round, they score 20 points, plus 10 points for each trick taken. If a player missed their bid, they lose 10 points for each trick that they were off, whether they took more or fewer than predicted.

A common variant in Wizard is to not allow the total number of tricks bid in a round to match the round number, thereby forcing (at least) one player to be off each round.

]]> 2023-SC-Old-24 Age_9+ Arrival-Dec 10 2022 Arrival-Dec 17 2022 Arrival-Dec 25 2022 Arrival-Feb 3 2023 Arrival-Jan 1 2023 Arrival-Jan 27 2023 Arrival-Jul 15 2023 Arrival-Jul 29 2023 Arrival-Jun 14 2022 Arrival-Jun 9 2022 Arrival-May 13 2023 Arrival-May 14 2022 Arrival-May 28 2023 Availability_In Stock BF-2022 BF-2022-Overstock-12 BGG-Set BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 300 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 400 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 500 Category_Family Google-True INV-M-Z INV-W Non-TCG Overstock-Restore-20230113 Players Maximum_6 Players Players Minimum_3 Players Playtime Maximum_45 Minutes Playtime Minimum_45 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220330 Restock-20221205 Restock-20221218 Restock-20230117 Restock-20230507 Restock-20230521 Year Published_1980s https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/1389134544947 Default Title 21.95 USG WZD20 GAMWZD20 830 https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/1389132841011 2017-06-27T23:06:10-04:00 2017-06-27T23:06:10-04:00 Wizard (U.S. Games Edition) Board Games U.S. Games Systems

Vendor: U.S. Games Systems
Type: Board Games
Price: 10.95

Designer Ken Fisher
Publisher U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Players 3-6
Playtime 45 mins
Suggested Age 10 and up
Honors 2011 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee

The trick-taking game Wizard uses a sixty-card deck that consists of the traditional 52-card deck (1-13 in four suits) along with four Wizards (high) and four Jesters (low).

Players compete over multiple rounds based on the number of players, and whoever ends with the highest score wins. In each round, players are dealt a hand of cards — one card in the first round, two cards in the second, three in the third, etc. — then trump is determined by flipping the top card of the undealt deck; if a suit is revealed, that suit is trump, while if a Wizard or Jester (or no card in the final round) is revealed, then the round has no trump. Players then state how many tricks they expect to win in the round.

The playing and winning of the tricks uses mostly standard trick-taking rules. If a player leads a suited card, then all other players must follow suit, if possible. If a player leads a Jester, then the second player determines the suit led. If a player leads a Wizard, then those who follow can play whatever they want. However, in all cases a player may always play a Wizard or Jester, even if they hold cards in the suit led.

After each player has played a card, determine the winner of the trick as follows: If one or more Wizards were played, the player of the first Wizard wins the trick, collects the cards, and leads to the next trick. If not, whoever played the highest trump wins the trick. If not, whoever played the highest card of the suit led wins the trick. If all players played Jesters, whoever played the first Jester wins.

After all tricks have been played, players tally their score for the round. If a player matched their bid, winning exactly as many tricks as stated at the start of the round, they score 20 points, plus 10 points for each trick taken. If a player missed their bid, they lose 10 points for each trick that they were off, whether they took more or fewer than predicted.

A common variant in Wizard is to not allow the total number of tricks bid in a round to match the round number, thereby forcing (at least) one player to be off each round.

]]> Age_9+ Arrival-Apr 14 2024 Arrival-Apr 15 2023 Arrival-Dec 26 2023 Arrival-Dec 3 2023 Arrival-Feb 10 2024 Arrival-Feb 17 2023 Arrival-Jan 13 2023 Arrival-Jan 27 2023 Arrival-Jan 31 2024 Arrival-Jan 9 2024 Arrival-Jul 1 2023 Arrival-Jul 19 2023 Arrival-Jun 29 2022 Arrival-Mar 29 2024 Arrival-Mar 3 2023 Arrival-Nov 25 2022 Arrival-Oct 29 2022 Arrival-Sept 13 2023 Arrival-Sept 14 2022 Arrival_Jul 6 2024 Arrival_Jul 7 2024 Availability_In Stock BF-2023 BGG-Set BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 300 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 400 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 500 Category_Family Google-True INV-M-Z INV-W Non-TCG Players Maximum_6 Players Players Minimum_3 Players Playtime Maximum_45 Minutes Playtime Minimum_45 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220131-Universal Restock-20220825 Restock-20221020 Restock-20221106 Restock-20230205 Restock-20230618 Restock-20231210 Restock-20231225 Restock-20240121 Restock-20240324 StoreFront StoreFront-Family Year Published_1980s https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/1389132841011 Default Title 10.95 USG50410 414 https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/10356195149 2017-06-27T23:06:10-04:00 2017-06-27T23:06:10-04:00 Wizard (German Import) Board Games AMIGO

Vendor: AMIGO
Type: Board Games
Price: 21.95

Designer Ken Fisher
Publisher AMIGO
Players 3-6
Playtime 45 mins
Suggested Age 10 and up
Honors 2011 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee

Note: Thie game is in German.  English rules can be found here.

The trick-taking game Wizard uses a sixty-card deck that consists of the traditional 52-card deck (1-13 in four suits) along with four Wizards (high) and four Jesters (low).

