The Voynich Puzzle (Spanish))

The Voynich Puzzle is a board game where you will try to decipher the Voynich manuscript, each using your copy of the book as your primary tool. As your overall understanding of the manuscript increases, you will be able to decipher the pages of your book, thus increasing your chances of decoding it. The winner will be the one who has accumulated the greatest amount of knowledge.

The Voynich manuscript, named after the bookseller who discovered it in 1912, is an enigma that has resisted human curiosity for over 600 years. Is it a botanical treatise from another world? A secret code of alchemists? Or perhaps the complex joke of some medieval genius? Every theory teeters against the abyss of the unknown author, the incomprehensible purpose, and the illegible language. But one thing is certain: whoever delves into its pages will never see the world the same way.

Now, the manuscript has fallen into your hands. Will you be able to decipher its secrets and fit the pieces of this mysterious puzzle together? The ink is dry, but the story lives on… and you are about to write its next chapter.

On your turn, you open your book to any corner and select a page to perform the actions shown at the top of that page (card). Each page allows you to interact with one of the five main sections of the manuscript (botany, astrology, baths, writings, and recipes). When you gain enough knowledge of any type, you can share it by adding a piece to the manuscript's puzzle. All participants will have access to this knowledge, which will help them decipher the manuscript. This is represented by turning and flipping the cards in their books. Deciphering the manuscript gives you access to improved actions and end-of-game scores.

The game ends when any general knowledge marker reaches the end-of-game icon on space 52. The current round ends so that all participants have taken the same number of turns, and then each person takes one additional turn before the end-of-game scoring begins.