Tintenherz (2007)

Together against the Shadow! To free the world of the feared Shadow and his sinister master Capricorn must the players find the proper words.This is done by answering various questions such as "Name a bird!" However, only letters visible on the board may be used in the answer. Everybody will immediately try to find a suitable word. When enough words have been found will Meggie, the heroine of the story, move towards goal; if not will Capricorn move forwards. Only if Meggie manage to reach goal first will the gamers win the game! The game is based upon the highly succesful children's book "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke. The novel is about the power of the word, and game designer Klaus Teuber of "Settlers of Catan" fame have captured the enthralling and tantalizing atmosphere of the struggle of young Meggy and her father Moe on one side against the evil Capricorn and his henchmen on the other. Moe has the fantastic ability to read characters out of a story and into life. By this he brought Capricorn, the super-villain, into our world, who strifes to get all of his evil henchmen out of his book to help him with his bad deeds. But for this, he requires Moes services... The trilogy has captivated children all over the world, and a major movie was released in March 2008. So hopefully will we soon see an English language edition of this game. This is a game in the Kosmos line of literature-based games.