Table of Contents
Citadels
Setup
Game Turn
Reference
Goal
Game End
Citadels
2-8 players
Setup
Remove white star bonus cards
Shuffle character deck
Shuffle district deck
Each player gets:
4 cards from district deck
2 gold
Random player gets the crown
Game Turn
Remove characters
Draw 1 character and place facedown
Draw a number of characters and place face up
4 players = 2 cards
5 players = 1 card
6-7 players = no cards
Choose characters
Each character, starting with crown holder, takes 1 character card
Player turns
In order of role reveal your character and play turn
You can use your character's special ability once per turn
Take an action which is either:
Take 2 gold from the bank
Draw 2 district cards, choose 1 discard the other
Build a district card
Reference
Role Order
Assassin
Thief
Magician
King
Bishop
Merchant
Architect
Warlord
Bonus Role Order
Witch
Tax Collector
Wizard
Emperor
Abbot
Alchemist
Navigator
Diplomat
Artist
Queen
Goal
Most points wins
Get points from:
Total gold cost of all build district cards
3 points for having 5 different colored districts built
4 points for building 8th district first
2 points to other players for building 8 districts by game end
Game End
When a player builds their 8th district