CASTELL

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OBJECT OF CASTELL: The object of Castell is to have the highest score at the end of ten rounds. 

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 to 4 players 

MATERIALS: 1 Game Board, 4 Player Boards, 1 Skill Wheel, 150 Castellers, 4 Player Pawns, 28 Special Action Tokens, 30 Size Tokens, 8 Board Skill Tiles, 20 Player Skill Tiles, 4 Player Aids, 14 Festive Location Tiles, 32 Local Performance Tiles, 40 Prize Tokens, 4 Score Markers, 1 Round Marker, 1 First Player Marker, 1 Cloth Bag

TYPE OF GAME: Strategic Card Game

AUDIENCE: 12+

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OVERVIEW OF CASTELL

Castell is a tradition in Catalonia where people build human towers. As you travel across regions, attempt to build the best human towers, building skills along the way. Be strategic in your skills and which performances you choose to complete.

The game continues for ten rounds. Will you be able to build the best team that quickly? It is time to play and see!

SETUP

Setup of the Board

To begin setup, place all Castellers into the cloth bag and shake the bag to randomize the them. After shaking them, place a designated number of Castellers on the board’s seven regions. For four players place five Castellers per region, three players need four Castellers, and two players need three Castellers. 

Place the skill wheel on the right half of the game board, with the All Regions side face up. Advanced gamers may use the No Regions side of the game if they prefer. Place the wheel so that the orientation of the Advanced Regions is facing north.

Next, sort the festival location tiles into two types, depending on their backs. Shuffle all of the “I” tiles face down and then place one face up on each “I” space on the board’s festival calendar. Repeat the same steps with the “II” cards, placing them on the “II” spaces on the festival calendar. To finish the festival calendar, shuffle the size tokens and deal one, facing up, to each space below a festival location tile.

Finally, to complete setup of the board, you must schedule the local performances. This includes shuffling the local performance tiles and deal two facing up to each row of the local performance area. These are found on the left edge of the board. The eighteen unused tiles may be returned to the game box.

Setup of the Players

Each player must be given a player board and a player aid. They must also be given one player pawn, one score marker, seven special action tokens, and five player skill tiles in the color of their choosing. The special action tokens are placed on the icon of the player board. All score markers are placed on the star space of the board’s score track. Each player will then draw seven Castellers from the bag.

The round marker is then placed on the one space of the board’s round track. The first player marker is given to whoever has recently visited Catalonia. The game is now ready to begin!

GAMEPLAY

The player with the first player marker begins the game and gameplay will continue clockwise around the board. There are four different actions you may take in any random order. Actions may only be completed one time per turn. 

You may decide to move your pawn to a different region adjacent to your current region. Any region that is touching another region or connected by a dotted line is considered to be adjacent to the previous region. The first move, you will add your pawn to the gameboard in whatever region of your choosing. 안전놀이터

You may choose to recruit up to two Castellers from the region where your pawn is. This moves them into your player area. Training is the third option which allows you to increase the rank of one of your skills. The skill wheel will show you which skills are available to you at that time. In a normal game, you may choose the skill in the slot of your pawn’s current region or the skill in the All Regions slot, but in an advanced game, you may only choose from your pawn’s region.

Finally, you may complete a special action, but to do so, you must have one special action token available to you. If you choose this action you must do one of three things. You must recruit one Casteller from your pawn’s region. You could move your pawn to another region, or you may build a tower that meets the requirements of one of the local performance tiles in your pawn’s region.

After completing a special action, be sure to place the special action token onto the local performance area of the board. Place it in a space that