New Yankee 9: The Evil Spellbook + Collector's Edition

New Yankee 9: The Evil Spellbook is a time management game developed by Yustas Game Studio.

Gameplay / Story
Travel back in time to King Arthur and defeat an evil spellbook that Camelot wants to take possession of! As you rush to clear obstacles, gather resources and rescue helpless villagers, every step brings you closer to victory.

Pro
+ Colorful animated worlds
+ Bonus chapter with 17 additional levels
+ Integrated complete solution
+ Soundtrack, desktop backgrounds and other great extras
+ Various difficulties, not too easy and not too difficult
+ Many levels that offer a good number of hours of game time
+ Same game mechanics as in the previous games
+ Achievements

Contra
- Level design repeats itself over time
- Seen everything before in other games

Conclusion
New Yankee 9: The Evil Spellbook offers you a solid time management game, which is the best part of the series so far, even with a few innovations.

New Yankee 9: The Evil Spellbook
Casual game of 2020.

This time it goes for Mary and her husband John, in the time of King Arthur, back in time. Join the time-traveling couple on their adventure and stop the spellbook and save the king and queen. So much for the background of this time management game.

You have to collect a lot to build buildings and remove barriers. There are really many different bad opponents that you have to get rid of somehow. Too many for my liking. Quite tricky with good gameplay. Extremely child-friendly. 53 levels plus 17 bonus levels. Also includes some mini-games.

The only drawback in this great game is the repeated use of many cards from the previous games. Unfortunately in some cases even with the same trim. However, a new story is being told, so that's okay. But dear developers and also as a note to the editor, don't rest too much on your success. You know how it is to publish something very good, newly designed.

So up, brave warriors and defeat the evil magic book, that Camelot wants to take possession. Anyway, I had a lot of fun with it. Clear, fun and games, recommendation.

Another great path clearing game. I love the mini game with collecting feathers. Here is some gameplay for those curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HBLOwCmtVA

Starting a new game will allow you to select a Name, then choose from three Game modes. Expert, you’ll have less time to complete each level. Normal, is for those games who have played these types of games before and Relaxed, an easy mode with no time limits.

You play as John and Mary whom have traveled back in time to help King Arthur and Camelot. With the help of Johns sword and Mary’s magic you set off on an adventure to stop the evil Spell Book who has plans to claim Camelot as its own. The evil spell book has a plot already in motion as you embark on your journey.

There are Fifty-Three levels to play and complete, along the way you’ll also need to find Twenty pieces of a broken magic mirror. These pieces are scattered around the levels somewhere and you’ll need to collect them along with completing each of the levels in order to move forward. The magic mirror needs fixing in order to send John and Mary bac home.

Each level will have some objectives for you to complete allowing you then to move on to the next level. On each level there is a pathway with others branching off from the main one. You begin at a base camp somewhere on the level, from here you will send workers out to collect and remove resources or obstacles from around the level. Some of these resources will block paths which will need to be removed before you can move further.

There are Garden plots which grow crops so you can collect Food resources from at a regular interval. You will also be able to build structures which can help you like Mills, Druid Temple, Watch Towers, Gold Refinery or Saw Mills. These can bring in resources for you or may provide protection again the wandering creatures who will stop or send you workers screaming in the opposite direction. Trees Gold boulders scattered around can help bring in much needed resources however, Gold can only be resourced so many times, while Trees can only be felled once. Luckily though you can have the trees regrow and the gold magically replaced in the boulders. It will take some resources to have these magically renewed at buildings like the Philosopher’s Stone which will replace all resourced gold from boulders.

Hidden away on some of the level are Jig-Saw Pieces, you can collect these to create a jig-saw picture. The jig-saw picture can be found in the Extras section on the main menu screen. Also, in Extras are Cinematics, Strategy Guide, Soundtrack, Wallpapers and Characters.

As you make your way through each level on the World Map, you’ll uncover hidden bonus levels along with some extra game modes. There are two different extra game modes to play, The Flying Dutchman, here’s you’ll guide the Dutchman to collect as many Golden Feathers as possible in an allotted time. You can increase the time played by collecting Hour Glasses and while trying to evade any dangers which you cross. The other extra game mode is Tournament, here you’ll go head to head with knights as joust against three competitors.

In the options you’ll find, Game Mode (change difficulty whenever you want), Sound Effects and Music Volume Sliders. System Cursor On or Off, Full Screen Mode and Show the Tutorial.

? Positives
+ Fun relaxing game
+ Playable for everyone
+ Looks and sounds great
+ Has achievements

? Negatives
- Locked up on me once

Help John and Mary on their adventure to stop an evil Spell Book from taking over Camelot in New Yankee 9: The Evil Spellbook ? 7/10