Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Valkenburg Castle is a fantasy game of adventure and combat in the depth of an ancient dungeon. It was one of the Task Force Games Pocket Games.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Valkenburg Castle is a fantasy game of adventure and combat in the depth of an ancient dungeon. It was one of the Task Force Games Pocket Games. Players may use heroic leaders, fighting men, clever burglars and mysterious magic users to explore and eventually capture the castle from evil orcs, trolls, banshee and drogs. It includes 5 scenarios and a campaign. There are different victory conditions such as slay the dragon, find the secret treasure, raid, etc. or there is also a campaign game where Lord Hobart starts with a fixed amount of money and has to use it wisely to finance his long term assault on the castle for total takeover. He has to use the loot recovered from the castle to maintain his small force and keep up the pressure on the monsters during a protracted campaign with repeated sieges of the castle. Comes with 16x20 map sheet depicting the five floors of the castle, 54 die-cut counters, and a 26-page rulebook with color cover.