Castle Panic
2009 board game
Castle Panic is a board game designed by Justin De Witt and published by Fireside Games in 2009 Castle Panic is a tower defense strategy game in which players work cooperatively to protect a castle from monsters. The game was a nominee for the 2010 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game.
Gameplay
The game is set up in a circle. The circle is divided into six arcs of four rings each. Each arc is assigned one of three colors; blue, red or green. Each ring of the circle is subdivided and labeled either forest, the outermost ring, moving inward with, archer, knight, and swordsman rings respectively. The objective of the game is to kill the monsters invading from the forest before they can destroy your castle. Each player has their turn in order trading, attacking, and potentially repairing their castle. After the players turns, monsters are added and move toward the castle. If they have already reached the edge of the walls or towers of the castles they will attack the obstacle in front of them.
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