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A magical family game for 2-5 players ages 8+
Author: Rudiger Dom
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Illustration: Graham Howells (SGA Illustration & Design Agency) : .
Design: Graham Howells, Ravensburger
Ravensburger Gamese No. 26 239 7

Take one "secret passageway" action chip

CONTENTS
out of the pack and keep it aside for the time
1 Magic mountain, including 5 paths, which encircle the being. Shuffle the remaining action chips
mountain ~ without lookingat them and concealthem
4 villages on the first three levels on
25 goblins (5 of each colour, numbered from 1-5) the squares marked with a magic sign. Now
60 cards (5 jokers and eleven sets of cards numbered from 1-5) two action chips aile left over. Shuffle these with
9 magic stones the "secret passageway" action chip that had
20 action chips (4 secret passageways, 3 shocking ghosts, . pr~yiously been set aside. Place these chips on
3 ravens, 3 crystal balls, 3 storms, 2 flying cards, 2 traps) the specially marked squares on the fourth
1 tower level.

Put the magic stones onto the squares

THE STORY AND THE AIM OF THE GAME
Take on the role of a young wizard! Begin at the foot of the
Magic Hill, to compete on behalf of rival goblins, who are
gathered in packs at each of the four villages. Your aim is to
reach the summit of the Magic Hill as quickly as possible.
Whoever leads the first goblin to the mountain peak and into
the secret tower first, wins the competition.
marked with a lithograph.
Place the tower on the mountain top.
Each player receives five goblins in one colour. He must then
choose three of the four villages and share out his goblins as
he wishes amongst them.The oldest player begins by placing
one goblin in a village. The other players follow in a clockwise
direction, until all the goblins have been shared out.

Shuffle the cards well. Each player receives three hidden cards.
PREPARATION The rest of the cards form the face-down, pick-up pile.
Before the first game:
Care must be taken when releasing the pre-punched partS from
the perforated board. RULES OF THE GAME

Before each game: The oldest player begins.The other

Take the Magic hill out of it's box and put
it onto the middle of the table. Lay the
separate paths onto the corresponding
levels, as illustrated. Place a village
at each comer at the foot of Magic
mountain.
players then follow in a clockwise order,
one after the next. When a player has a
turn, he may
. either play2 or 3 cards one after
. another, in order to move one of his goblins,
or exchange as many of his cards as he wishes.

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Playing cards and ~:-;-:.:iga goblin Conditions for a level change are:
. One is not allowed to change levels from the corner squares
Through playing his cards, tt'e ~~. IC'"secas .',ich goblin, and of each level.
the distance it may be movec . The neighbouring square on the next higher level may not
be occupied by a goblin.
. The number of the first card p!aj~ c;etermineswhich
goblin should be moveG Illustration
. The number of the secooG ~ ?OSSiblythe third card, Annie plays the cards 'T, "4" and "2". Rrst she moves her "thirdgoblin"
determine the number c! ~ :'GI this goblinmay forwardfoursquares and reaches one of Ben's
advance. goblins, at the end of her move. Thenshe changes
levels and moves another step in the directionof
Youcan also playa joker,:~ =- ...:,;'"'g
a number card. herchoice.
Several jokers may be pia. eG - 7'C ~ ,.

Afterplayingthe second an.: 2 ;0: ~ -.ay change the

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directionof progress.A gc.J ...-oS 52. on the lowestlevel
to begin with. He can C",. ~
accepting help,either ~
::~ ~ext higher levelby
~':C:: -.s own,or from someone
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Level2
"R - ~r~ ..'."T;~;~~:;~' :. Move 2
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else's goblin,or altema!f ~ ~~ the "secret passageway" Move1

(see below).

A goblinmay climbupo: ::--=er goblin,a magicstone, or an

action chip,resting .;~j' -,5 "'2;::::.~. Heis also allowedto step
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Levell
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on, and to pass O\lef'~::-e";:::':'~ "TJagic stones and.action

chips.Overtaking a ~
shoulders,is forbi~
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~ a.""eadyhas a goblinon his
If a player'S'goblin lands exactly on top of another goblin after
playing his third card, then his tum is complete, as he is not
After playing the sere;: :-:: -::: card and having already allowed to play more than three cards in one go. In this case,
moveda goblin.t:"e .:::: ..; s-""ations could occur.
AgoblinlandseAaG:.:: ~ : . a level change is only possible in the next round.

. vacant square. , :::::-"-; "'..-.;'er happens in this tum.

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Exception: The action chip "flying card" enables a fourth card to
. be played.

. magic stone.. ~~:- 2 e'":a.es the magicstone and places If a player's goblin lands on top of another goblin, who is
it in front 0: - --:sc- ~t awayhe is entitledto one standing on an action chip, one ignores the "action".
extracard;... "'./5 -:.:.
Caution:A~'Z ~ .:s-e:Cf aJ10wedto have more than
two magIc stC':2s ~ -.s ~ession. Ifa player,who
. Goblin,who is already sitting on top of another goblin
(a goblin pair). In this case the arriving goblin pushes the
alreadyc s'" : -a:; {.S:O':les,stops his goblinon yet upper goblin of the goblin pair one square further in the
another a,; ~::;::-~ -: is obligedto take it and to return direction of play. If this goblin then lands on an action chip,
it to tl1e~ - ,5-a';'.c SW'leis discardedforthe restof or a magic stone, then this action must be carried out
the game. immediately. If the goblin lands on yet another goblin
Players, -0 ~ ~ ortwomagicstones,canhave pair, then here too, the upper most goblin gets pushed
oneor t t}e."::2G?r~ j',eirhand,buttheymay onto the next square, in the direction of play, etc.
never I1Se~ =a:: ~ of them in one turn.

