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2000 · 2-5 players · 30min · weight 1.90 · 1,720 ratings
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Rating
5.74
Users rated
1,720
Owned
2,465
Wishing
260
At a glance
What playing it feels like, broken down.
Core loop
Play a card to its matching castle region, take its special power, race to empty hand before opponents do.
What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
0
Fantasy
1
Narrative
0
Challenge
2
Fellowship
1
Discovery
0
Expression
1
Submission
2
How it works (4 mechanics)
- [3]on_play_trigger— “cards will usually allow you to take some sort of special action, which is unique to the card you played”
- [3]hand_management_under_draw— “first player to rid himself of all his cards wins, which can be a tricky proposition at best”
- [1]action_blocking— “cards are played into one of four regions: courtyard, battlements, towers, or outside the castle”
- [2]_other:region_card_assignment— “Cards must be played to a specific position; played into one of four regions”
Under-the-radar score: -0.74
Sources (1)
Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.
LLM memory0.10
BGG tags
Mechanisms (2)
Categories (2)
Card GameMedieval