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Citadel of Blood

Citadel of Blood

1980·Eric Lee Smith

Videos
5
Creators
2

Mainly playthroughs. Citadel of Blood is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 3 recorded sessions.

1 - 6 players
120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

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.

Citadel of Blood

Watch first

Learn to play

CoB - intro59:50

CoB - intro

calandale

calandale

Review

CoB - review21:26

CoB - review

calandale

calandale

Watch it played

CoB - 1.2 & wrap1:59:52

CoB - 1.2 & wrap

calandale

calandale

Which Citadel of Blood video should I watch?

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.

All videos

CoB - introHow to play59:50

CoB - intro

calandale

calandale

CoB - reviewReview21:26

CoB - review

calandale

calandale

CoB - 1.2 & wrapPlaythrough1:59:52

CoB - 1.2 & wrap

calandale

calandale

Citadel of Blood - PlaythroughPlaythrough4:10:44

Citadel of Blood - Playthrough

Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games

CoB - 1.1Playthrough1:07:28

CoB - 1.1

calandale

calandale

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calandale
4 videos of this game
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Unboxings

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About Citadel of Blood

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

AdventureExplorationFantasyFighting

Mechanics

Cooperative GameDice RollingModular Board & Variable SetupRoll & Write / Paper-and-Pencil
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