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Year Published
2002
# of Players:
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
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Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
10
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Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
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Mechanic
Primary Name
Theophrastus
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From the Mayfair website:

At the end of the Renaissance, one alchemist rose above the rest: Theophrastus von Bombast der Hohenheim.

His skill and knowledge of alchemy and science were legendary. Each year Theophrastus would accept only one new apprentice. This fortunate youth, upon completion of his training, would depart for the luxuries of life in the court of some noble or king.

But Theophrastus had many applicants. To select his new apprentice, Theophrastus would challenge them with a clever test of their skill and alchemical talent. Only the most promising of these applicants would be chosen as the great alchemist's apprentice.

Do you have the talent and knowledge to become an apprentice of the great Theophrastus?

Will you be able to duplicate his experiments with greater skill than your competitors?

Are you clever enough to overcome the fierce competition?

Theophrastus provides clues to the nature of his experiments, but he will not share all the knowledge with everyone. Will you combine your limited selection of metals, elements and essentials to create the wondrous concoctions that the wealthiest of princes will envy and desire? Or will these secret combinations elude your every attempt?

Perhaps, luck, ingenuity, and determination, will make you the alchemist's apprentice!

Contains
27 Experiment Forms,
3 Blank Experiment Forms
5 Player Experiment Forms
120 Cards
1 Pewter Marker
Rulebook

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1 Kartenübersicht
All the cards in german
2009-06-03
1 Vorbereitung und Ablauf
German Short Rules
2009-06-02
1 Theophrastus player mat in German
Aktionsmöglichkeiten (deutsche Übersetzung)
2009-06-02
4 Deluxe Full Color Scoring Track v.1
High-resolution, full-color scoring track based on Ron Parker's (parkrrrr) amazing design concept. Print full size then cut to image edges--fits inside the box!
2008-03-21
1 Theophrastus_Scoring_Track_v1.pdf
Scoring Track for Theophrastus - Pencil and paper? What are those?
2007-08-28
1 Theophrastus Card Inventory.wps
Four separate tables list all 120 cards with their values on one page.
2007-07-25
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