Alchemists: Lab Equipment
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About Alchemists: Lab Equipment
This is a supplementary app for board game Alchemists from Czech Games Edition. It allows players to scan ingredient cards from the board game to find out what potions they can create.
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In Alchemists, two to four budding alchemists compete to discover the secrets of their mystical art. Points can be earned in various ways, but most points are earned by publishing theories – correct theories, that is — and therein lies the problem.
The game is played in six rounds. At the beginning of the round, players choose their play order. Those who choose to play later get more rewards.
Players declare all their actions by placing cubes on the various action spaces, then each action space is evaluated in order. Players gain knowledge by mixing ingredients and testing the results using a smartphone app (iOS, Android, and also Windows) that randomizes the rules of alchemy for each new game. And if the alchemists are longing for something even more special, they can always buy magical artifacts to get an extra push. There are 9 of them (different for each game) and they are not only very powerful, but also very expensive. But money means nothing, when there's academic pride at stake! And the possession of these artifacts will definitely earn you some reputation too. Players can also earn money by selling potions of questionable quality to adventurers, but money is just a means to an end. The alchemists don't want riches, after all. They want respect, and respect usually comes from publishing theories.
During play, players' reputations will go up and down. After six rounds and a final exhibition, reputation will be converted into points. Points will also be scored for artifacts and grants. Then the secrets of alchemy are revealed and players score points or lose points based on whether their theories were correct. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins.
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In Alchemists, two to four budding alchemists compete to discover the secrets of their mystical art. Points can be earned in various ways, but most points are earned by publishing theories – correct theories, that is — and therein lies the problem.
The game is played in six rounds. At the beginning of the round, players choose their play order. Those who choose to play later get more rewards.
Players declare all their actions by placing cubes on the various action spaces, then each action space is evaluated in order. Players gain knowledge by mixing ingredients and testing the results using a smartphone app (iOS, Android, and also Windows) that randomizes the rules of alchemy for each new game. And if the alchemists are longing for something even more special, they can always buy magical artifacts to get an extra push. There are 9 of them (different for each game) and they are not only very powerful, but also very expensive. But money means nothing, when there's academic pride at stake! And the possession of these artifacts will definitely earn you some reputation too. Players can also earn money by selling potions of questionable quality to adventurers, but money is just a means to an end. The alchemists don't want riches, after all. They want respect, and respect usually comes from publishing theories.
During play, players' reputations will go up and down. After six rounds and a final exhibition, reputation will be converted into points. Points will also be scored for artifacts and grants. Then the secrets of alchemy are revealed and players score points or lose points based on whether their theories were correct. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins.
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Game History & Updates
What's Changed
v. 2.1.1. Chinese translation added for the base game
v. 2.1.1. Chinese translation added for the base game
Version update Alchemists: Lab Equipment was updated to version 2.1.1
Version update Alchemists: Lab Equipment was updated to version 2.1.0
More downloads Alchemists: Lab Equipment reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Version update Alchemists: Lab Equipment was updated to version 1.1.2
What are users saying about Alchemists: Lab Equipment
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by E####:
by E####:
Absolutely fantastic game even if it makes you think a little bit more than you're used to. The only problem I had is using the paper to track what each ingredient is. Would be a lot more intuitive if I had an ingredient tracker in the app itself to help manage the combinations easier.
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by P####:
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(Fix needed) Works fine but the camera is super dark on my phone (BLU One Life X2). The camera is dark only with this application, it's fine when I take photos. The detection works only if I play in a super light environment.
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by U####:
by U####:
Put the switch Hands/Camera to the screen, where components are mixed. To go each time to the configuration screen… Hmmmm, it's not usability :(
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by U####:
by U####:
Overall the app is finr but for some reason the "debunk theory" option isnt working as shown in the game and the ios app
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by X####:
by X####:
Is there camera options? I can't scan cards, my camera is too dark!
