Castle Panic

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=> Original Rules / 2nd Edition Rules
=> Castle Panic Made Easy v1-3 (Len’s 2page Rule Summary with options for younger players)
=> Official FAQ

=> Video Playlist

You can add more types of monsters yourself (on your printer)=> Set 1 / Set 2 / Set 3

This is a quick cooperative game where all players try to hold off the attacking orcs :) The game play is interesting. The game was so popular that they now make a DELUXE fancy version of the game (with miniatures).

Watch Will Wheaton (yes, he was Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation) explain it and play it with three guests (a comedian, an actress and a voice actor) … here is the condensed version (you can watch their FULL game video at the bottom of this page):

Will Wheaton’s video was great because it explained the game as they played plus they explained WHY players are choosing their moves! Plus they show how you can play the game WITH EXPRESSION! (Bam! Take That You Orc!)

And, the game IS the favorite game for some people who have LOTS of games. Here is an overview by someone who LOVES the game … they have played it so much that their game was kind of beat up so they bought a copy of the new BIG BOX version! I queued the video up to his ending comments – he notes that even young kids can play this game! … just click REPLAY to see the whole video. Note that in the second half he talks about an expansion that does two things … ONE – it makes the game more fun with character cards and TWO – it makes the game harder with Quests (I suggest just using the fun part:)