Castle (card game)

Castle (sometimes known as Palace, not to be confused with Palace aka Shithead) is a card game designed by Bruno Faidutti, Francesca Flores,^[1] and Serge Laget. Art by Emmanuel Roudier.^[2] Played with 2-5 players. It is a shedding card game, i.e. the winning player is the one who disposes of all of their cards first.

Castle

Designers	Bruno Faidutti Serge Laget Emmanuel Roudier (Artist)
Publishers	Descartes Editeur Eurogames Jeux Descartes
Players	2–5
Setup time	5 minutes
Playing time	30 minutes
Chance	Medium
Skills	Strategic thought

Game play

Players are given a set of square cards which are to be played onto the table, which has a cardboard castle battlement layout.

Cards are played into one of four regions:

• in the courtyard,
• on the battlements,
• on the towers, or
• outside the castle.

When played, the cards will usually allow the player to take some sort of special action, which is unique to the card.^[3]

End Game

The first player to rid himself of all his cards wins.^[4]

Awards

Castle won the 2000 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société. ^[5]