Featured Game - Potion Explosion

Featured games are our way of teaching new games and highlighting something we think our players may enjoy or take note of. We'll explain from scratch how to play the game with a detailed description and demonstrate a few turns, then break into tables to actually play it. Each week it'll be something new, but will run the spectrum of different lengths, complexities, themes, and game mechanics. So if this week's game doesn't interest you, feel free to look again next time around!

Potion Explosion is a set collection game that resembles match-three video games. Each turn, you'll pick up a marble from the tray, which can collect more marbles as a chain reaction. These can be used to collect the ingredients needed for your potions, which can then be drunk for other special effects. While potions themselves are worth points, you can earn bonus points by getting specific sets of potions!

Potion Explosion is a game for up to 4 players and should take experienced players about 30 minutes to play. It has a weight of 1.78 on BoardGameGeek, making it light complexity compared to games typically played here.
Read the rules here: https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/07/65/3f-potion-explosion-rulebook.pdf
Watch a video here: https://youtu.be/iSODqRFNe3I?si=kZdQ55_qH6aCROUD

If this is your first time with this group, you should see a link to our Discord group once you've signed up for this event. You may join any time before the event begins to get to know people, but once this event starts, we'll typically join the Lobby voice chat, then move to another voice chat once we've gotten started. Note that I, as the game teacher, will share my screen to show how the game works, but all other interaction will be voice only, no video, so no need to look presentable first. The game itself will be played using Board Game Arena - please create an account on this site beforehand.