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Mystery of the Abbey: The Pilgrims' Chronicles
Requires:Mystery of the Abbey
Designed by Bruno Faidutti, Serge Laget
Published by Days of Wonder
Expansion
Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach
Game: Mystery of the Abbey
Community Snapshot
Medium-Light complexity
~120 min
6.8 on BGG (225)
Text-heavy
Categories
A medium-light hand management game playable in ~120 min, rated 5.6 on BGG.
How It Plays
Area Movement
You move your pieces across different regions on the board, trying to position yourself in the best spots.
Hand Management
You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.
Set Collection
You're gathering matching groups of cards or tokens to score points — the more complete your sets, the better you do.
About This Game
A 12 card-expansion for Mystery of the Abbey published for the Essen 2005 Fair that includes new Scriptorium, Bibliotheca, and Event cards that bring additional intrigue and fun to the Mystery of the Abbey board game. 5 New Scriptorium cards include: Theological Controversy - enabling you to ask questions of all the monks in a room, rather than just one Liturgy of the Hours - during Mass YOU get to decide in which order and to whom cards get passed Acts of the Holy Apostles Impure Illuminations Blasphemous Treatise 6 New Event cards include: Tempus Fugit! - which increases the pace of the game allowing players to move 3 steps with only 3 turns in between each Mass A New Corpse - adds an additional body to the game Another New Corpse - adds an additional body to the game Tentative Escape - gives a chance to the culprit to escape from the Abbey and end the game prematurely Catechism Spring Fair 1 New Bibliotheca card: Calumnious Denunciation - allows you to secretly write down the name of a suspect of your choosing.…
Source: BoardGameGeek