Citadels – Get better at doing your thing (and avoid being denied)
Backstab and watch your back while you do your thing. And by doing your thing, I mean building your citadel; hence the title of the game, "Citadels". This is a great game to play with 4-8 players; it's fun, easy and gives the impression of being fast paced due to players usually interacting socially during the downtimes. The main game mechanics could be summarized like this: Each player will have cards representing districts of a citadel in his hand, which he will be able to buy during his turn with the money he also has. During a player's turn, they will be able to get more district cards or more money, and build a district using the money. A few special districts will give some special ability that will benefit you or hurt other players. But the spice of the game is that every turn, each players has the chance of exclusively using a character from a shared pool. They are chosen secretly in turn, and each character has some special ability such as: stealing other [Read full post...]