Players compete over multiple rounds based on the number of players, and whoever ends with the highest score wins. In each round, players are dealt a hand of cards — one card in the first round, two cards in the second, three in the third, etc. — then trump is determined by flipping the top card of the undealt deck; if a suit is revealed, that suit is trump, while if a Wizard or Jester (or no card in the final round) is revealed, then the round has no trump. Players then state how many tricks they expect to win in the round.

The playing and winning of the tricks uses mostly standard trick-taking rules. If a player leads a suited card, then all other players must follow suit, if possible. If a player leads a Jester, then the second player determines the suit led. If a player leads a Wizard, then those who follow can play whatever they want. However, in all cases a player may always play a Wizard or Jester, even if they hold cards in the suit led.

After each player has played a card, determine the winner of the trick as follows: If one or more Wizards were played, the player of the first Wizard wins the trick, collects the cards, and leads to the next trick. If not, whoever played the highest trump wins the trick. If not, whoever played the highest card of the suit led wins the trick. If all players played Jesters, whoever played the first Jester wins.

After all tricks have been played, players tally their score for the round. If a player matched their bid, winning exactly as many tricks as stated at the start of the round, they score 20 points, plus 10 points for each trick taken. If a player missed their bid, they lose 10 points for each trick that they were off, whether they took more or fewer than predicted.

A common variant in Wizard is to not allow the total number of tricks bid in a round to match the round number, thereby forcing (at least) one player to be off each round.

]]> Age_9+ Arrival-Apr 12 2022 Arrival-Feb 10 2023 Arrival-Feb 10 2024 Arrival-Feb 4 2023 Arrival-May 18 2024 Arrival-May 5 2024 Arrival-May 7 2022 Arrival-Nov 5 2022 Arrival-Sept 2 2023 Arrival-Sept 30 2023 Arrival_Jun 16 2024 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 300 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 400 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 500 Category_Family Google-True INV-M-Z INV-W Non-TCG Players Maximum_6 Players Players Minimum_3 Players Playtime Maximum_45 Minutes Playtime Minimum_45 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220224 Restock-20220825 Restock-20221120 Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20230217 Restock-20231112 Restock-20240331 Restock-20240901 Source_Import Games StoreFront StoreFront-Family Year Published_1980s https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/10356195149 Default Title 21.95 AMI06900 716 https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/10348677325 2017-06-26T23:47:31-04:00 2017-06-26T23:47:31-04:00 Witches (aka HeartSwitch) (German Import) Board Games AMIGO

Vendor: AMIGO
Type: Board Games
Price: 17.95

Designer Joe Andrews
Ken Fisher
Publisher AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH
Players 3-6
Suggested Age 10 and up

Note: Thie game is in German. English rules can be found here.

The object of HeartSwitch – a card game inspired by Hearts – is to have the lowest score at the end of the game. The sixty-card deck consists of the standard 52-card deck, plus four Magicians and four Witches, two good and two bad, with Witches ranking between Jacks and Tens.

As in Hearts, HeartSwitch is a trick-taking game with fairly standard rules. The lead player plays a single card, then each other player must follow suit, if possible – except that a player can always choose to play a Magician. A Magician is a null card that can never win a trick (unless a trick consists only of Magicians). Whoever plays the highest card in the suit led collects the cards, then leads to the next trick.

After everyone's hand is empty, players score points for the cards they've collected. As in Hearts, each heart collected is one point, while the Queen of Spades is 13 points. What's new in "HeartSwitch" is that the Witch of Spades is worth 5 points, while the Witch of Clubs cancels points earned for either of the Spades cards. The Witch of Hearts doubles points earned from hearts up to a maximum of 15 points, while the Witch of Diamonds knocks up to 5 points off your score. If a player "shoots the moon" by collecting all the hearts and either the Witch or Queen of Spades (or both), that player scores no points while everyone else scores 20, 25 or 30 points.

Players continue playing rounds until one player reaches 70 points, at which time the player with the lowest score wins. Alternatively, players can agree to play a set number of rounds, with the lowest-scoring player winning the game.

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Vendor: AMIGO
Type: Board Games
Price: 14.95

Designer Ken Fisher
Publisher AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH
Players 3-6
Playtime 20 mins
Suggested Age 8 and up

Note: This game is in German, but the game itself is language independent.  Using Google Document Translate together with the publisher's rules will reveal the game rules.

Wizard Junior uses the same game play as its older brother, Wizard, with players bidding on the number of tricks they will take during a hand, but simplifies things for the younguns so they can get a handle on trumps and tricks. Wizard Junior uses colors instead of suits, and each color has fewer cards than the 13 used in the original game. The game also takes players through two bidding rounds for each hand so that they get a better handle on what others expect to take and how to judge their hand.

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Vendor: U.S. Games Systems
Type:
Price: 9.95

Designer Ken Fisher
Publisher U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Players 2-6
Suggested Age 10 and up

Unlike other word games, in WOW: World of Words there's no waiting for turns. When the timer starts, all players make as many words as they can in just one minute. Turn over a blue card for the first letter and turn over a red card for the last letter. Players score points for each unique word of five or more letters, with bonus points for longer words. Special cards add exciting twists. ]]> Age_9+ Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Google-True InCartUpSell-Ignore Players Maximum_6 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_15 Minutes Playtime Minimum_15 Minutes Product-International Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long Year Published_2010s https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/1709479233 Default Title 9.95 5185425921 376