2018Sébastien Pauchon, Ismaël Perrin
- Videos
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- Creators
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Mostly reviews and how-to-play
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Tinctura
2026Franziska Stürzenhofecker, Jürgen Then
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 7
Mainly how-to-play. Tinctura is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.
2 - 4 players
90 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
In the gamers' game Tinctura, welcome patients to your pharmacy and cure them of their ailments by making ointments, tinctures, and tablets for them. To do this, you must collect ingredients, train apprentices, and develop your skills so that you can meet even the most difficult challenges. Plan your day secretly in hour shifts to work in your pharmacy, in the town or in the woods. Collect resources in the forest and create the medicine your patients need. For every medicine you need certain skills. These can be improved by studying in the town or do some research on your own. Buy some equipment to get advantages through bonus tracks. And hire apprentices to help them with creating medicines. Get the most victory points to win the game. -description from the publisher
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Which Tinctura video should I watch?
Tinctura has 9 videos from 7 creators: 3 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides and 1 unboxing. They date from 2025 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Tinctura - Mid Euro Board Game with Programming and Action Queuing Goodness. Board Game Playthrough" by Meeple University, which runs 34 min. For a quicker teach, "Tinctura - Pre-Program Your Actions to Mix Plants, and Cure Illness. Board Game Rules Overview" by Meeple University runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Tinctura - It's a word - Kickstarter Critique Review" by Bower's Game Corner. 3 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try The River, Gutenberg, Rats of Wistar or Village, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Tinctura
From BoardGameGeek:
In the gamers' game Tinctura, welcome patients to your pharmacy and cure them of their ailments by making ointments, tinctures, and tablets for them. To do this, you must collect ingredients, train apprentices, and develop your skills so that you can meet even the most difficult challenges. Plan your day secretly in hour shifts to work in your pharmacy, in the town or in the woods. Collect resources in the forest and create the medicine your patients need. For every medicine you need certain skills. These can be improved by studying in the town or do some research on your own. Buy some equipment to get advantages through bonus tracks. And hire apprentices to help them with creating medicines. Get the most victory points to win the game. -description from the publisher
Designers
Franziska Stürzenhofecker, Jürgen Then
Artists
Roman Kucharski, Christian Schaarschmidt
Publisher
Skellig Games
Categories
MedicalRenaissance
Mechanics