Mystic Wood (1980)

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Board Game Rank: 1972

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Designer	Terence Peter Donnelly
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Publisher	Ariel Avalon Hill Gibsons Games
Year Published	1980
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (6 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Adventure Exploration Fantasy Fighting Medieval Show More »
Mechanic	Modular Board Variable Player Powers
Expansion	Mystic Wood Extension Kit
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Players are knights seeking to perform a particular quest (varies with each knight) in order to win the game. Exploration and adventure are created by the game board being made up of randomly placed tiles which are uncovered as the knights reach them. Tiles can be fixed locations or glades where a randomly chosen role card can reveal a spell or a denizen. Denizens act in different ways, depending upon its nature or the throw of a die. Some help the knights, others hinder. Players compete against each other, but can also work together to defeat a denizen. The first knight to complete his or her quest and exit the Mystic Wood wins the game.

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Mystic Wood Extension Kit

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Year: 1982

Product Code: 8450001

Size: Avalon Hill Bookcase

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1	Rules Used up all the role cards now what?	2011-11-11	Dirty Harry	3
0	General Is it possbile to play the game solo?	2011-11-10	rsitaly	1
2	Sessions First Session	2011-06-11	herman_th...	0
7	Variants Official variant: Escape from Tower	2010-10-27	SkookumPete	3
6	Variants Official variant: Rapid Movement	2010-10-26	SkookumPete	2
6	Variants Official variant: Appeal to Queen	2010-10-26	SkookumPete	2
6	Variants Official variant: Limited Powers	2010-10-26	SkookumPete	6
1	Rules A few questions about the rules	2010-10-23	yeeshkul	11
1	Rules Dwarf / Armour	2010-10-22	yeeshkul	4
1	Rules Hidden cards to improve the strategy factor of this game (or reduce luck)	2010-08-22	rubereagl...	2

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MysticWoodNewManual.pdf

A new, rewritten manual, to replace a lost original one.

maka

2006-07-24

Mystic Wood Tournament Rules-Optimised.pdf

Mystic Wood Tournament Rules.PDF but optimised for (much) smaller file size

doctor_who

2005-01-20

CaveAndWood.doc

A memoir by the author of Sorcerer's Cave and Mystic Wood

SkookumPete

2002-08-20

Mystic Wood Tournament Rules.PDF

Mystic Wood Tournament Rules (all of the previous uploads, rolled up in one PDF)

BoardGameGeek

2002-06-18

Mystic Wood Summary 11th Edition (June 2002).doc

Mystic Wood Summary (Ultimate edition)

BoardGameGeek

2002-06-17

Mystic Wood Clarifications and Amendments (Expanded).zip

An expanded rule clarification and amendment document.

BoardGameGeek

2002-04-30

Mystic Wood Rules.doc

Mystic Wood clarifications and amendments

BoardGameGeek

2002-04-28

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Board Game Rank:	1972
Thematic Rank:	262
Num Ratings:	345
Average Rating:	6.36
Standard Deviation:	1.28
Num Views:	49614
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.5
Fans:	7

Personal Comments:	172
Users Owning:	615
Users Wanting:	52
Users Trading:	31 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	3
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Total Plays:	232
Plays This Month:	4

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Num Ratings	37
Average Rating	7.21
Average Weight	1.50

Num Owned	61
Prev. Owned	5
For Trade	2
Want in Trade	56

Wishlist	54
Comments	21
Year Published	1982

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