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1960 · 2-6 players · 60min · weight 1.19 · 1,459 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide ✓v4 deep —
BGG raw
ID
2322
Name
Malefiz
Year
1960
Rank
30029
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
1.1909
Num weights
110
Bayes avg
5.44592
Average
5.44502
Users rated
1459
Num owned
3039
Wanting
8
Wishing
73
Num comments
401
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:49:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Dice RollingRaceRoll / Spin and MoveStatic CaptureTrack Movement
Categories (1)
Abstract Strategy
Description (479 chars)
In Malefiz or Barricade you and your opponents race your 5 tokens from your home base to the finish along wide and/or narrow paths. You may pick up "barricades" if you land on them exactly with the DIE ROLL and move them to any space above the first row to block everyone's move. No one can move past a barricade unless it is landed on exactly. Re-published 1982 and 1991. The most famous box cover, that shown at the Ravensburger link below, was designed by Jan van Heusden.
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)
Core loop micro
Roll die, move token along track, land exactly on barricade to pick it up, reposition it to block opponents' paths.
Vocab version
v1
Discovery score
—
MDA aesthetic vector
Sensation1
Fantasy0
Narrative0
Challenge1
Fellowship2
Discovery0
Expression1
Submission2
Mechanic-interaction primitives (3)
- [3]roll_and_move_race— “race your 5 tokens from your home base to the finish along wide and/or narrow paths”
- [3]action_blocking— “No one can move past a barricade unless it is landed on exactly”
- [2]positional_race_track— “move them to any space above the first row to block everyone's move”
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.