paizo.com - Kill Doctor Lucky


nemo128, Sat, Jun 30, 2007, 09:14 AM

I must say it's nice to see KDL get the treatment it deserves. However, I was wondering how this differs from the "directors cut" version avalible from Cheapass (besides the obvious of course). Things like card text, board layout and soforth. Are you also planning on printing expansion boards and variants like "Save Dr. Lucky"?


Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Sun, Jul 1, 2007, 03:18 PM

nemo128 wrote: I must say it's nice to see KDL get the treatment it deserves. However, I was wondering how this differs from the "directors cut" version avalible from Cheapass (besides the obvious of course). Things like card text, board layout and soforth. Are you also planning on printing expansion boards and variants like "Save Dr. Lucky"? The card text is much the same, though there's now a bit more explanatory text on them, and they're in color, and are illustrated. The board layout is the same as the original map of the mansion. Spite tokens are now part of the main rules. Currently, the only companion product we've announced is Kill Doctor Lucky... And His Little Dog, Too, an expansion which includes the dog variant rules from the special edition plus a couple of other variants using the dog.


Danflor (Pathfinder Charter Subscriber), Thu, Jul 12, 2007, 07:04 AM

How appropriate is this game for younger players (6-10)?


Riley (Pathfinder Charter Subscriber, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber), Thu, Jul 12, 2007, 09:33 AM

Danflor wrote: How appropriate is this game for younger players (6-10)? It depends on how mature they are (inasmuch as they are able to recognize that the game is making fun of something that in reality would be quite wrong), and/or how sheltered you want to keep them. The goal of the game is to "Kill Dr. Lucky" as he moves about a Clue-like board, after all. The winner is the person who does indeed kill Dr. Lucky. However, it is done with a sense of playful fun and without any gory detail. It's far milder than any video game, although it is made clear that Dr. Lucky is a very nice if a bit senile old man, and the players represent nefarious individuals with unspecified grudges or plots against him. Play goes pretty much like this: on a turn, a player moves, and if they end up in a room alone with Dr. Lucky, they may play a card and declare an attempt to "Try to kill Dr. Lucky with a poke in the eye," or "...rat poison," "a broomstick," "a Civil War cannon," or "bad cream" (for examples). Other players then play luck cards which explain how Dr. Lucky avoids his unfortunate fate. These include answers such as "Doctor Lucky pauses to examine his own thumbs. You miss." or "You question your freshness." I've played it with my cousins in that age group (well, age 9-12 actually, which would be a better choice than 6-10), and they enjoyed it a lot. A parent wasn't so sure it was in good taste, however. Not enough to stop the game, just enough to glance askance at the game with a slight bit of suspicion in a parental kind of way. Having said all that, based on childhood development, I'd probably not play the game with most 6 or 7 year olds. At 8-10, it'd depend on the sophistication of the kid.


Joshua J. Frost (Events Manager), Thu, Jul 12, 2007, 09:51 AM

Danflor wrote: How appropriate is this game for younger players (6-10)? Our recommendation for the game is ages 10+, but I did demo this game for an 8-year old last year at Gen Con So Cal who whooped my butt. :-)