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The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone

#1636BGG ↗

1986 · 2-8 players · 120min · weight 2.33 · 166 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
1636
Name
The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone
Year
1986
Rank
27129
Min players
2
Max players
8
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.3333
Num weights
12
Bayes avg
5.49347
Average
5.46024
Users rated
166
Num owned
544
Wanting
6
Wishing
18
Num comments
80
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:45:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Categories (4)
DeductionFantasyMedievalPuzzle
Description (666 chars)

A unique game that combines strategy with puzzle solving. Players or teams move their pawn around the board trying to gain two wisdom cards for each of the four territories. Wisdom cards are earned by correctly answering brain teaser questions from the Book of Challenges. Wisdom cards, in turn, allow a player to obtain an alphabetical clue for that territory. The four alphabetical clues, correctly unscrambled, form a word related to the medieval theme of the game. The first player to correctly decipher the word wins the game. The board also contains areas to help the players move around the board and/or interfere with the progress of their opponents.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.