Oswald's Genie

Description

Oswald's Genie.

Oswald is a precocious young boy who has slipped away from his diplomat parents to run off to the market with his friend Ali. Once there he buys a lamp… a magic lamp, complete with genie. Of course the evil vizier it was stolen from wants it back! In this game the players help Oswald get away. Be careful! Wishes never work out as you intend. It will take wit and guile for Oswald to escape this enemies. .

Each turn a player buys to right to make up what happens next in the game. Their action isn’t automatic, they have to pick another player to be their referee. The referee decides how likely the action is (which sets what the player has to roll). Other players may buy the right to make counter-arguments which trigger dice rolling contests. While this sounds complicated it is actually extremely simple. Events either happen or don’t. The players keep a running record of what has happened until the facts lead them to a story climax which ends the game! Because people make up different actions each time the game never plays the same way twice! .

Oswald’s Genie is a beginner level Matrix Game. It comes with a fold out map of the location. Each location has a list of leading questions that the players make up answers for. The game also includes a character sheet booklet, a rules booklet, action tokens and a six-sided die. You can be playing the game 5 minutes after opening it up. .

TYPE: Beginner Engle Matrix Game
PLAYERS: 2 to 6
AGE: 13 to adult
DURATION: ½ hour
COMPLEXITY: Moderate
REPLAYABILITY: High