The one I own, and a fantastic game.

I've acquired copies of this two or three times, but we never liked it. It looses the elegance of its parent while adding the predictability of knowing what the next objective is.

The original is still the best.

We like this version best of all.

1) Knowing what the next objective is adds another layer of strategy to the game: If an opponent is close to the next objective, or even the one after that, you might choose to delay or even give up taking the current objective, in hopes of taking the higher value objective instead.
2) The secret ingredient cards also add some mystery about which objectives are most valuable to which players.
3) The wands for extra movements (or extra points at the end) add some doubt about whether delay tactics will work or not.

I like the orignial better, but since this is the one I own, I wondered if I was able to play the orignial using the components from this game.

It turns out that this is very much possible. When looking closer at the recipes, it turns out that there is one for each ingredient, and each ingredient is at the top of exactly one card.

So just deal out the cards like you would for a standard game of labyrinth, place the tokens in the same way (put on t-junctions first and then on as many corners as are available; straight corridors don't get any).

Throw away the magic wands and start in a corner instead of the middle of the board.

Voila

Definitely the first European game I played, and probably the first low-luck game I played. I loved this when I was 4 or so, and every time I visited my aunt, I'd inevitably pull the game out and make her play with me. Now that I'm an adult, I'll probably pick up a copy for myself one of these days; but I'm worried that I'll just be throwing money away on nostalgia and it won't get played. Still, it's a fond memory so I guess it's worth it. And it's not like my game collection is out of hand (yet).

Okay, "low luck" compared to Monopoly and Life, then.

I love this game. My only complaint is that the fold in the game-board gets rubbed raw by sliding tiles over the crease. As a result the tiles hang up and don't slide smoothly......a small quibble I know but grrr . We play the game allot so the crease in the game board is mangled. Good thing I have a second copy!

I love this game. Found it at a rummage sale this summer, picked it up, and haven't regretted it since! Barely any luck involved; only the initial tile placement and which treasure you flip next. The actual gameplay is entirely skillbased.

This one brings me lots of fond memories, I used to play it with my folks when I was 8.
Wish I could find it at my home, I bet the owl tile would still scare me

this one is my personal favorite. to quote my general comment at the bottom of the geeklist:

Verrrrrry simple. Almost so simple that its simplicity gets in the way. My kids got tired of this one after they turned 6. I got tired of it as I was reading the rules.

This is all right, but very different from the original and not as fun. I bought this for my nephew by accident for his birthday (meant to buy the original and didn't know the difference).

Since then I've gotten the original for my daughter. It's excellent. Much better than the card game version.

I just got this one at B&N for like $3. It looks like kids would enjoy it, but I doubt many adults would. I could be wrong though. Replay value seems severely limited as well.

I ALSO got this at Barnes and Nobles for like $3! Haven't had a chance to play it yet, just couldn't pass up a deal.

Yeah, I picked it up cheap from Barnes and Nobel myself.

A few years after my aunt's copy of the original game disappeared (I have a sneaking suspicion she got rid of it so I wouldn't bug her to play with me for hours on end), this showed up at my elementary school (I think it was the German edition, even). Thinking it was the same game, I was really excited to play it. But it felt wrong somehow; my memory of the original game wasn't perfect, but I knew that it was better than this circular game. Talking to my classmates, I found another couple of kids who had played the original. They let me know that it was a different game, and agreed that the original was superior.