Crossbows and Catapults is Back?!? Sorta... 2024 Retail Version Review

[@ralphmcmahan2139]

with enough rubber bands you can break a lamp clear across the living room, don't ask me how I know

[@LonSeidman]

The game got a lot more fun when we figured out the multiple rubber bands trick :)

[@Nikolas-w1w]

I managed to break the catapult

[@sirdavidalot]

My first WMD

[@riffraffrichard]

We once got three sets together to make a mega battle 😂

[@TarrinLupo]

NOOOO WAYYYY! Awesome find. I had no idea this was back. i must have this

[@Sheepy007]

Remakes like these are a reason modern children will think the 80s toys were lame

[@vodo1983]

I would have recommended the "Fortress War" version of this game instead of the "Castle Battle" version you reviewed. Castle Battle is the vanilla version. Fortress War is substantially more money ($100 vs $30), but does come with many more castle pieces for each side, allowing for more variety in the castle builds. It also comes with many more discs to shoot, as well as much better and more varied weaponry to shoot the discs than the handheld squeeze crossbow thing. Lastly, it comes with 2 decks of cards that introduce power-ups, directives, and adds chaos to the game making for a very fun, crazy time. Highly recommend.

[@Kayose]

Something like this as a supplemental addition to a DnD game would go hard. Great video!

[@rokko_fable]

"my parents bought that for me, in full disclosure." Haha. Love this guy.

[@Wackness]

My brothers and i played this all the time back in the day. Awesome game!

[@BrandonGraham]

Catapult Feud is a modern good alternative with good options for building. Also, if you're looking to scratch a nostalgic itch, check out the games that Restoration Games makes. They redesign old games with the goal of making them play as good as you remember... Because sometimes you go back and play an old game and realize it's 90% nostalgia.

[@NoQueso_]

I just played the new reprint at a friend's house with the Fortress War set. It had more castle parts and more mercenaries. Definitely recommend that set if you want it.

[@PCPAyLOAD]

My brother and I played that game to death, literally, back in the 80's as kids. So much fun! I think we broke or lost just about every part.

[@Ori-Retro-Gamer]

same here 😂

[@RetroRockGamer]

It looks different than I remember it. I remember each side having trigger points on the castle where if you hit it it would fire a spring-loaded guy into the air

[@edt1138]

My brothers and I never had Crossbows and Catapults, but we had multiple sets of Weapons and Warriors. I also had the GI Joe Cobra Battle Game which was fantastic, especially when you added additional rubber bands to the missile launchers so you could play from opposite sides of the house.

[@Jamesjamesjaja]

How do you win? The eighties version had the card the castle sat on and you won by landing a puck on the treasure.

[@laurenceminuto8769]

Lon I had both games. Loved it in the 80’s. I had several of the add on’s including the dragon and the battering ram. I have the new one as well I am a little disappointed with the crossbow as you were but I am ok with it. This was a kickstarter from Restoration Games and they also have a builders bounty that had much more blocks and picks. They also have the weapons cache that has a better crossbow and a trebuchet and more picks. Restoration Games has also done Return to Dark Tower which is by far the best remastered game I have played. It is a remake of the 80’s Dark Tower that I also had and loved!

[@yannisgk]

my favorite game as a grown up kid...in greece it was called "castles and siegemen" (kastra kai poliorkites)....thanks for the video!!!!

[@dave4shmups]

I don’t remember the original game that much. But my older brother and I were really into Transformers then.

[@foxglove9]

Still looks like a fun game, but kids will never know how much better that game actually was. I had the whole set, but never managed to pickup the Minotaur and Cyclops.

[@michaelstopher1471]

There are Hot Wheels car launchers sold at Dollar Tree that are VERY similar in function of the original Crossbows and Catapults. I loved the original game. Thanks to linoleum over concrete in our basement back then.

[@asan1050]

Lon! , Thanks for posting this video

[@SinBinStream]

Have my original set with all of the original pieces. I've played a few games with both of my sons this year. I like the new catapult.

[@legacyoftheancientsC64c]

Crappy crossbows? 3D Printer to the rescue! 😊

[@tyniehometravels1861]

@@legacyoftheancientsC64c um you got a file on that cuz I need a better amount one for my kids

[@mloicano]

Nostalgia bomb 💣 😢.

[@Ockv74]

❤❤❤

[@danielwilliamson6180]

The reboot looks good.

[@dpt17]

Wow. I don't even remember this game. Too bad. It looks fun. Would have loved to have played it but substituted GI Joe or Star Wars action figures for the ones that came in the box.

[@john_in_phoenix]

If this was in the 1980s, I don't remember it because I was too busy building PCs for IBM. We did actually manufacture computers in the USA.

[@alechemy]

Good for you

[@john_in_phoenix]

@@alechemy It was, yes. The late 80s I worked at Redstone/Marshall.

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

Loved that game in the 80's, I remember my Grandfather cheated and doubled over the elastic bands and smashed down my walls with ease. ;)

[@danielramsey6141]

Wait! Was this game also a Spin off from “Weapons and Warriors”?! I know Board James of Angry Nintendo Nerd Fame did a funny review of it years ago!

[@jeffmitchell5244]

@@danielramsey6141 no lol “weapons and warriors” was a spinoff of this….

[@ΗλίαςΠαναγιωτόπουλος]

If you have the fortres fight it has more options

[@Marc83Aus]

I had parts of this floating around, no idea what ther were from. Thats a 30 year old mystery solved.

[@CantankerousDave]

Never owned or played this. My version of this nostalgia game is Dark Tower from 1981. Or the Star Wars: Escape from the Death Star board game from 1977.

[@Treychik]

they did the tweezer thing because of possible kids injuries, lol

[@rrex7948]

There is a bigger version out there called fortress war

[@richardcrainium9343]

To be fair a crossbow wouldn't take down a castle wall its more for the figures...

[@CrimsonTideGuy]

3d printer will come in handy

[@ryandouglas7464]

Nooo! The rubber bands were better. You could stretch the bands to everything double strength. And what happened to the castles with the built in catapult and jump plate that activated when you hit the door with puck? Not for me.

[@josemanuelaguero68]

3d printer goes brrrrrrrrrrr

[@Kleastic]

3D printer remake the crossbow

[@kidchuckle]

oh that crossbow is so disappointing

[@NPC--666]

Sadly the artwork is woke like all modern remakes