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2013 Ranked #15,296

Elven Castle

This 3D abstract building game has players place arches on pins or existing arches and score for height. Unused and poorly connected arches lose points, so every construction must balance elevation and stability.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Fantasy Enclosure Tile Placement

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.72

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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At the beginning of the ?????????? ????? (Elven Castle) each player recieves a set of arches of one color. Game takes place on plastic board which has 31 pin groupped in hexagon shape. On his turn player must place an arch on pins. Arch may be placed only on board or on two another arches. After placing an arch player gains victory points based on arch heights above ground or above the arch directly below newly placed arch. Game ends when one player can't place arch or runs out of arches. Victory points substracted for each arch left in reserve and for each arch placed directly on the board and not connected to other arches. Game comes with set of scenarios which may add new rules for gaining victory points, and add starting black neutral arches to the board.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Ronald Hofstätter Fred Horn

Artists

1
Vladimir Nartov

Publishers

1
Zvezda

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