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2001 Ranked #20,732

Blackrock Castle

This memory exploration game has players guide three knights through a trapdoor castle, collect matching portraits, and reach the treasury first. Safe routes must be remembered, since a pivoting tile can drop a knight before the portraits are complete.

Children's Children's Game Exploration Modular Board Set Collection

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.67/5

Rating

5.62

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players explore a castle made up of tiles that are solid on three corners and pivot on the fourth corner, creating a "trapdoor". On your turn you can move as many spaces as you want until you voluntarily stop or fall into one of these trapdoors.

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Players explore a castle made up of tiles that are solid on three corners and pivot on the fourth corner, creating a "trapdoor". On your turn you can move as many spaces as you want until you voluntarily stop or fall into one of these trapdoors. The object of the game is to have each of your three knights collect a pair of family portraits that are located in the corner "Portrait Galleries" and then make it to the middle of the board where the Treasury is located. The first player to get all three knights there, wins. The memory element comes into play as you try to remember which paths are the safest route to take as you collect your portraits.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
45 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Gunter Baars

Artists

1
Uwe Schildmeier

Publishers

1
Schmidt Spiele

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