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Sep 1, 2025·How to play·10:20·1367·Watch on YouTube

The White Castle Duel | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!

kovray

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Watch “The White Castle Duel | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!,” a how-to-play guide for The White Castle Duel from kovray on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by kovray on YouTube:

Learn to How to Play The White Castle Duel in just 10 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by. The White Castle Duel is designed by Shei S. and Isra C., it's illustrated by Joan Guardiet, and published by Devir Games, who shared a copy of this game with us to share with you! In The White Castle Duel, two clans vie for power within the White Heron’s court by gathering resources and building their influence. On your turn, you’ll spend lantern tokens to trigger actions and gain resources. These actions might let you acquire and upgrade influence cards, place clan seals in the gardens or training grounds, move your courtier through the circles of influence, or trade. Along the way, you’ll collect icons: flags, katanas, kabutos, and origami, that will generate points at the end of the game. When the dust settles, the clan with the most points claims victory. Question of the Day: What two player implementation of a board game would you like to see? Thanks for watching our How to Play video of The White Castle Duel! 🥰 Enjoyed our content and want to support our work? Please consider checking out our: 📣 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kovray 💬 Our Discord: https://discord.gg/mqwR9PPpdr Follow along our social media to join in on our adventures! 📘Facebook - @Kovray https://www.facebook.com/kovray 📸Instagram - @kovraystudios https://www.instagram.com/kovraystudios 🩵 Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/kovray.bsky.social 🕰️Tiktok - @kovraystudios 0:00 The White Castle Duel 0:15 Setting Up 1:28 Player Setup 2:11 Game Overview 2:30 Turn Overview 2:40 Step 1: Change Activation Tile 2:58 Step 2: Place a Token 3:27 Step 3: Gain a Lantern Reward 3:46 Step 4: Perform 2 Actions 4:06 Gaining Influence Cards 4:40 Improve Action 5:00 Lantern Action 5:12 Garden Action 5:34 Training Action 6:04 Courtier Action 6:42 Trade Action 7:11 Well Action 7:37 Maintenance Phase 7:54 Return Round Differences 8:28 Final Scoring 9:39 Any Questions? 9:57 Question of the Day BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438936/the-white-castle-duel A copy of this game was provided to us by the publisher. #BoardGames #TheWhiteCastleDuel #HowToPlay

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The White Castle Duel

The White Castle Duel

2025·Isra C., Shei S.

Videos
30
Creators
24

Mainly reviews. The White Castle Duel is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 2 other videos.

2 players
20 - 40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About The White Castle Duel, from BoardGameGeek:

Following the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, daimyos competed for control of foreign trade and technology. Himeji Castle, a symbol of feudal power, became a strategic center for clans seeking to gain influence. In The White Castle Duel, two clans compete to exert their influence in the White Heron's court, managing resources and building engines. On each turn, you will use their lamp tokens to obtain resources and activate actions. Among the actions available, you can buy and upgrade influence cards, place clan seals on gardens and training grounds, move your courtier between circles of influence, or trade with the Portuguese. These actions will allow you to accumulate a series of icons - flags, katanas, kabutos, and origami figures - that will reward you with points, and whoever ends up with the most points wins. -description from the publisher

Designers

Isra C., Shei S.

Artist

Joan Guardiet

Publisher

Devir

Categories

EconomicMedieval

Mechanics

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