Castle Itter (Kickstarter Special)
Board Game Geek Avg Player Rating: 8.09
Players: 1 to 1
Published: 2016
Content Notes: Kickstarter Edition of Castle Itter Board Game. Please note: unless otherwise stated paid add ons from the Kickstarter Campaign are not included.
In Castle Itter, you take control of a makeshift force that is defending a medieval castle nestled in the Austrian countryside from a Waffen-SS assault. The force consists of an American tank crew and infantrymen, Wehrmacht infantrymen, a former SS officer, French prisoners, and an Austrian resistance fighter.
Game Overview
During a game of Castle Itter, you take the role of the force that defended the castle from 0400 – 1600 on 5 May 1945. The goal of the game is to last until the SS deck is depleted, without allowing SS Counters to reach the castle. Additionally, you score points for each Defender that becomes a casualty – the lower your score at the end of the game, the better.
Castle Itter is divided into turns. Each turn consists of the following:
Take five actions with Defenders
Play three SS cards.
During each turn you take five actions with your Defenders. You can only take one action with a Defender on a turn. You can track the actions by using the Action Track on the game board. The actions include:
[Actions that Exhaust a Defender]
Attack
Suppress
Move within a location (Free Action)
Move to a new location
Special Actions (Command and Escape)
[Actions that do not Exhaust a Defender]
Recover
Remove suppression
Once you have completed your five Defender actions for the turn, reveal three SS Cards from the SS deck, one at a time, resolving the effect of each one before moving to the next. After all three SS Cards have been resolved, the turn is over and the next turn begins with five new Defender actions.
There are four different categories of SS Cards, based on the card effect:
Attacking Defenders
Attacking a Location
Placing SS Counters
Suppressing Defenders
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