Board game enthusiasts of all genres will be enchanted by Citadels, a wonderful game of bluffing, deduction, and city-building. Wrapped in a medieval theme and gorgeously illustrated, players seek to be the first to complete a grand city of their own.
Citadels Card Game Overview:
In each game round, players secretly take the roles of either the King, Magician, Architect, Assassin, Thief, Bishop, General, or Merchant and seek to use the powers of such offices in their efforts to win the game.
Beginning with the Assassin (character number one) and progressing in order to the Warlord (number eight), the King calls on each character to take his turn. Once their role has been called, players may choose to gather an income of either cards or gold, activate their special character power, and may build one district card from their hand by spending its cost in gold. After the Warlord is called, the character cards are returned to the King to be shuffled and a new round begins.
Because each round a player may have selected a different role, each turn will be different, and the successful player will have to be both forward-thinking and flexible in his strategy. Since each role has a different special ability, each player's turn will be a pursuit of the best move for the role he has chosen, given a limited set of options and information.
When a player builds the eighth district card of his city, the end of the game is near. The game continues to the end of the round, and once the Warlord has completed his turn, the game is over. All players total up the value of the districts in their city and receive bonuses for being the first to build eight districts, having all five colors represented, and for achieving eight districts before the end of the game. The high-scoring player is the winner!
The Silver Line Citadels Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games is for 2 to 7 players and it takes 20-60 minutes to play.
The current printing of Citadels includes the Dark City expansion - look for the purple logo on your box lid if you're not sure if your copy includes the Dark City.
Citadels Card Game with the Dark City Expansion Includes:
- 66 District cards
- 8 Character cards
- 8 Reference cards
- 30 gold coins
- 1 wooden crown marker
- 10 Bonus character cards!
- 14 Bonus purple district cards!
Citadels Card Game THE DARK CITY EXPANSION:
Included in the current edition of Citadels is the Dark City Expansion: 14 new purple districts and 10 new characters, each distinguished by a white star symbol. Experienced players of Citadels can opt to swap in some or all of the expansion characters to alter their game and radically change their playing style. Dark City keeps Citadels fresh by adding new layers to the already engaging strategic play.
