Affaire Des Poisons
Witches and Demons Arcade Game
FreeOffers In-App Purchases
2.2.0for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Affaire Des Poisons
Many of our fears of witchcraft come from the series of 1677-1682 investigations known as the Affair Des Poisons which focused on two notorious French Fortune Tellers, Catherine Monvoisin (La Voisin) and Marie Bosse (La Bosse). These witches sold love potions, good luck potions, and a hot little item referred to as inheritance potions, which was a very fancy name for poison. For a nominal fee La Bosse would sell these potions and powders, and instruct you how to use them. With the help of these witches, wives could escape marriages, family members could inherit wealth, and lovers could remove rivals.
Woodcuts illustrating witches mixing potions, sacrificing babies, and consorting with devils were partly inspired by La Voisin and La Bosse’s 17th century crimes. La Voisin conducted Satanic black masses with the French aristocracy at her side, including King Louis XIV’s favorite mistress, Madame de Montespan. Mme Montespan, fearing that the king may soon tire of her, was willing to sell her soul to the devil and poison her rivals to keep her position.
After several poisonings and murders, the scandal made it to the court’s inner circle where the king feared for his life. Many deaths among the aristocracy were attributed to the secret sale of poisons. It led to a 5 year investigation and the systematic torture and execution of 36 people by burning at the stake.
La Voisin had been a midwife by trade. She secretly performed illegal abortions and used the fetuses to conduct Satanic black masses for her wealthy clients. Madame Montespan is known to have confessed that she paid La Voisin a great fee to conduct a black mass that involved a child sacrifice. During the investigation the remains of 2,500 infants were dug up in La Voisin’s garden. The horrific news about the witch spread across Europe.
The woodcuts that illustrated the news stories of the time created mass hysteria and fear of witches worldwide. I have always had a fascination with these old world depictions of witches. Because monsters and creatures are a feast for the imagination, I made a video game based on 17th century woodcuts of witches, demons, devils, and imps. The game is oddly cute, while maintaining the underlying horror of it all. It’s a strange trip, because you’re playing as the evil witch La Voisin herself, out on one of her terrible crime sprees!
Objective:
The game starts out with La Voisin running around the countryside with Madame de Montespan. The two of you are collecting all the babies you can find, you know, for Satan. You must avoid the angry mob of Bible thumpin’ church goers and find your way to Marie Bosse’s Potion Shop, where you can purchase different imps and familiars to do your evil bidding. Once you’ve paid Marie Bosse’s fee and unlocked the creature of your choice, you can play the game again with all new powers in the form of a flying demon, a witch on a broomstick, a very handsome goat, and many more. It’s wicked good fun, and you’ll only go to hell a little bit for playing this game! Just a little. Like your toe. It could be possible that your toe might go to hell for playing this game.
Mini-Games:
- Collect 13 tarot cards one play for a reading of the Heretic's Oracle. (Hint: Stay above ground and avoid the potion shop. You lose your cards if you fall into the underworld or jump into the potion shop, and you'll have to start collecting your cards all over again!)
- Test your memory with the Make-a-Potion Challenge at Marie Bosse’s Potion Shop to win 100 babies.
Enjoy your evil rampage. You know you’ve earned it.
Woodcuts illustrating witches mixing potions, sacrificing babies, and consorting with devils were partly inspired by La Voisin and La Bosse’s 17th century crimes. La Voisin conducted Satanic black masses with the French aristocracy at her side, including King Louis XIV’s favorite mistress, Madame de Montespan. Mme Montespan, fearing that the king may soon tire of her, was willing to sell her soul to the devil and poison her rivals to keep her position.
After several poisonings and murders, the scandal made it to the court’s inner circle where the king feared for his life. Many deaths among the aristocracy were attributed to the secret sale of poisons. It led to a 5 year investigation and the systematic torture and execution of 36 people by burning at the stake.
La Voisin had been a midwife by trade. She secretly performed illegal abortions and used the fetuses to conduct Satanic black masses for her wealthy clients. Madame Montespan is known to have confessed that she paid La Voisin a great fee to conduct a black mass that involved a child sacrifice. During the investigation the remains of 2,500 infants were dug up in La Voisin’s garden. The horrific news about the witch spread across Europe.
The woodcuts that illustrated the news stories of the time created mass hysteria and fear of witches worldwide. I have always had a fascination with these old world depictions of witches. Because monsters and creatures are a feast for the imagination, I made a video game based on 17th century woodcuts of witches, demons, devils, and imps. The game is oddly cute, while maintaining the underlying horror of it all. It’s a strange trip, because you’re playing as the evil witch La Voisin herself, out on one of her terrible crime sprees!
Objective:
The game starts out with La Voisin running around the countryside with Madame de Montespan. The two of you are collecting all the babies you can find, you know, for Satan. You must avoid the angry mob of Bible thumpin’ church goers and find your way to Marie Bosse’s Potion Shop, where you can purchase different imps and familiars to do your evil bidding. Once you’ve paid Marie Bosse’s fee and unlocked the creature of your choice, you can play the game again with all new powers in the form of a flying demon, a witch on a broomstick, a very handsome goat, and many more. It’s wicked good fun, and you’ll only go to hell a little bit for playing this game! Just a little. Like your toe. It could be possible that your toe might go to hell for playing this game.
Mini-Games:
- Collect 13 tarot cards one play for a reading of the Heretic's Oracle. (Hint: Stay above ground and avoid the potion shop. You lose your cards if you fall into the underworld or jump into the potion shop, and you'll have to start collecting your cards all over again!)
- Test your memory with the Make-a-Potion Challenge at Marie Bosse’s Potion Shop to win 100 babies.
Enjoy your evil rampage. You know you’ve earned it.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.2.0
Last updated on Jul 13, 2023
Old Versions
All new mini game available in the Potion Shop: test your memory with the Mix-A-Potion Challenge to win 100 Babies. New scenes added to game play: evil imps can now kidnap babies for a whole new chase feature. More enhanced performance and app improvements.
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Version History
2.2.0
Jul 13, 2023
All new mini game available in the Potion Shop: test your memory with the Mix-A-Potion Challenge to win 100 Babies. New scenes added to game play: evil imps can now kidnap babies for a whole new chase feature. More enhanced performance and app improvements.
2.1.0
Mar 13, 2023
New witches to unlock and play. New evil imps causing mayhem in the game. New tarot card challenge: collect 13 cards in one play for a tarot reading.
2.0.5
Nov 21, 2022
You can now buy babies from Satan for only 99¢. Also updated App Tracking Transparency permission request so our game continues to work on all new devices. Thank you for playing!
2.0.4
Apr 7, 2021
New witches, imps, and demons to unlock. In-app purchase options to remove ads and play as the Grim Reaper. Poison the king, abduct the prince, rescue a witch at the gallows, and discover the sewers of Paris.
2.0.3
Mar 31, 2021
New witches, imps, and demons to unlock. In-app purchase options to remove ads and play as the Grim Reaper. Poison the king, abduct the prince, rescue a witch at the gallows, and discover the sewers of Paris.
2.0.2
Mar 28, 2021
New witches, imps, and demons to unlock. In-app purchase options to remove ads and play as the Grim Reaper. Poison the king, abduct the prince, rescue a witch at the gallows, and discover the sewers of Paris.
1.1
Feb 7, 2019
New Witch display icon and in-app rating window. Thank you for reviewing our indie game, Affaire Des Poisons.
1.0
Jan 18, 2019
Affaire Des Poisons FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Affaire Des Poisons.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Affaire Des Poisons supports English
Affaire Des Poisons contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Remove Ads
$0.99
Grim Reaper
$0.99