# Citadels

Citadels is a board game for 2–8 players. It plays in 20–60 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 5. It is rated 7.1 out of 10 by 222 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $15.92 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–8 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 20–60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2000
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Card Game, Medieval, Bluffing, City Building, Deduction
- **Mechanics:** Lose a Turn, Action Drafting, Closed Drafting, Income, Variable Player Powers, Take That, Set Collection, Turn Order: Role Order
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.1 out of 10, from 222 reviews
- **Owned by:** 427 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 871
- **Unique players:** 943

**Designers:** MultiSim

**Artists:** Cyrille Daujean, Scott Nicely, Richard Spicer, Bjarne Hansen, Didier Graffet, Darrell Hardy, Florence Magnin, Julien Delval, Hassan Nozadian, MultiSim, Brian Schomburg, Christian T. Petersen, Jesper Ejsing, Jean-Louis Mourier

**Publishers:** Ігромаг, Hans im Glück

## Expansions

- [Citadels: The Dark City](https://www.ludoya.com/games/citadels-the-dark-city)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/citadels)
- [Citadels in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/citadels)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/478)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._