Castle Siege is a "no table needed" light strategy game of castle building and destruction! Build your castle, construct catapults, command archers, and even unleash siege trolls to see who's castle still stands at the end of the game!
Castle Siege can be played without a table or playing surface of any kind, perfect for standing in line or waiting to be seated at your favorite restaurant!
The goal is to have the most health remaining among your Castle cards at the end of the game.
Players play with their 8-card deck held in their off hand, and a Castle Keep card held between their pinky and ring fingers.
On your turn, you get to look at the front two cards of your deck. You get two actions which can be used to do any of the following in any combination:
- Play a card (max 1x per turn)
- Use a card in play
- Refresh a card (move a card to the back of your deck)
Play other cards into the space between your pinky and ring fingers (your bottom slot), between your ring and middle fingers (your middle slot), and between your middle and pointer fingers (your top slot).
Use Catapults and Siege Trolls to attack your opponent's castle. Use Archers, Walls, Fireballs, and Explosives to defend your Keep! Whenever a card takes damage, rotate it 90 degrees clockwise that many times. The edge of the card furthest from you shows its current health.
The game ends when either player ends their turn with 0 cards left in hand. The player with the highest total health among all their Castle cards wins!
"It's a work of art just looking at it in the hand... it takes 'game-in-hand' to an entirely new level!"
- Jason Tagmire, Button Shy Games
Winner of the
Weapon X Award
Button Shy October 18 Card Challenge
Multiplayer Mode (3-4 players)
Have two copies of the game? Combine them for multiplayer mode!
Political Mode
- Give each player a Castle Keep. All players start with 8 health.
- Shuffle all of the cards together, then deal 8 to each player, putting the rest back in the box.
- Play as normal, except that players may target any other player's cards. Each slot may still only have up to 1 card of each type.
Circle of Mayhem
- Use steps 1-2 above for setup.
- You may only target the cards of the player on your left.
PAX Unplugged Promos
Did you own a promo Hero card?
Here's how to use it in your copy of the game!
General Rule: Heroes follow all the placement and targeting rules of their main card type (Fortification or Siege).
One Hero Card:
- During setup, after dealing cards to each player, give the Hero card to the second player. That player shuffles it into their deck.
- Play as normal, except the first player starts the game with 8 Castle Keep health.
Two Hero cards:
- During setup, after dealing cards to each player, deal 1 random Hero (face down) to each player.
- Each player shuffles their Hero cards in with the rest of their decks.