Citadels - Classic

Recommended for Ages 10 & up
2-8 Players
20-60 minute playtime

Description:
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.

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Designer(s):
Bruno Faidutti

Artist(s):
Cyrille Daujean
Julien Delval
Jesper Ejsing
Bruno Faidutti
Didier Graffet
Bjarne Hansen
Darrell Hardy
Florence Magnin
Jean-Louis Mourier
Scott Nicely
Hassan Nozadian
Christian T. Petersen
Brian Schomburg
Richard Spicer

Board Game Geek Category(s):
Bluffing
Card Game
City Building
Deduction
Fantasy
Medieval

Board Game Geek Mechanic(s):
Action Drafting
Card Drafting
Lose a Turn
Set Collection
Turn Order: Role Order
Variable Player Powers