Why Citadels Got Better Over Time - Board Game "Movers & Shakers"

By request from the community I am starting a new series where I talk about games in the collection when a significant change in status occurs. For example if they increase or decrease in rating or enter or leave the collection.
These are intend to be quicker rapid-fire videos where I talk about that game and that game only, mentioning my experiences, past history and the reasons why the rating has changed.
Today we start with the first official post 2000 modern board game I ever played............Citadels.
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - My Experience with Citadels
04:10 - Revised Rating
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[@boardgamefun8973]

Love this new series! It's refreshing to see videos that aren't always about the new hotness.

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Blimey that was quick! Glad you liked it though!

[@manuelmejia9397]

Great video Luke!, hope to see more of this series and the new/gone one. Cheers!

[@Coffeemaker1978]

This is a great addition to your library. And great with the shout out in the last part. Cheers

[@scyldscefing3913]

Relatively new to Citadels. Love it. Thanks for spotlight.

[@charlesrobertson7676]

Love how concise, enthusiastic, and informative this new series start was........definitely need more of these especially highlighting older or less mainstream but quality games.

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Glad you like it, I'll certainly do more both for positive and negative changes.

[@hairydongle8054]

Love Citadels and have the full master set...however the other couple I game with have mixed feelings. This is a great new format Mr. B.G. look forward to more videos.

[@dougcerulli8826]

PS - thanks for mentioning Mission Red Planet. I have not heard of this before, it looks pretty cool!

[@kev_G]

Woah! I had no idea there was a new version. I played Citadels a TON in college too (and monopoly deal). I’ll have to pick this up sometime.

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Definitely worth it if you're a fan!

[@MisterAbysmul]

Great game great printing great video

[@dougcerulli8826]

I love the updated master set, and really need to get it out more once Covid is not an issue. I especially like the suggested roles to use for the type of game you want.

[@danielmarlett1421]

I was just able to snag a copy for half price. You've convinced me to give this a whirl.

[@BoardRoomGamer]

Wow.. 10 out of 10?!?! Great video. I remember that 2000 edition of Citadels when we first opened our board game store 😊 I’ve not played this updated version however. Guess I’ll have to check it out 👍🏽

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Thanks - by the way spoiler alert, you're on the Wednesday video shout out! 👍😉

[@BoardRoomGamer]

@@TheBrokenMeeple Thanks again so much. It's very kind of you to do that.

[@robertbrookes2000]

I first played the original game about 7 years ago and despite me nearly always losing to the people more experienced with the game, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. A few years ago I got my hands on the Citadels: Classic Edition, on Zatu games, mainly because I wasn't that interested in the new artwork and I didn't want a massive box with all the extras when the cheaper and smaller edition was fine on its own. Now with the slimmed down updated box of the new version, it became tempting to buy. However, only just yesterday on eBay I found a copy of the original + dark city expansion that was brand new and sealed. And amazingly I didn't have to break the bank for it. Despite owning the classic edition, I couldn't pass up on this opportunity to own the original, plus it has lots more artwork left out of the classic edition.

[@Brannen666]

Was that a Rodney board game flip I saw? Lol I like it, maybe each video has the game "pop in" a different way.

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Ha ha well I just figured do it for that time as a kind of homage. I'm by myself so there are so many ways the game can enter the shot.

[@NaabiXx]

Love the contet and you thoughts. I have a really hard time with you not looking into the camera, it makes it hard to watch for me :(

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

It's tricky to not focus on the screen that allows you to see what it is you are doing.

[@Mark_BLN]

Hey Luke. You tried the new revised edition yet? If so, is it worth getting over the previous version as it's pretty cheap?

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

New edition? Do you mean the one that came in a smaller box? I think it's the same game just packaged better.

[@Mark_BLN]

@@TheBrokenMeeple Yup, the small box. OK thanks mate

[@syahidali6125]

any chance opinions on concordia will change? XD

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Can it get any lower?? 😂

[@inezkestens5561]

..... We're building a citadel? ... Wow that's news to me :D It's called Machiavelli here, and I like that name much better because playing this game just means I get to be mean :p

[@Urutsini]

Completely agree that this game is amazing. But 2-5 players? I've played and enjoyed it at 8 Players.

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Too much downtime with 6 plus players.

[@PersianImm0rtal]

The reason for why this game has gone up in score for me, is because the new rules are sooooo much better. This game is a FANTASTIC 2 player game. 2 player is the BEST way to play citadels honestly.

[@ninjabiscuit1095]

Funny, I've often found Citadels goes too long, at least an hour whenever I played it before and no way near fun enough for that length of time. Maybe a 6/10 in my book, guess that's the joy of having opinions!

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

If it takes longer than an hour, things have gone wrong. But an hour is perfectly fine for its length when you got 4-5 of you handy.

[@ninjabiscuit1095]

@@TheBrokenMeeple to be fair, I haven't played it for several years, not long after the edition that included the dark city expansion came out. Maybe if I'm ever near Portsmouth I'll have to get you to try and change my mind

[@bushibayushi]

"Skip a turn" mechanism should be illegal.

[@CK-mi3sd]

Played it once with 6 players. Hate waiting for turns. None of us actually enjoyed it and wanted to end the game asap.

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Never play with more than five.

[@eibhlinnichrualoai]

Your accent is strange where are you from? Norfolk?

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Somerset

[@eibhlinnichrualoai]

@@TheBrokenMeeple oh cool I live in Bristol I couldn't hear the West country