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2018 Ranked #1,300

Castell

Catalan cultural strategy game where teams recruit castellers, train skills, and perform human towers at festivals. Building taller structures earns prestige, but every tower demands the right people and careful preparation to stand.

Strategy Games Sports Area Movement Pattern Building Region: Catalonia (Spain)

Players

2-4

Play time

60-90 min

Age

12+

Complexity

3.2/5

Rating

7.42

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 4.1/5

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?

Castell is a rich folk tradition in Catalonia, for which people gather at festivals to build human towers up to 8-10 people high!

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Castell is a rich folk tradition in Catalonia, for which people gather at festivals to build human towers up to 8-10 people high! In the game, you run a castell team and are traveling around the various regions of Catalonia, recruiting castellers to your team, training new skills to build more impressive towers, and performing at festivals in the Catalan villages and towns. Do you have what it takes to be the best colla, or castell team, in the land? A game of Castell takes place over the course of 10 rounds. Your goal is to recruit castellers from the regions of Catalonia, then build towers with those castellers to compete in the festivals. You’ll need to train your castellers in various skills so that you can build taller, wider, and more creative towers. The more diverse your performances and the better you tailor your towers to each audience, the higher your final score will be. Harness your strength, balance, courage, and common sense to take your team to victory!

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
60–90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Aaron Vanderbeek

Artists

1
Ossi Hiekkala

Publishers

3
Banana Games Renegade Game Studios Schwerkraft-Verlag

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