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Quacks of Quedlinburg (QOQ) Updated July 3, 2026
Type:Trial
GM:Hansen, Virginia (1st)
GM Contact:N/A
Event Website:N/A
Class:B - Beginning Players Welcome
Style:Scheduled
Format:HMW - P: Heats Most Wins - Points
Rounds:3 Heats, Semifinal, Final
Round Length:2 Hours
Advancement:Semifinal 16, Final 4
Prize Level:1

In Quacks, which was first released as The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans, or quack doctors, each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. Take care with what you add, though, for a pinch too much of this or that will spoil the whole mixture!

Each player has their own bag of ingredient chips. During each round, they simultaneously draw chips from their bags and add them to their pots. The higher the face value of the drawn chip, the further it is placed in the pot's swirling pattern, increasing how much the potion will be worth. Push your luck as far as you can, but if you add too many cherry bombs, your pot will explode!

At the end of each round, players gain victory points and coins to spend on new ingredients, depending on how well they managed to fill up their pots. But players whose pots have exploded must choose points or coins, not both! The player with the most victory points at the end of nine rounds wins the game.

HEATS: MOST WINS - POINTS (HMW-P):

  1. Most Wins (e.g., total in all heats entered)
  2. Total Points – Players earn the following pints in each heat they entered:
    • 1st Place - 1,000 points
    • 2nd Place - 100 points
    • 3rd Place - 10 points
    • 4th Place - 1 points
    • All other places - 0 points
    • e.g. player has a 1st, 2nd, and 4th in three heats: total points would be 1,101
  3. GM Specific Tie-breaker - None
  4. High dice roll.

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