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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

  1. Remove characters
    1. Draw 1 character and place facedown
    2. Draw a number of characters and place face up
      • 4 players = 2 cards
      • 5 players = 1 card
      • 6-7 players = no cards
  2. Choose characters
    1. Each character, starting with crown holder, takes 1 character card
  3. Player turns
    1. In order of role reveal your character and play turn
      • You can use your character's special ability once per turn
    2. Take an action which is either:
      • Take 2 gold from the bank
      • Draw 2 district cards, choose 1 discard the other
    3. Build a district card

Reference

Role Order

  1. Assassin
  2. Thief
  3. Magician
  4. King
  5. Bishop
  6. Merchant
  7. Architect
  8. Warlord

Bonus Role Order

  1. Witch
  2. Tax Collector
  3. Wizard
  4. Emperor
  5. Abbot
  6. Alchemist
  7. Navigator
  8. Diplomat
  9. Artist
  10. 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
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