Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre

With a name like that, how can this review go wrong?  IT CAN'T!  Let me start by saying that I've played this game more times that I care to admit.  The game puts you into the role of an epic spell crafting wizard.  You battle your friends until there is one wizard left standing.  The main mechanic of the game is crafting the perfect spell to leave your friends in the dust.  Every spell has three components: a source, a quality, and a delivery.  This is basically a start, middle, and end of your spell.  The three parts of the spell come together and make a deadly spell full of damage, treasure, and gore-nados!

The game has more than one really great system.  When a player is eliminated from the fight, they start to draw dead wizard cards every turn.  If you get knocked out of the match early, then your dead wizard cards start to stack up. You cash them all in for bonuses at the start of the next round.  This starts you off with a clear advantage.  There are many different ways to win as well.  You can try to stack treasure (passive bonuses), you can go straight damage dealing, or you can try a healing build to outlast the other people at the table.

If there is one mistake you can make when you play the game, it's not realizing what the best part of the game is. When you pick a wizard card, you need to role play the hell out that the wizard.  When you cast the spell you are no longer you; you are Pisster the Pissed Wizard!  Cast an epic spell like Walker Time Ranger's Explodifing Cone of Acid!  Now that your friend's face is melting off, let’s hear your war cry Pisster!

I highly recommend this game to any outgoing group that likes to yell at each other from across the table.  It is pretty simple to pick up, and even if you are bad at the game, it has a built in handicapping system.  Pick a card, make up a voice, and fire off a wicked spell at the base of Skullzfyre Mountain.