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Between Two Castles – Essential Edition

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Brief Description
Between Two Castles – Essential Edition is a competitive drafting, tile-placement game for 1-8 players designed by Ben Rosset and Matthew O’Malley. It plays in about 45-60 minutes. The Essential Edition combines the original game (132237) and the Secrets & Soirees expansion (218603) into one box.... Read More

Players

2–8 players

Time to play

45–60 minutes

Game type

Base Game

$10499
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Description

Between Two Castles – Essential Edition is a competitive drafting, tile-placement game for 1-8 players designed by Ben Rosset and Matthew O’Malley. It plays in about 45-60 minutes.

The Essential Edition combines the original game (132237) and the Secrets & Soirees expansion (218603) into one box.

1-8 Players | 45-60 Mins | Ages 14+

How to Play

The king demands a castle! You are a world-renowned master builder who has been asked by the king to help design his castles. Projects of such significance require the expertise of more than one person, so for each assignment you are paired with another master builder to execute your grandiose plans. Will your planning and partnership skills be enough to design the most impressive castles in the world?

Between Two Castles is a competitive tile-drafting game in which each tile is a room in a castle. You work together with the player on your left to design one castle, and with the player on your right on another castle. On each turn, you select two tiles from your hand, reveal them, then work with your partners to place them.

At the end of the game, each castle is scored. Your personal final score is the lower of the scores of the two castles you helped design, and the player with the highest final score wins the game. To win, you have to share your attention between two castles.

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 850032180986

Publisher: Stonemaier Games

Board game features: Expansion available

Board game mechanics: Tile-based

Board game theme: City building

Gameplay skills: Strategic thinking, Tactical decision making

Toy game material: Cardboard, Wood

DIMENSIONS

Length: 111.0mm

Width: 300.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 2085g

Collections

Board Game Pre-Orders Board Games Board Games 45-60 Minutes Competitive Board Games Family Board Games Games Pre-orders Solo Board Games Strategy Board Games Tile Placement Board Games Wooden Toys

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