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• Dec. 7, 2005 - Citadels Game Review
The
favorite game right now is a game I almost didn't purchase. An unlikely
sounding card game about building your own city and thereby gaining the
most victory points. What makes this game unique is that each player
takes on the role of a different character each round of the game, and
the character is kept secret until your time to play. The order the
players go is determined by what character they choose in secret. For
example the Assasin always goes first, followed by the Thief. These of
course are the most unsavory characters of the lot. Other characters
are the King, the Architect, and the Merchant to name a few. Now before
anyone dismisses the game based on the unsavory character of an
Assasin, let me tell you that the assasin's only ability is to make any
other player lose a turn. The game has lots of extra characters so you
could remove the assasin and the thief if they bothered you. Each
character has a special ability or power. Sometimes you will recieve
extra gold because of your profession for that round. For example the
King will receive income based on having any gold city cards in his
citadel. The king will also be the first person to choose a new
profession for the nest round, followed by the person to his left.
The game itself is accessible to anyone easily over 10, however I have
played with a 7 year old who needed only minimal strategic help. In
fact I have a niece who will come over and say she needs a Citadel fix,
otherwise she is not that big of a game player. The game is made to a
high standard, but since the character cards are shuffled 8-10 times
during one game it is recommended that the character cards be placed in
protective sleeves. However it is not that expensive of a game, so if I
play it 100-200 times and have to replace the character cards I will
gladly buy the game again.
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