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Designed By	James Ernest
Art By	Charles Dana Gibson
Published By	Cheapass
Year Published	2001
# of Players:	3 − 7
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4, 5 players Recommended with 4, 5 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (2 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Negotiation
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Primary Name	Witch Trial
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Players represent lawyers in this humorous, psuedo-Colonial courtroom trial card game.

Each player attempts to prosecute victims and make money by winning the case. All lawyers pair a Suspect with a Charge card to represent the case they are prosecuting. However, money can also be made by defending the cases that other lawyers are working on. When a case comes to court, players add their Evidence cards, and make Motions and Objections, in order to sway the jury to their side. Then the case is either settled by plea bargain (an agreement by lawers to divide the case money) or by the jury (a 2D6 dice roll of 13 or more which includes all card modifiers played on this case). A fun game in which the lawyer with the most money wins.

Awards

2001 Origins Award Nominee: Best Abstract Board Game
2001 Listed in GAMES Magazine's GAMES 100

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0	Rules Objection Cards	2008-10-20	rockhpi	3
0	Rules Witch Trial Conundrum	2008-08-31	eafisch	2
0	General Any other law games?	2008-06-15	Leezer	2
0	General How much money do I need?	2007-03-04	Mr.Baggins	3
7	Reviews Thoughts from a first-time player.	2007-02-14	KJToo	2
0	Sessions Three Player Game w/Two Newbies	2007-02-14	KJToo	0
0	Sessions Session Report	2005-02-10	ThreeJs	1
0	General No penalty for losing a trial?	2005-01-14	camustafa	1
3	Reviews User Review	2004-03-25	zombiemonkey	1
1	Reviews User Review	2003-09-17	shadowkeeper	0

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Witch Trial player aid

Half-page player aid to help players remember the flow of the game, how cards work, etc. Print and cut in half for two copies.

Leezer

2009-04-09

Witch Trial Spanish Rules

Witch Trial Spanish Rules (http://www.labsk.net)

jcd2001es

2008-08-08

Witch Trial.doc

Rules in Traditional Chinese

Stubid_JJ

2005-10-28

WitchTrial.pdf

Rules Summary

tagger418

2005-01-30

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Board Game Rank:	1372
Num Ratings:	456
Average Rating:	6.28
Standard Deviation:	1.41
Num Views:	17016
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.6
Fans:	1

Personal Comments:	170
Users Owning:	744
Users Wanting:	22
Users Trading:	30
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Total Plays:	156
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2003-01-06

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