Castle Combo

Castle Combo

Card Game
2-5 Players
About 30 Minutes
10+
Game Overview

Castle Combo is a tableau-building game that combines simplicity with deep, engaging gameplay, offering highly satisfying experiences. Each player will spend coins to draft 9 cards from 2 open markets on the table (the lower and upper city), creating along the game a 3x3 square of people interacting with each other to trigger instant effects and end-of-game bonuses. Each turn, you add a character to your tableau — a seemingly straightforward action that packs a punch regarding strategic decisions. You'll need to carefully manage your Keys to influence the Messenger pawn at critical moments, as it controls which characters are available for recruitment from two different areas – peasants and nobles. Balancing your Gold reserves is equally important, ensuring you can afford the characters that best suit your strategy throughout the game. Selecting the right characters is crucial to maximizing their immediate effects and the points they will contribute at the game's end. Finally, carefully arranging these characters on your 3x3 board is key to unlocking their full potential.

Skills
  • Tactical Thinking Tactical Thinking
    Challenges players to make decisions based on currently available information.
  • Comprehension Comprehension
    Requires players to perceive and understand concepts, ideas, and functions.
  • Decision Making Decision Making
    Allows players to make decisions based on currently or previously available information.
  • Resource Management Resource Management
    Boosts a player’s capacity to efficiently and effectively oversee available assets.
Game Details
  • Type: Family Game
  • Category: Card Game
  • Designer(s): Grégory Grard, Mathieu Roussel
  • Published: 2024
  • Game Length: About 30 Minutes
  • Players: 2-5 Players
Awards
  • 2025 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
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