Magikus
Magikus Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Aim of the game
Be the first to collect the four different ingredients, mix them in the magic cauldron and cast the winning magic spell!
Setting up the game
Before you start playing, build the game using the LEGO® building instructions provided in the set. Building the game teaches you more about the pieces and how you can use them. This makes it easier to rebuild or change the rules of your game later on.
Build the LEGO Dice using the coloured sides shown in the booklet.
Before each new game, reset the game to match the picture above, or the image on the last page of the building instructions.
Each player takes a recipe list with the 4 different colours on it.
Tip: This set includes a tool to help you take tiles off the LEGO Dice.
Playing the game
The youngest player starts first. Play then continues clockwise.
Each turn a player does the following two actions:
1) Place the owl
Start by placing the owl on one of the eight brown spaces above or to the side of the shelves. The owl now shows the column or row you can take ingredients from when you roll the LEGO® Dice.
2) Roll the LEGO® Dice and do one of the following
Take an ingredient Take one ingredient that matches the colour on the LEGO Dice from the row or column where you placed the owl. Place the ingredient on or by your recipe list. If there are no ingredients that match the colour on the LEGO Dice on your row or column, you lose your turn. If you already have the ingredient that matches the colour on the LEGO Dice, take it in case another player tries to steal one of your ingredients later on.
Free choice Take any ingredient you want from the row or column where you placed the owl. Place the ingredient on or by your recipe list.
Steal Steal one ingredient from another player of your choice. You decide which ingredient to steal. Place the ingredient on or by your recipe list. If the other players have no ingredients to steal, roll again.
Winning the game
The first player to collect all four different ingredients on their recipe list casts the magic spell by mixing their ingredients together in the magic cauldron and wins the game!
Tip: The best way to pick up your LEGO pieces is by tilting them before you pick them up.
Change your game – your rules
The LEGO® Dice gives you the freedom to change the game and make it your own. You can change the playing area, the pieces and even the rules. Every little change makes it more and more YOUR game.
The secret to changing a game is to change only one thing at a time. That way, you can see if the change makes the game more fun. If it does, keep it and then try another.
Changing a game is always more fun when done together. That way everyone knows the rules and knows what is being changed. Remember to make sure everyone playing is aware of any new rules BEFORE you start playing.
Now that you know how to play the game using our rules, try one of the following suggestions to change the game, and then try to make a change of your own.
1) The fifth element
Use the bat to block other players OR to cast the winning magic spell.
Players now have two options when rolling black:
a) Steal one ingredient from another player of your choice, AND then place the bat on one of the brown columns or rows to block other players from using that column or row, OR
b) Take the bat, the bat is the fifth spell ingredient you will need to be able to cast the winning magic spell. Keep it by your recipe list.
Winning the game: The first player to collect all four different ingredients on their recipe list AND be in possession of the bat, casts the magic spell by mixing the ingredients in the magic cauldron, and wins!
2) Secret spell
Make your own ingredient list to cast the winning magic spell.
- Remove the 16 recipe bricks from the recipe lists. Add the eight extra recipe bricks that come with the set and pile all 24 recipe bricks in the centre of the table.
- Starting with the youngest player, each player takes three recipe bricks from the pile until each player has six. Secretly place four of the recipe bricks onto your recipe list. Keep your recipe list hidden. Then put the two remaining recipe bricks out of sight under the ingredients shelf.
- As you play the game, place the ingredients on the table in front of you instead of placing the ingredients on your recipe list.
- The first player to collect all the ingredients that matches his or her hidden recipe list shouts "Magikus!!" and reveals his or her recipe list, showing they have won the game.
Invent and share your own rules
Challenge yourself, and see what new rules you can create. If they work, upload your "house rules" of the game to games.LEGO.co.uk and share them with others. Or check out what others have created and try playing the game using their house rules.