Citadels (2000)
Playtime: 60Min. Age: 10
Number of Players: 2 - 8
Publisher: Schmidt Spiele, Silver Stars Publishing, MINDOK, Z-Man Games, Fantasiapelit, Arclight Games, 999 Games, Giochi Uniti, Siam Board Games, Galápagos Jogos, Smart Ltd, Laser plus, cutia.ro, E L & M Productions, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Brain Games, Houpaa, Midgaard Games, Fantasy Shop, Delta Vision Publishing, KADABRA, Hobby World, Windrider Games, Edge Entertainment, Galakta, Fantasy Flight Games, Korea Boardgames, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Ігромаг, Millenium, MultiSim, Hans im Glück, Kaissa Chess & Games, Nexus Editrice
Designers: Bruno Faidutti
Artists: Hassan Nozadian, Bruno Faidutti, Scott Nicely, Didier Graffet, Jean-Louis Mourier, Jesper Ejsing, Darrell Hardy, Florence Magnin, Richard Spicer, Julien Delval, Brian Schomburg, Bjarne Hansen, Cyrille Daujean, Christian T. Petersen
Mechanics: Variable Player Powers, Closed Drafting, Set Collection, Lose a Turn, Income, Take That, Action Drafting, Turn Order: Role Order
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In Citadels, players take on new roles each round to represent characters they hire in order to help them acquire gold and erect buildings. The game ends at the close of a round in which a player erects his/her eighth building. Players then tally their points, and the player with the highest score wins.
Players start with a number of building cards in their hand; buildings come in five colors, with the purple buildings typically having a special ability and the other colored buildings providing a benefit when you play particular characters. At the start of each round, the player who was king the previous round discards one of the eight character cards at random, chooses one, then passes the cards to the next player, etc. until each player has secretly chosen a character. Each character has a special ability, and the usefulness of any character depends upon your situation, and that of your opponents. The characters then carry out their actions in numerical order: the assassin eliminating another character for the round, the thief stealing all gold from another character, the wizard swapping building cards with another player, the warlord optionally destroys a building in play, and so on.
On a turn, a player earns two or more gold (or draws two building cards then discards one), then optionally constructs one building (or up to three if playing the architect this round). Buildings cost gold equal to the number of symbols on them, and each building is worth a certain number of points. In addition to points from buildings, at the end of the game a player scores bonus points for having eight buildings or buildings of all five colors.
The expansion Citadels: The Dark City was initially released as a separate item, but the second edition of the game from Hans im Glück (packaged in a tin box) and the third edition from Fantasy Flight Games included this expansion and can be recognized by its rectangular box (not square). With Dark City, Citadels supports a maximum of eight players.
Players start with a number of building cards in their hand; buildings come in five colors, with the purple buildings typically having a special ability and the other colored buildings providing a benefit when you play particular characters. At the start of each round, the player who was king the previous round discards one of the eight character cards at random, chooses one, then passes the cards to the next player, etc. until each player has secretly chosen a character. Each character has a special ability, and the usefulness of any character depends upon your situation, and that of your opponents. The characters then carry out their actions in numerical order: the assassin eliminating another character for the round, the thief stealing all gold from another character, the wizard swapping building cards with another player, the warlord optionally destroys a building in play, and so on.
On a turn, a player earns two or more gold (or draws two building cards then discards one), then optionally constructs one building (or up to three if playing the architect this round). Buildings cost gold equal to the number of symbols on them, and each building is worth a certain number of points. In addition to points from buildings, at the end of the game a player scores bonus points for having eight buildings or buildings of all five colors.
The expansion Citadels: The Dark City was initially released as a separate item, but the second edition of the game from Hans im Glück (packaged in a tin box) and the third edition from Fantasy Flight Games included this expansion and can be recognized by its rectangular box (not square). With Dark City, Citadels supports a maximum of eight players.
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