. Action dUps. "'"c :' 2,;'er =:'fT1Sit over, carries out the action
and wa:J :-_Z '- :aG' a;~';""concealed.However,if it is a
Illustration
Annie plays the cards "3" and "2" and moves her "goblin no. three", onto a
goblin pair. In so doing, she shifts Ben's "goblin no.one" onto the next square.
crysta.:2. ~ ~ "2 e- - 2,l'es it from the game. (Compare Ben lands on one of the action chips and carries out the action straight
"Sign~...f:' a::,C'"c.-~-. away. Annie may now playa third card.

. IndMdm:;:.:L ~ - a~erplayingthe second card,a

pla)er'5 ;'G'.::- :2:'.:;sC'""arother goblin(either belongingto
this ;}.a'.Iff~ ': ~2C~e else),then he faces two choices:

eitt:er -~ =-S-i!!. - oS"'eye, therefore preventing the lower Annie t{t~~~1

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gOO" ~ ;;:;---; a:-;-:..nere.

or h,e:' 2. ~ - .:s:: or::{.3rdand using this number, enables
h:"1Se- ~ --: ~ ~'"';'er up, onto the next higher level. /L

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Cards used during a turn are discarded. Players pick up cards
from the face-down pack to replace the ones they have used.
Players may only have three cards in their hand, plus one
or two extra cards if they posses magic stone(s). Therefore,
a player may never hold more than five cards.
Once all of the cards have been used from the pick-up pile, the
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used cards should be shuffled and placed face down to be used
again.
Exchanging cards
If a player doesn't want to, or cannot use any of his cards, then
he may change them. The player puts as many of his own cards,
as he wishes, on top of the used-card pile and takes the same
number of new cards from the face-down pile. In so doing, his
turn is over and the next player continues.
Significance of the action chips
Normally after the action chips have been carried out, they get
turned over again. Exception: The "crystal ball" and the "raven"
chips get removed from the game as soon as they have been
played and obeyed.
Crystal ball
The player has to turn over three
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concealed action chips using the
crystal ball. Following this, the
crystal ball is removed from the.
game. These three action chips
remain upturned until a goblin
lands on them and carnes out the
action, or until a "storm" is upturned. (See
below) After that, they must be turned face-down again
Storm
The storm causes all the upturned
action chips to be turned face-down
again. Added to this, the player,
whose turn it is, must rotate the
Magic mountain 90, in either a
clockwise, or an anti-clockwise
direction. The villages stay in
position. They must not be turned.
Flying card
The player who turns over a flyirrg
. card, takes a card from the pick-up
pile straight away and is allowed
to play an additional card
in his round. This card can be
the one he just lifted, or from his
hand.
If the player doesn't want to take advantage of
playing an additional card, he simply replaces as many cards
as he is allowed to hold.
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-- Raven .
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Theplayerwhoturnsovera raven,
choosesanother player,who then
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has to give up a magic stone. This
magic stone is then removed fror.-o
the game.The victimhas to
immediately put a card of his
choice onto the throw-away pile, now that "e
has lost his right to hold a further card. Following this, ~
raven is taken out of the game. If a player is singled out, b.:i
doesn't yet have any magic stones, then the raven remains J "';
in front of him until the player receives a magic stone. ~er ;;-~
happens, he gives up both the raven and the magic stone.
(without picking up an additional card of course).
Secret passageway
A goblin reaches the neighbouring
free square on the next level higher
up, through the secret passagewa'J"
If a goblin is already occupying tt'.s
square, then the secret passage Q'.
is blocked. In this case, the gob:~
either carries on, (in this round or the next;
withoutchanginglevels,or he waitsuntilthe square~ ~
becomes vacant. He then, immediately, advances onto this
vacant square, on the next level higher up.
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~ Trap
<~ Yo.urgoblinwilldescendfrom a
'f!'~~ higher level to a lower level via tt'c
; i\ neighbouring square when you fa. --
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!itJ'..\ a trap. Ifthe square on the lower 2' ::.
""J is occupied, you are lucky and
avoid the drop. However if the sc.z-
becomes free before you have a chance tc "'"': ...
your goblin will immediately fall down to the lower C!c:
If a goblin falls through a trap while on the lowest level, t'a- -
must return immediately to a village of his choice. His ttr ~'-
here.
Shocking ghost
If one of yourgoblinsmeets a st-~ -;
ghost, he must immediatelyret.-- -=
a village of his choice and his t..- -
over.
END OFTHE GAME
The first player, whose goblin reaches the summit of the
mountain, wins the game and receives the tower as a ~ ,:::
of his victory.
You don't need to re.acr the mountain's summit with e1.2C.
right number.