Witchcraft!
62 questions players ask about Witchcraft!. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-05.
Setup
Key Concepts
- When a card tells you to lose a Witch, where does that witch go?
- What happens if the Villagers 0 card is drawn when you lose a Villagers card, such as with the Nixies?
- When the Frog lets you avoid losing a Villagers card, do you see the card first?
- If the Frog saves a Villagers card, does it count toward the 5 lost villagers loss condition?
- What does "hidden" and "revealed" mean for Witch cards?
- What happens if an effect says to lose a random hidden Witch but you have none?
- How do you tell which Challenge cards are familiars?
- Does a captured familiar's difficulty count as power?
- Do captured familiars stay in play after the round?
- Can I use the Fox's effect as soon as I capture it?
Playing Witches
- Must you play at least one Witch in a Play Witches step, or can you play all of them in Phase 3?
- Do you have to play all your Witches each round, and can they be hidden or revealed in either phase?
- Are a Witch's hidden or revealed actions mandatory, or can I use only her power?
- Can I use a Witch's ability and still count her power to overcome?
- Do Witches resolve one at a time, or all at once?
- When is a family-count ability checked: when the Witch is played or later?
Missions and Challenges
- Is the Skeleton's +1 difficulty per hidden witch recalculated as more witches are played?
- Does the +1 difficulty from a Wood Sprites end when it is overcome, discarded or moved?
- Do two Wood Sprites on the same mission stack?
- Does a Mission's Not Chosen effect apply every time you pass it over?
- When Banish the Banshee is not chosen, do hidden witches still provide extra power?
- After failing a Mission, can you retry it, and does the slot stay empty?
- With two Whip-poor-wills on a mission, how do they block other Challenges?
- Can you capture a familiar while a Whip-poor-will blocks overcoming?
- Can a Mission's success reward be negative?
- Do I need to overcome all Challenges to overcome the Mission?
Witch Abilities
- How many curses can Katherine Kent discard with two Kents in play?
- Does Katherine Kent recount Kents as more are played or cards are drawn?
- Can you reveal Agnes Miller when you have no other Miller in play?
- If Agnes Miller discards Hannah Miller, does Hannah's power still count?
- In the Wild Boar rulebook example, why would a player gain a witch instead of fighting the boar?
- Can Gwen Hayes move Challenges onto a failed face-down Mission?
- When Gwen Hayes replaces a face-up Challenge, is the new one face up or face down?
- Does Josephine Tancred's discard have to come from the chosen Mission?
- What power does a revealed Josephine Tancred give, and do difficulty boosts count?
- When can Norma Tancred's revealed ability be used?
Tales of Wildegrens
- In Tale 1 setup, which familiars go into the Challenge deck, and are the random cards familiars or families?
- In Tale 1, do the Tale's failure instructions apply to Missions?
- Tale 2 lists three Owl cards but the box has one. How many are used?
- In Tale 2, does the extra Villagers loss on failure stack with a Mission's own failure effect?
- In Tale 4, are the Act I missions placed face up or face down?
- In Tale 4, how can all six Possessed appear if not all Challenges come out?