Castle (card game)

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Castle
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Designers Bruno Faidutti
Serge Laget
Emmanuel Roudier (Artist)
Publishers Descartes Editeur
Eurogames
Jeux Descartes
Players2–5
Setup time5 minutes
Playing time30 minutes
ChanceMedium
Skills Strategic thought

Castle (sometimes known as Palace, not to be confused with Palace aka Shithead) is a card game designed by Bruno Faidutti, Francesca Flores [1] , and Serge Laget. Art by Emmanuel Roudier [2] . Played with 2-5 players. It is a shedding card game, i.e. the winning player is the one who disposes of all of their cards first.

Contents

Game play

Players are given a set of square cards which are to be played onto the table, which has a cardboard castle battlement layout.

Cards are played into one of four regions:

When played, the cards will usually allow the player to take some sort of special action, which is unique to the card. [3]

End Game

The first player to rid himself of all his cards wins.

Awards

Castle won the 2000 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société. [4]

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