Herb Witches adds: -Pieces for a 5th player -An ingredient book for each of the existing ingredients -Two new types of ingredients (6 pumpkins and locoweed) -Herb which tiles and pennies Alchemists adds: -Two books for locoweed -More fortune teller cards -Alchemist flask boards and other components to use them (patient charts, essence cards, etc.) If you only care about adding more variety to the existing mechanisms, it looks to me like the first expansion is much better. More stuff that I'll always use.

I think Tom is really underselling the first expansion, it just has so many things that I always include so I just forget it’s an expansion. It has: 1 new book for every color, so the regular colors have 6 options instead of 4. The big pumpkins exist, and black has 3 options instead of 1. This is such a great amount of variety that it’s essential to get if you want to play quacks more than maybe 10 times. Player pieces for the fifth player, I almost always play this with 4 or 5 players so the first expansion is a must. Overflowing Bowls for when you have an overpowered set of ingredients and everyone is getting to the end of the pot. New Ingredient book, Locoweed, with 2 options for how to play it. And finally, the only thing that I sometimes skip, the herb witches themselves. I don’t teach quacks with them, but everything else I include. But for seasoned players their one-time abilities are very fun to use. Meanwhile this new expansion has some new fortune teller cards. Patient curing / essence minigame which lengthens the game and is a table hog. And 4 new options for the Locoweed. I think it’s obvious which expansion to get.

I have all the upgrades/expansions and it all fits in just fine.

I like the Herb Witches expansion. It only makes the game slightly heavier whereas Alchmists looks like it will cause more decision space which might slow things down. Great video as always Tom!

Just buy the quacks big box. It contains the base game plus expansion number one. You can easily fit the second expansion in the big box.

I've got the upgraded chips and a Folded Space insert, and I've been able to fit the game with both expansions in the original box. There's a bit of lid lift, like 5mm, but I just put the box in a shelf where other boxes help keep it closed and nothing falls out.

The Herb WIthces is a must-have expansion if you have 5 players, and makes the game more fun without taking more time, useable for novices, while Alchemists makes it more complicated and takes longer time, best for experts

Not to be that guy, but... Tom is exaggerating a little about how hard it is to fit both expansions in the one box (if you threw out the insert). I think I'm going to switch back to the base box cos mine is a little tight but currently I have the base game, both expansions and the upgraded chips in the Herb Witches expansion box which is half the thickness of the base game.

Thanks for the great review :)

I have all the tokens in a storage container and have that plus the base game and both expansion components in the base box

Got the original game and both expansions as well as a 3D printed insert and upgraded chips all in the base box. Sure, the lis is liftet 5-7mm, but that's a small price to pay and doesn't bother me at all. As for never playing with both expansions at once... Why? I got the Herb Witches with the base game and played with them from the start, and that expansion really doesn't add any complexity at all, just a whole lot of variability. The Alchemists on the other hand DOES add complexity, though not that much. I'll play with both any time and have done so many times already.

I placed my chips on a sheet of Teflon and gave them a quick coat of spray polyurethane to keep them from wearing out.

The overflow bowls and the 6 orange chips are a must have from the 1st exp. I feel this ones is a must have for the extra cards and locoweed boards

There are insert solutions to fit everything into the base game box. I 3D printed mine, works great

Can you rank the top 10 ingredients?

Does anyone else call the Locoweed ingredient "Demogorgon" instead, or is it just me?

Finally!

Are the Locoweed books in Alchemists identical to the ones from Herb Witches?

Bought the base game and it came with 2 dice, 3 boards and not enough of the apropriate white chips for 2 players :( Made it work anyway and we really enjoyed it. Thinking about getting the expansion just to get some more white chips... gawd i hate the white chips!

Hm. I do have upgraded Chips. They are even bigger than the Deluxe ones Tom has. And I have both expansions. Still everything fits in the box. Not sure why Tom struggles to fit everything in the box. :-)

Where can I get the upgraded components?! Everywhere I find they are sold out.

I’m holding out for a big box for this game with the upgraded components included haha I don’t need this just yet

Loved the base game and first expansion. Looking forward to playing this

I fit the base game and both expansion in an expansion box. 😅

I’ve not played Alchemists, but if you don’t have the overflow bowl from the first expansion then don’t you end up overflowing the cauldron too often with the new powers provided? Overflowing the cauldron in the base game was never ideal, especially if you did it before the final round.

I use coin capsules and both expansions fit fine.

Has anyone tried playing Quacks with 2 boxes for 8 players? Seems like it would work since you'd have enough chips for everyone and not too much waiting since everyone "stirs their pot" at the same time?

How many people aren’t using either coin capsules or geekbits upgraded chips? That was the first thing I bought as soon as I got the game

Well it actually lead to the 6… but who’s counting…

What a fantastic game!

Well I don't own Quacks and still I'm watching the video.

So no new books for the colored chips? Disappointing....

They missed the boat by not including more books for the other basic ingredients.

Can you link the game on the store (ios, Android) when it comes to the stores

I played both expansions with fairly new gamers who only played it once, and they had no issues incorporating. And I didn’t feel that this added that much more to the table.

I watched because I HAVE TO watch ALL Dice Tower videos, not because I like Quacks! :-)

We enjoy this game but have not played it in a while and am a bit hesitant on the expansion. I personally don't like how if you explode, you basically lose most of the time. The Rat really doesn't help most of the time. Cubitos handles the 'push your luck' mechanism a bit better. I'm not sure I will get this one though

Play with both expansions, it’s not too much

I haven't played this game yet.

Disagree on the expansions! I prefer 1 over 2 frankly it feels like they split one big expansion over 2. Agree on turning into a table hog it really isn’t that bad to play with them all. I like alchemists but it’s swingy for sure.

You mean you dont have to use those ugly player boards with those creepy characters in the game? Just the cards are fine?

Jokes on you, I don't like quacks and I watched this video

I'm not really a fan of the 6-pumking chip from the first expansion. It's just too powerful and when you have the money for it, it makes no sense to buy anything else. It kind of makes all the other chips pointless. That said, I'm never playing without it because people love it and get angry. But I do think it was a design mistake.