Sorcerer's Game...worth it or not?

[CrazyDisneyChix]

I've been reading about the Sorcerer's of the Kingdom game. Still fuzzy on what you do at the portals with the cards. And if you only get five cards the first time you go, how do you win or do you just clear levels in this game? The cards look nice enough for collectibles, but I understand you have to play at least one portal to collect more cards the next day. Looking for playing help/explanations and opinions. Thanks!

 

[smurphs719]

You can get 5 cards a day per person, so for us it was 15 cards a day. Our son loves the game, it was a great way for us to spend some non-ride time before fastpasses or reservations. Our last day we asked what he wanted to do and he wanted to spend a few hours playing the game!

 

[Jewel3k]

My 9, 7, and 5 had a great time with it. We played on the last day between fastpass+ times during the crowded afternoon hours.

 

[disneydude365]

love it its great, you can play it and if you see a ride you wanna ride no worries about losing time or progress as the game will hold. its basically a scavenger hunt looking for symbols then fighting a disney villain in respective areas. i love the game as said above its a good time killer

 

[Disfan1968]

My sixteen year old step son got hooked on this early in our trip and often went off on his own for a couple hours at a stretch to play it.

 

[Disfor3]

How old is a good age to start this? Would a 4 year old be able to enjoy it? Thanks!

 

[Lavitz]

My then 7yo DD absolutely loved it last trip, SOTMK is so worth it.

Each portal is basically a very nicely hidden screen for you to look at, plus a camera. When you activate the portal, you hold up your card and the camera reads what card you have and shows the animation of the associated attack. There are difficulty settings, the first time is beginners and there is no way to lose you just kinda listen to the story, beat the villains and move on to the next portal. It's more of a scavenger hunt to find the next portal based on what they tell you.

Once you beat it the first time I believe you can then ask to be put on the next difficulty. This is where having more cards really helps. Some types of cards are better/worse at beating certain villains, kinda like a bigger Rock/Paper/Scissors. Plus it's the whole Pokemon gotta collect them all thing that makes you want to complete the whole card collection.

 

[nalajms]

How old is a good age to start this? Would a 4 year old be able to enjoy it? Thanks!

DS started last year at 5. He was still too short to make the cards work. The easy level is easy! He got the basic concept. Now that we're in the medium, I'm not sure he gets the full thing. I believe you have to use certain cards for certain villains? He just picks his favs and tries over and over

I've also read that you can get another set when you finish a level. We forgot last time, so not sure if it's true. There's a big thread on the collectibles? forum.


Is it worth it? Depends. We have AP and go enough that I'm ok with DS spending his time on this. If we were there on 3 or 4 day tickets at close to $100 per day, NO WAY!

 

[MandiC]

My daughters were 7 and 9 on our trip and loved it. They were disappointed we waited until the afternoon of our last day in MK to try it. It will definitely be something I am sure they will do on our next trip. A 4 year old could probably play with help, and they might enjoy it, probably just depends on personality, I could see a more sensitive 4 year old being scared of it.

 

[Tod&CopperFan]

My kids age 12, 9, and 6 on our trip loved this game! I didn't discover this game until our last day in MK, but they had a lot of fun with it. It is a pack of cards per person, so with a family of 5 we had lots of cards. I think this was my youngest's favorite souvenir! He still plays with the cards that he managed to not lose!

 

[Momof3WDW]

My son was 3 when we started this with him, he needed a lot of help then. But he enjoyed playing with his Dad. And he had a Lightning McQueen card which is all he used. Still won the game. We go every year and since then he continues to play, he is 5 now. At this point we have collected 2 sets of cards, 1 for him and 1 for his sister. We have started on a third for the baby. It is a lot of fun and the kids really enjoy running around finding the markers and watching what happens.

 

[dprincessmom]

Another thumbs up! DD now 11 loves it and this is the reason that we got park hoppers for this trip. We will do what we want at Epcot and AK and then hop the bus/monorail to MK to play for a little while before returning to WL by ferry. She is counting down the days. I think the "experts" will say there is a certain card for a certain part of the game, but she uses the cards that appeal to her and has completed a couple of missions.

 

[ktlm]

It is not as fun as the Agent P missions at EPCOT, but DD still likes it, and she likes that she gets to keep the cards. At the firehouse, you get a map, key card, and pack of 5 spell cards. Then you go to a portal and tap your key card at the keyhole. Basically after you hold the key card up to start the portal, a cartoon starts. The rest is pretty self explanatory. At
some point in the cartoon you have a little battle and it will tell you to use your spell cards. When you hold up the spell cards they do stuff on the screen. When that section is over - it gives you a photo of which portal to find and go to next. Then you go to the next portal and the story continues in the same way. You do this a few spots, and then defeat that villain, and you can move on to another villain/section of the park if you would like.

 

[CrazyDisneyChix]

Thanks everyone. That was really helpful. Think we will give it a try if for no other reason than I think my daughter will love the cards...she likes to collect things.

 

[tchrrx]

Is it similar to the card game on the cruise ships?

 

[WIMamatoTwo]

My 9 and 4 year olds loved it! I highly recommend getting them when you get in the park so you'll have them if you decide to play. Each "mission" has at least 5 stops, but stay in one "land."

 

[chicagoshannon]

My kids were 6&3 when we started playing this game. It's ds's #1 reason to go back to MK!

 

[hydrotony]

There are 60 different cards to collect in the daily 5-pack everyone gets (not counting some others you get at hard ticket parties and can buy in special packs).

The cards numbered 1 - 22 are rare cards and 23 - 60 are common cards. Important to remember this if you start trading duplicate cards with other players. Trade rare for rare and common for common.

Every card has different powers but these powers are only used after you go through about 20 windows and advance to a more difficult level of play. Before then, the game is more an exploration of the Magic Kingdom and learning all the characters shown in the game windows.

Get something to put the cards into is suggested. I have bought simple $1 photo brag books at dollar stores. Each clear plastic photo slot can hold 2 cards.

 

[dwbrewster]

I think the game is great if for no other reason than the cards are pretty nice to collect. As you are playing you also occasionally may run into some regulars that play the game a lot and like to teach younger players if you are trying to figure it out such as the "Rebel Alliance" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/SorcerersoftheMagicKingdomRebelAlliance/)

 

[Hans Olo]

Since I have 4 kids who will want to play do they each have to step up and hold their card up one at a time? That might take awhile.....