Citadels (2016)
Playtime: 60
Min. Age: 10
Players: 2 - 8
Publisher: Ігромаг, Galápagos Jogos, MINDOK, Hobby World, Windrider Games, Delta Vision Publishing, Z-Man Games, Arclight Games, Edge Entertainment, Kaissa Chess & Games, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Galakta, Asmodee, Fantasmagoria, Hans im Glück, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., EDGE Studio, 999 Games, Korea Boardgames
Designers: Bruno Faidutti
Artists: Eddie Mendoza, Yong Yi Lee, Mark Molnar, Felipe Escobar, Pavel Kolomeyets, Mateusz Lenart, Gracjana Zielińska, Simon Eckert, Ward Lindhout, Meg Owenson, Andrew Bosley, Tyler Edlin, Fernando Olmedo, Jeff Brown (II), Yogesh C. Joshi, Veli Nyström, Marko Fiedler, Tomasz Jedruszek, James Combridge, Amit Dutta, Alex Kim, William Koh
Mechanics: Closed Drafting, Lose a Turn, Turn Order: Role Order, Take That, Variable Set-up, Income, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Action Drafting
Min. Age: 10
Players: 2 - 8
Publisher: Ігромаг, Galápagos Jogos, MINDOK, Hobby World, Windrider Games, Delta Vision Publishing, Z-Man Games, Arclight Games, Edge Entertainment, Kaissa Chess & Games, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Galakta, Asmodee, Fantasmagoria, Hans im Glück, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., EDGE Studio, 999 Games, Korea Boardgames
Designers: Bruno Faidutti
Artists: Eddie Mendoza, Yong Yi Lee, Mark Molnar, Felipe Escobar, Pavel Kolomeyets, Mateusz Lenart, Gracjana Zielińska, Simon Eckert, Ward Lindhout, Meg Owenson, Andrew Bosley, Tyler Edlin, Fernando Olmedo, Jeff Brown (II), Yogesh C. Joshi, Veli Nyström, Marko Fiedler, Tomasz Jedruszek, James Combridge, Amit Dutta, Alex Kim, William Koh
Mechanics: Closed Drafting, Lose a Turn, Turn Order: Role Order, Take That, Variable Set-up, Income, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Action Drafting
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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 their seventh building. Players then tally their points, and the player with the highest score wins.
Players start the game 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 2016 edition of Citadels includes twenty-seven characters — eight from the original Citadels, ten from the Dark City expansion, and nine new ones — along with thirty unique building districts, and the rulebook includes six preset lists of characters and districts beyond the starter list, each crafted to encourage a different style and intensity of gameplay.
Players start the game 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 2016 edition of Citadels includes twenty-seven characters — eight from the original Citadels, ten from the Dark City expansion, and nine new ones — along with thirty unique building districts, and the rulebook includes six preset lists of characters and districts beyond the starter list, each crafted to encourage a different style and intensity of gameplay.
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The game was also published under these names:
あやつり人形 ,
富饒之城 ,
Machiavelli Deluxe ,
Cytadela ,
Цитадели Делюкс ,
Citadela DeLuxe ,
Цитадели ,
Citadele ,
荣耀之城 ,
시타델 ,
Machiavelli ,
Ciudadelas ,
Citadella ,
Citadels ,
Citadelles ,
Citadela ,
Цитаделі
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