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Castle Danger

Castle Danger

Matt Worden Games · 2002
230 min10+ yrs3.7/5 complexity6.6 BGGCouplesStrategy
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Castle Danger is a 2-player, turn-based, full-information, strategy game. It is played on a rectangular board, divided into squares -- 9 columns by 7 rows. The middle column on the board is an impassible river, leaving each player with a 4x7 section of the board on which to control their pieces.

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Castle Danger is a 2-player, turn-based, full-information, strategy game. It is played on a rectangular board, divided into squares -- 9 columns by 7 rows. The middle column on the board is an impassible river, leaving each player with a 4x7 section of the board on which to control their pieces.

Six (6) different types of pieces are used in the game: a single King per player (must be protected), Wizards (gives the player more moves to use each turn), Builders (add/remove Walls from the board), Cannons (shoot cannonballs at opponent's pieces), Walls (intercept cannonballs -- used to give protection to other pieces), and Fire (placed on the board wherever a cannonball lands).

If a player's "portal" square (the middle square in their outside column) is open at the start of the turn, the player can add a new piece on that square.

The first player to hit their opponent's King with a cannonball is the winner.

The game was first published as a 2-player computer game, which can be played against an opponent over the Internet.

Now there is also a tabletop version of the game available, which includes rules for a hidden-information variant.

game anatomy
Complexity3.7 / 5
BGG rating6.6 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Castle Danger?
Castle Danger is a abstract strategy game, for 2 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring action points. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Castle Danger — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Castle Danger support?
Castle Danger is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Castle Danger take?
A game of Castle Danger takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Castle Danger for?
Castle Danger is recommended from age 10.
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