LICH
A darkly funny deck-dealing game for 2–4 players. Summon liches, outlast your friends, done in 20 minutes.
Deckbuilding fun, without the deckbuilding.
Everyone starts with a random deck of liches, and every lich is a pun on a German word ending in -lich. Each card brings attack, defence and its own ability, and you decide move by move which one to play. Last necromancer standing wins. Easy to learn, with enough tactics for regulars: somewhere between UNO and Magic.
54 liches, 54 puns.
Ältlich, Lichterkette, KünstLich, KleinLich: every card is hand-drawn, and every name is a word ending in -lich.
New necromancers change the rules.
The character booklet adds playable necromancers, each with a backstory and two abilities. Master of Desaster loves control, Mistress of Distress has it a little easier, and HEH is a bulldog and a hamster stuck in one undead body.
LICH went to SPIEL Essen 2025.
Skull mask included. Since then: more playtests, a simplified base game for newcomers, and the character expansion.
Team Game design, card art and rules: Greta Hoffmann.