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2018 Ranked #6,215

Once Upon A Castle

A drawing game where players design castles with local resources to attract visitors and earn prestige. Towers, battlements, and dungeons become part of a personal plan, with the most impressive completed castle winning the kingdom’s recognition.

Children's Dice Medieval Line Drawing Paper-and-Pencil

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.83/5

Rating

6.65

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

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 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players each draw their ideal Castle with battlements, towers, a nice dungeon for passing guests...in an effort to draw in visitors. The object is to build the most prestigious castle in the Kingdom using all the resources they can find in the area.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Line Drawing

Draw lines to connect, divide, trace, or claim parts of the play area.
Paper-and-Pencil

Record choices and results directly on a personal sheet.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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Type

1
Children's

Category

2
Dice Medieval

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Line Drawing Paper-and-Pencil

Family

5
Admin: Better Description Needed! Components: Dice with Icons Mechanism: Roll-and-Write Misc: LongPack Games Theme: Construction

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Corentin Lebrat Ludovic Maublanc

Artists

1
Sylvain Aublin

Publishers

1
Blue Orange (EU)

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