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by Q####:
by Q####:
My camera is to dark no camera option. Asus 3max
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by B####:
by B####:
You can not play at all
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by U####:
by U####:
Awesome app! Exactly as I expected. Extremely user friendly and self-explanatory. Recognizes cards very quickly and remembers your game if you accidentally exit the app or shut off your device. It's a shame that there are so many poor reviews by people who don't understand how to use the app.
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by U####:
by U####:
Works perfectly even in low light with a blurry image (due to camera movement) as long as all three points on each card are visible. Understandably, sun glare and light glare on card sleeves do give the camera some trouble.
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by S####:
by S####:
I'm not very fond of board game assistance apps, but Lab Equipment looks great. Alchemists is a really good board game and I wouldn't mind dedicating an older phone to the box.
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by U####:
by U####:
Great app! Works well with the game. Can't believe there's 306 people that 1 starred it due to their own lack of understanding......
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by C####:
by C####:
You know what would be a good feature? A tutorial! OMG! One star all around for this garbage...
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by U####:
by U####:
I feel like the one star people don't realize this is tool to play a board game and not a stand alone game. It's accompanies the board game of the same name "the alchemist"
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by T####:
by T####:
Great game app! Tho, it's quite dependent on camera quality and lighting. Works great with the camera on my oneplus 2, but it doesn't recognize anything with my tablet.
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by U####:
by U####:
It helped me a lot when I play the board game. Very useful
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by U####:
by U####:
You have 2 buy the board game 2 be able 2 play this..graphics are good but I don't wanna lug around a board game
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by J####:
by J####:
Great app that works perfectly with the boardgame. Quick and simple. Not a standalone game - works with the boardgame of the same name. So much fun!
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by U####:
by U####:
Awesome app which works perfectly with the game.
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by X####:
by X####:
I will change the rating if you add a tutorial.
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by S####:
by S####:
How do you play,there is no totaurial????
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by Z####:
by Z####:
I like how the info button takes ypu to the website for step by step tutorial game play
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by D####:
by D####:
Works perfectly! It was upside down on my Nexus 5X but I changed camera rotation 180 degrees in setting and all is well!
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by J####:
by J####:
This app supplements the game SO WELL and works magically too! Props to the developers of both the app and the board game!
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by T####:
by T####:
The scanner does not work well when the environment is dim. It would be better if the app could have a setting to turn on the flash light during scanning.
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by T####:
by T####:
Even though we were playing on a slow phone with a bad camera, it worked amazingly fast.
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by T####:
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How does this game even work
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by T####:
by T####:
Works fine on a phone, not so great on a tablet or in low light.
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by T####:
by T####:
Okay, I don't understand...
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by L####:
by L####:
Works perfectly! It was upside down on my Nexus 5X but I changed camera rotation 180 degrees in setting and all is well!
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by L####:
by L####:
I have both an android device and iOS device. App works perfectly on iOS, however does not scan a single card in same lighting conditions, same card position for Nexus 5x android 7.0. Only manual card entry works.
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by X####:
by X####:
Board Game is great, but the scanning does not work on my LG G3
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by T####:
by T####:
The game is awesome and the application is a great idea. However, on Nexus 5x the camera sees the cards upside down (only this app has this problem, I have installed fine working camera and QR scanner applications) and also the application crashes a lot. Actually we haven't played a game without a single crash. Hopefully, the application remembers the game code between launches so nothing gets lost.
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by D####:
by D####:
This app supplements the game SO WELL and works magically too! Props to the developers of both the app and the board game!
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by T####:
by T####:
It sucks can't play
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by H####:
by H####:
What do you do I don't know
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by T####:
by T####:
It would be better if the app could be used in landscape mode for docked tablets.
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by T####:
by T####:
It only took like 3 seconds for mine to download
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by V####:
by V####:
Makes the game way smoother to play
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by T####:
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What do I do???????
by U####:
great app that is crucial for gameplay but wish there was an option to select the ingredients being mixed versus relying only on camera since it didn't always work or was hard to get the app to recognize the cards EDIT: Didn't think to check the settings! I didn't realize I didn't have to use the camera to select the ingredients. Changing my rating from 4 stars to 5.