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Magical Friends and How to Summon Them

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them

2023·Klemens Luger

Videos
14
Creators
12

Mainly reviews. Magical Friends and How to Summon Them is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.

2 - 5 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

In Magical Friends and How to Summon Them, you'll be one of 5 powerful wizards who will try to win the Midsummer contest by bringing the most friends to the tavern after 8 rounds. Since your colleagues, the other wizards, are your biggest competitors, you'll have to cheat your way through the competition by using magical powers to sneak in some extra friends, which the others will do. In each round, you'll choose one of the available summon cards and summon a magical creature that will pretend to be your friend. When you choose a summon card, you can place the corresponding creature standee on the board. It also tells you how many and how far your creatures can move this turn. Each of the 50 unique creatures has its own ability and interacts differently with the other creatures. Very quickly, the board will be filled with creatures and it will be difficult to guide your friends through the different paths to the tavern. These paths are double-sided and can be combined in many different ways. But be aware, more dangerous than the paths are the creatures of your opponents. Don't worry, if one of your friends gets slain or poisoned in all the chaos, nothing will happen to you. For every friend you lose, you'll get pity power to speed up one of your other buddies. So stay in the lead or win the game from behind, both are possible. -description from the designer

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them

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Magical Friends - Tutorial & Playthrough52:31

Magical Friends - Tutorial & Playthrough

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Magical Friends & How To Summon Them Review - Drink & Make Merry15:27

Magical Friends & How To Summon Them Review - Drink & Make Merry

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BoardGameCo

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Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Shelf Buster Games1:33:46

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Shelf Buster Games

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Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Which Magical Friends and How to Summon Them video should I watch?

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them has 14 videos from 12 creators: 7 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2021 to October 2024.

To learn the rules, start with "Magical Friends - Tutorial & Playthrough" by Getting Games, which runs 53 min. For a quicker teach, "Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - ShelfBusterGames" by 보드라이브 BoardLiveGame runs 10 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Magical Friends & How To Summon Them Review - Drink & Make Merry" by BoardGameCo. 7 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Shelf Buster Games" by Gettin' Jiggly Board Games, one of 3 playthroughs.

If you like it, try The Fox in the Forest, Cosmoctopus, The Vale of Eternity or Cartagena, which share several of its mechanics.

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Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - ShelfBusterGamesHow to play9:31

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - ShelfBusterGames

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Playthrough - Shelf Buster GamesPlaythrough48:10

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Playthrough - Shelf Buster Games

Board Game Empire

Board Game Empire

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Shelf Buster GamesPlaythrough1:33:46

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Shelf Buster Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Magical Friends & How To Summon Them Review - Drink & Make MerryReview15:27

Magical Friends & How To Summon Them Review - Drink & Make Merry

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview Unboxing | Shelf Buster GamesUnboxing21:29

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview Unboxing | Shelf Buster Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Kickstarter Preview: Magical Friends and how to summon them - Shelf Buster [deutsch]Review18:27

Kickstarter Preview: Magical Friends and how to summon them - Shelf Buster [deutsch]

Herr der Spiele

Herr der Spiele

ShelfClips: Magical Friends and how to Summon Them (Short Preview)Review3:22

ShelfClips: Magical Friends and how to Summon Them (Short Preview)

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

The Hungry Gamer Previews Magical Friends and How to Summon ThemReview12:48

The Hungry Gamer Previews Magical Friends and How to Summon Them

Hungry Gamer

Hungry Gamer

Magical Friends / GEWINNSPIEL / What's cookin (Preview)Review4:15

Magical Friends / GEWINNSPIEL / What's cookin (Preview)

Board Game Burger

Board Game Burger

Magical Friends / What's Cookin PlaythroughPlaythrough1:18:26

Magical Friends / What's Cookin Playthrough

Board Game Burger

Board Game Burger

Conjure up creatures, perform spells, slay enemies - Magical Friends PreviewReview23:49

Conjure up creatures, perform spells, slay enemies - Magical Friends Preview

Brews and Boardgames

Brews and Boardgames

Magical Friends: And how to Summon them Kickstarter PreviewReview6:29

Magical Friends: And how to Summon them Kickstarter Preview

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

Magical Friends - Tutorial & Playthrough52:31

Magical Friends - Tutorial & Playthrough

Getting Games

Getting Games

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - ShelfBusterGames9:31

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - ShelfBusterGames

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

Magical Friends & How To Summon Them Review - Drink & Make Merry15:27

Magical Friends & How To Summon Them Review - Drink & Make Merry

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

Conjure up creatures, perform spells, slay enemies - Magical Friends Preview23:49

Conjure up creatures, perform spells, slay enemies - Magical Friends Preview

Brews and Boardgames

Brews and Boardgames

The Hungry Gamer Previews Magical Friends and How to Summon Them12:48

The Hungry Gamer Previews Magical Friends and How to Summon Them

Hungry Gamer

Hungry Gamer

Magical Friends: And how to Summon them Kickstarter Preview6:29

Magical Friends: And how to Summon them Kickstarter Preview

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

Magical Friends / GEWINNSPIEL / What's cookin (Preview)4:15

Magical Friends / GEWINNSPIEL / What's cookin (Preview)

Board Game Burger

Board Game Burger

ShelfClips: Magical Friends and how to Summon Them (Short Preview)3:22

ShelfClips: Magical Friends and how to Summon Them (Short Preview)

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

Kickstarter Preview: Magical Friends and how to summon them - Shelf Buster [deutsch]18:27

Kickstarter Preview: Magical Friends and how to summon them - Shelf Buster [deutsch]

Herr der Spiele

Herr der Spiele

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Shelf Buster Games1:33:46

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Shelf Buster Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Magical Friends / What's Cookin Playthrough1:18:26

Magical Friends / What's Cookin Playthrough

Board Game Burger

Board Game Burger

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Playthrough - Shelf Buster Games48:10

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Playthrough - Shelf Buster Games

Board Game Empire

Board Game Empire

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview Unboxing | Shelf Buster Games21:29

Magical Friends and How to Summon Them Kickstarter Preview Unboxing | Shelf Buster Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Gettin' Jiggly Board Games

Magical Friends and how to summon them, Game Overview at Berlin Brettspiel Con 20216:28

Magical Friends and how to summon them, Game Overview at Berlin Brettspiel Con 2021

Game4LifeBG

Game4LifeBG

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About Magical Friends and How to Summon Them

From BoardGameGeek:

In Magical Friends and How to Summon Them, you'll be one of 5 powerful wizards who will try to win the Midsummer contest by bringing the most friends to the tavern after 8 rounds. Since your colleagues, the other wizards, are your biggest competitors, you'll have to cheat your way through the competition by using magical powers to sneak in some extra friends, which the others will do. In each round, you'll choose one of the available summon cards and summon a magical creature that will pretend to be your friend. When you choose a summon card, you can place the corresponding creature standee on the board. It also tells you how many and how far your creatures can move this turn. Each of the 50 unique creatures has its own ability and interacts differently with the other creatures. Very quickly, the board will be filled with creatures and it will be difficult to guide your friends through the different paths to the tavern. These paths are double-sided and can be combined in many different ways. But be aware, more dangerous than the paths are the creatures of your opponents. Don't worry, if one of your friends gets slain or poisoned in all the chaos, nothing will happen to you. For every friend you lose, you'll get pity power to speed up one of your other buddies. So stay in the lead or win the game from behind, both are possible. -description from the designer

Designer

Klemens Luger

Artists

Hannah Flattinger, Tran Khiet Van Ho

Publisher

Shelf Buster Games

Categories

Fantasy

Mechanics

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