Designer	Tom Jolly
Artist	Tom Jolly Phil Morrissey
Publisher	(Web published) Chessex Jolly Games
Year Published	1983
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, more than 4 players (29 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (10 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Thematic Games (21 voters) [vote]
Category	Fantasy
Mechanic	Modular Board
Expansion	Wiz-War: Expansion Set Wiz-War: Expansion Set #2
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Alternate Names	Wiz War
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In this light, beer & pretzels type of game, players are transformed into wizards attempting to collect treasures from a twisted little maze. At the heart of the game is a deck of cards that the players use to cast spells, power-up spells, and augment movement. Each turn, players can move up to three spaces (or more with the use of number cards). However, the goal is to penetrate the other players' sections of the maze, pick up one of their treasures, and bring it back to your home base. The first player to capture two such treasures or kill all the other wizards is the winner.

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Wiz-War (eighth edition)

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An interesting historical note: Once, Richard Garfield mentioned that Tom Jolly introduced his Wiz-War to him. This game, among others, inspired him to create the best selling CCG, Magic: The Gathering.

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Chessex Classic Edition 1997

Publisher: Chessex

Artist: Phil Morrissey

Year: 1997

Product Code: CHX 07000

Size: 10.25 x 8.25 x 1.00 inches

0.75 pounds

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Chessex Sixth edition

Publisher: Chessex

Artist: Tom Jolly

Year: 1993

Product Code: 7000

Size: 10.00 x 8.00 x 1.00 inches

1.19 pounds

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Fifth Edition

Publisher: Chessex

Artist: Tom Jolly

Year: 1991

Product Code: 7000

Size: 8.00 x 6.25 x 1.25 inches

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Fourth edition

Publisher: Jolly Games

Artist: Tom Jolly

Year: 1985

Size: 8.07 x 6.10 x 1.18 inches

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Wiz-War Quick rules to get you playing

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Prehled pravidel WizWar - cesky

Český přehled pravidel WizWar (překlad) Czech rules summary for WizWar (translation)

Joeyeti

2012-02-17

Wiz-war in 3D minus the cards

Fully redone boards using 3D graphics as well as all the necessary chits for the base game and first expansion. Slightly updated with nicer torch lighting effects. Included is everything needed to play except the cards, including cute wizzards and monsters that shape into cone playing peices!

omarthetentmaker

2011-09-26

WizWar "Magic Stone" as low ink, B&W line drawings

WizWar "Magic Stone" Expansion 2 redesign by Ilya 77 as low ink, B & W, line drawings. THIS IS MEANT TO BE COLORED IN BY HAND.

seditious

2011-09-04

Wiz-war magic stone second expansion in russian

Wiz-war Magic stone second expansion in russian based on Ilya77 redesign. Only cards and counters were translated. Has no card backs.

angel0ne

2011-02-26

Pt-Br Translation of Ilya77 redesign (Basic+Exp1+Exp2)

Tradução em português (BR) de WizWar. Contém o jogo básico, mais a 1ª e 2ª expansões, assim como o manual de regras e guia de referência rápida. Algumas liberdades foram tomadas na tradução das cartas, para manter o lado cômico do jogo ou facilitar a compreensão, mas admito que muitas palavras precisam ser revistas. Estou aberto a sugestões! Divirtam-se.

erf_beto

2011-01-10

WizWar "Magic Stone" Expansion 2

Redesigned Expansion 2. Contains all tokens and cards + CARDBACKS.

Ilya 77

2010-11-08

Wiz War Basic Card Set Czech

Czech translation of Wiz War Basic Card Set based on redesign of Ilya77 (thanks a lot for this stunnig work) Cesky preklad zakladniho setu Wiz War s pouzitim grafiky Ilyi77 (diky moc za nadhernou konverzi)

osvold

2010-08-30

Wiz War Quick Reference

Quick Reference with icons matching my redesign and set up diagrams

Ilya 77

2010-08-20

blank cards+original buddy and slow death

Blank cards for adding to my redesign plus the "Buddy" and "Slow Death" cards the way they were originally written.

omarthetentmaker

2010-07-28

Cartoon wiz-war redesigned cards

Newly designed cards with much more theme and condensed text. I'm hoping my symbol system makes the game just as playable while looking much cooler! I also softened most of the killer permanent cards to duration based. Personal preference!

omarthetentmaker

2010-07-24

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Board Game Rank:	587
Thematic Rank:	107
Num Ratings:	1303
Average Rating:	6.97
Standard Deviation:	1.58
Num Views:	161958
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.0
Fans:	69

Personal Comments:	570
Users Owning:	1496
Users Wanting:	149
Users Trading:	56 [find trade matches]
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Wiz-War: Expansion Set

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	83
Average Rating	7.63
Average Weight	1.82

Num Owned	203
Prev. Owned	20
For Trade	9
Want in Trade	18

Wishlist	26
Comments	30
Year Published	1985

Wiz-War: Expansion Set #2

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	25
Average Rating	7.62
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	62
Prev. Owned	11
For Trade	1
Want in Trade	15

Wishlist	18
Comments	4
Year Published	1993

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Unofficial Home Page	http://www.wizwar.com	2011-08-18
English Review 2 on RPG.net	http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_815.ht...	2010-01-26
English Review 1 on RPG.net	http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_1800.h...	2010-01-26
Card list for 5th edition Wiz-War	http://www.wizwar.com/wizboard/viewtopic.php?t=240...	2009-08-06
How to make a 3D Wiz-War set	http://www.hirstarts.com/wizwar/wizwar.html	2009-08-05
Computer Wiz-War (with online play)	http://www.wizwar.com/ol	2008-08-05
Wikipedia page for WizWar	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiz_war	2006-10-09
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2005-11-13
Homemade Wiz-War	http://www.jeloba.com/wizwar/	2005-02-21
Additional cards from the Game Cabinet	http://gamecabinet.com/rules/WizWarCardsStart.html	2001-11-24