1983John H. Butterfield, Eric Lee Smith
- Videos
- 20
- Creators
- 3
1 players180 - 240 minHeavy weight

1980Eric Lee Smith
Mainly playthroughs. Citadel of Blood is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 3 recorded sessions.
From BoardGameGeek
Ares Magazine #5 Players form a party of Heroic Fantasy adventurers to journey into the Citadel of the evil mage "X the Unknown", gaining experience and power by fighting his monsters, and ultimately facing and defeating X himself. The Citadel map is randomly generated during the game by drawing and placing rooms and corridors printed on 1/2" die-cut counters.
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Citadel of Blood has 5 videos from 2 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 3 playthroughs. They date from 2024 to May 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "CoB - intro" by calandale, which runs 1 h.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "CoB - review" by calandale. To see it played, watch "CoB - 1.2 & wrap" by calandale, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Ambush!, Battle Hymn, Mosby's Raiders: Guerilla Warfare in the Civil War and Battle Hymn Vol. 2: Shiloh and Bentonville, also by Eric Lee Smith.
1983John H. Butterfield, Eric Lee Smith
1 players180 - 240 minHeavy weight
1986Joseph Reiser, Eric Lee Smith
1 players240 minHeavy weight
1985Eric Lee Smith
1 players120 minMedium weight
2025Eric Lee Smith
2 players60 - 480 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Ares Magazine #5 Players form a party of Heroic Fantasy adventurers to journey into the Citadel of the evil mage "X the Unknown", gaining experience and power by fighting his monsters, and ultimately facing and defeating X himself. The Citadel map is randomly generated during the game by drawing and placing rooms and corridors printed on 1/2" die-cut counters.
Designer
Eric Lee Smith
Artists
Barclay Shaw, Redmond Aksel Simonsen
Publisher
Encore
Categories
Mechanics