Mindclash Games Trickerion

Key features of the Trickerion board game

Worker placement

The worker placement system in Trickerion is a clever combination of several worker types, action planning, and action point allocation. Each of Magoria's five locations offers several worker spots and a selection of actions, each with its own action point cost. There are many ways to gain extra action points, such as visiting a location before your opponents, using a specialist or your magician, or spending Trickerion crystal shards. It's highly unlikely you'll be completely blocked from a location, but the action point allocation system keeps the worker placement tense and interactive.

48 magic tricks

Magic tricks are a central element of Trickerion. The game features 48 uniquely illustrated tricks across three levels of complexity, most of which were inspired by the performances of famous real-life magicians. Each trick represents one of the four schools of illusion – Mechanical, Optical, Escape, and Spiritual. The core gameplay loop of Trickerion involves learning the basics of tricks in the city centre, acquiring the necessary components from the market, preparing them in the workshop, and finally assembling them in the theatre for a breathtaking show during the performance phase.

Spectacular performances at the end of each round

Each round of Trickerion ends with a spectacular performance phase, during which any player with their magician on one of the stage spots can put on a show. Performances are prepared in the Theatre location using a tile-laying mini-game and can consist of up to six individual tricks. It's even possible to join someone else's performance as a guest act. The right timing of your performance, a good combination of tricks, and the ability to block your opponents can determine who gets the most coins and, most importantly, the most fame points. The player interaction here is palpable, and every move can change the leaderboard.

Anniversary edition

The anniversary edition delivers the complete game experience in a premium package, including three expansions, upgraded components, metal coins, an organiser, and other exclusive elements. Trickerion offers a deep, thematic, and challenging Eurogame for more experienced players who want to enjoy an intense strategic experience full of illusions, rivalry, and carefully built fame.

Mysterious Arcane expansion

The Trickerion: Mysterious Arcane expansion introduces the Arcanist, a mysterious cloaked figure who commands long-forgotten arts. Each round, he discreetly moves his inconspicuous wagon to a new location in Magoria, adding a new set of actions to that location. His spells are special components that give you more flexibility when choosing components and tricks. The Arcanist's arcane power can significantly boost your Trickerion shards, and his supernatural companions—the Golem, the Changeling, the Trickster, and the Spectre—can join your team as new, unique characters, each with powerful special abilities.

Dahlgaard's Academy expansion

Dahlgaard's Academy expands on the deep and strategic gameplay of Trickerion by adding a new location, the Academy, and a new specialist, the Protégé. It also offers an elaborate solo mode against Dahlgaard's Heir, four new magicians, additional special assignment cards, and much more.

Dahlgaard's Gift expansion

The small Dahlgaard's Gift expansion includes the Magician Powers module, which enables deeper customisation of the magicians, and the Duel of Magicians module, designed specifically to make the two-player Trickerion experience even more thrilling.