Warlock (card game)

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Warlock is a 1980 card game published by Games Workshop.

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Gameplay

Warlock is a game in which wizards duel each other by conjuring creatures such as dragons, dwarves, and heroes. [1]

Reception

Charles Vasey reviewed Warlock for White Dwarf #23, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "This game is far from complex and it's an admirable introduction to gaming for the more intelligent, a good subject for a family game, or simply for unwinding with a good workable multi-player game with fine graphics, which can be adjusted easily to the time you have to hand." [2]

Forrest Johnson reviewed Warlock in The Space Gamer No. 38. [1] Johnson commented that "Warlock is too complicated for a parlor game, but does not allow enough strategy for a good wargame. A nice try, but overdesigned, overpackaged, and overpriced." [1]

Dan Joyce retroactively reviewed Warlock for Arcane magazine and stated that "Warlock wasn't a bad game. It was quick, it was easy, games only lasted half an hour or so, and you could play it with two people as easily as with six. I quite liked it, but it never became anything more than a way to kill time while waiting for someone to turn up for the roleplaying game that we were running that day." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnson, Forrest (April 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (38). Steve Jackson Games: 32.
  2. Vasey, Charles (February–March 1981). "Open Box". White Dwarf . No. 23. Games Workshop. p. 20.
  3. Joyce, Dan (April 1997). "Retro". Arcane (18): 71.
  4. "Games and Puzzles magazine".