Broom Service (board game)

Broom Service is a board game designed by Andreas Pelikan and Alexander Pfister, published in 2015 by Alea and Rio Grande Games as a reimplementation of the designers' earlier game Witch's Brew. Two to four players take on the roles of witches delivering potions to villages scattered across a shared map, choosing each round between a safe, less rewarding action and a bold, more rewarding action that only succeeds if not too many opponents also choose the bold option, creating a bluffing and risk-assessment dynamic central to the game. Character cards grant special abilities such as flying over obstacles, brewing extra potions, or hindering rivals, and players accumulate victory points by successfully completing deliveries and fulfilling village demands before the potion supply or delivery opportunities run out. Broom Service was noted for streamlining and refining the push-your-luck simultaneous-action system of its predecessor, and it won recognition including a nomination for the Kennerspiel des Jahres award in Germany the year of its release.