The Quacks of Quedlinburg · More players

The Herb Witches

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Our take: BGG 'Which Expansion to Get?' (2022) replies mostly pick Witches first for the fifth player plus books/Locoweed/6-pumpkin and say it barely adds complexity; a 2021 BGG thread says its books and overflow bowls end up in every game; r/boardgames posters call it a must-have. Meeple Mountain also rates it the deeper of the two and it won the 2019 Diamond Climber for best expansion. Caveat: standalone copies are now out of print in the US.
What you need first: Just the base game

What it adds: A black fifth-player kit (pot board, bag, flask, rat stone, scoring marker), 12 Herb Witch cards with three one-time coin powers per player, the Locoweed ingredient, 8 new ingredient books, a 6-point pumpkin chip and overflow bowls.
What it fixes: Lets a fifth player join, gives catch-up swings through witch powers and adds ingredient-book variety.

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