Citadels

Citadels is a German-style card game, designed by Bruno Faidutti and originally published in French as Citadelles in 2000, and later in German as Ohne Furcht und Adel, which means "Without Fear or Nobility." Citadels was a finalist for the 2000 Spiel des Jahres award. The Dutch version, Machiavelli, won the Dutch game prize (Nederlandse spellenprijs) in 2001. Gameplay revolves around two phases each round, character selection and then taking actions. First characters are selected through a partially secret draft. Each character has a different in-game affect which allows the player choosing that character to activate during the next phase of the turn. Players take it in turn to choose a character card secretly before passing the hand to...