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Enchanted Forest looks like a children’s game and it probably wouldn’t have been something that I would have tried if it wasn’t for the fact that it won the Spiel Des Jahres. The first edition of the game was published by Ravensburger in Germany in 1981 under the original name Sagaland. This strategy doesn’t really work since it tips off the other players to the location of the item that the King is currently looking for. The earlier Spiel Des Jahres winners have a tendency to be a little outdated though so I didn’t know how good Enchanted Forest was going to be.
If your mover lands on a space occupied by another player's mover - after either die's movement - the other player's mover is placed back on the star space in the village. Moon reviewed Enchanted Forest for Games International magazine, and gave it 4 stars out of 5, and stated that " Enchanted Forest is an example of elegant simplicity. While moving a player can move in any direction except that they must move in the same direction for the entirety of each die. You roll the dice to move around the gameboard and try to land on the blue spaces to see what is hidden under the trees. While the game has some flaws and doesn’t seem that innovative today, I have to commend the game on doing a good job combining a memory and a roll and move game.Not knowing off the top of my head what board games came out in 1982, due to the fact that I wasn’t alive yet, I can’t necessarily say that the Enchanted Forest didn’t deserve the award but I can confidently say that the game would never have won the award today.
It might be a finalist in the Kinderspiel Des Jahres (Children’s Game of the Year), but I don’t think it would win that award either if it was released today. Winning the Spiel Des Jahres is a significant accomplishment and usually indicates a good board game that people should check out. Before beginning the first game, press out the 13 treasure tiles and 13 treasure tokens from the paper sheets. You could play the game where you look through the trees hoping to find the item that the King wants and then heading to the castle. I don’t really see Enchanted Forest being the type of game that hardcore gamers are going to want to play.You could know where the current item is located and yet not get the card if another player reaches the key space before you. Even though I am not a big fan of memory games, Enchanted Forest is probably one of the better memory games that I have played. These thirteen cards are placed face downward at the castle, except the top card (the treasure the king is currently seeking), which is face up. I am always a sucker for interesting Meeple designs and the little adventurer Meeples are a nice addition to the game.
Young children probably won’t be that good at the game though unless they have a good memory since a good memory is key to winning the game. The game seems a little outdated as I am guessing that there is another game that has expanded on what the Enchanted Forest did. If your mover lands on a blue space, look under the tree next to that space to discover what is hidden there.Through the years, he has heard about the magical and mythical treasures that lie hidden in the Enchanted Forest below his large castle. Before gameplay commences, the scene is set by a king wanting to find an heir to the throne, as in his old age he has borne no children.
If you have a decent memory you should be able to remember at least one side of the forest which will give you an advantage in the game. I am hereby challenging each and every one of you to embark on an adventuresome quest throughout our Enchanted Forest to find three fabled treasures. The game is really simple to learn since all there is to the game is remembering the locations of the items and rolling the dice.Another gameplay mechanic includes using "magic", which can either change the top card, move a player to an empty tree space, or move a player to the castle. Change the face-up treasure tile by mixing up all the treasure tiles, replacing them face-down, and turning the top treasure tile face-up.
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