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Citadels is a German style card game, designed by Bruno Faidutti, originally published in French as Citadelles by MultiSim in 2000, illustrated by Julien Delval, Florence Magnin, Jean Louis Mourier and Cyrille Daujean as graphic designer for the first edition. Sometime later, Citadels was published in German as Ohne Furcht und Adel, which means "Without Fear or Nobility". Citadels was a finalist for the 2000 Spiel des Jahres award. The Dutch version, Machiavelli, won the Dutch game prize (Nederlandse spellenprijs) in 2001.

The basic goal is to collect gold coins and pay to build district cards. The value of each card is equal to its points at the end of the game. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. Gameplay consists of multiple rounds with two phases: character selection and actions.

After character selection is finished, characters are called out in order of the numbers on the top left corner of each card to take their actions. Characters that are out of play are skipped and the next character takes their action phase. The actions involve: taking income (either two gold coins or looking at two district cards and keeping one), building district cards, and using character specific abilities. Special characters that are labeled as yellow, blue, green, or red may take coins equal to the amount of buildings with the corresponding color they have built into their tableau (i. e. personal playing field). Characters are then reshuffled and a new turn begins with players selecting new characters in the same process.

When a player 'builds' their eighth district card in their tableau, the game ends and points are tallied. Bonus points are awarded for building the maximum 8 districts, being the first to do so, and having a district of each possible color (purple, yellow, red, blue, green). There are several cards that affect the end of the game. A player can build the "Belltower" district card to cause the game to end with 7 districts instead of 8. This affects the appropriate bonus points and the warlord/diplomat abilities.

The abilities associated with each character vary and include defensive, offensive, and bonus earning powers. The original set contained eight character cards:
Assassin (No. 1) May name one character (not player). That character may not take their turn this round. Thief (No. 2) May name one character (not player). At the beginning of their turn, that character must give the Thief all of their gold pieces (excluding income of the current round). Magician (No. 3) May swap hands with one player. King (No. 4 and Yellow) May collect gold pieces equal to the number of yellow buildings in their tableau (i. e. in their personal playing field). Receives the crown token and begins the character selection phase next round. Bishop (No. 5 and Blue) May collect gold pieces equal to the number of blue buildings in their tableau (i. e. in their personal playing field). Is protected from the power of the Warlord, except if the bishop was assassinated. Merchant (No. 6 and Green) May collect gold pieces equal to the number of green buildings in their tableau (i. e. in their personal playing field). Collects an extra gold piece after taking an action during the action phase. (Regardless of if they take gold or cards as income). Architect (No. 7) After taking an action, may take two additional district cards and put both in their hand. May build up to three districts during their turn. Warlord (No. 8 and Red) May collect gold pieces equal to the number of red buildings in their tableau (i. e. in their personal playing field). At the end of their turn, they may destroy one district card in an opponents field. To do so, they must pay gold equal to one less than the cost of building the card. (Ex. A card that cost one gold to build is free to destroy. A card that cost four gold to build will cost three gold to destroy.) They may not, however, destroy a district in a city that is already completed by having eight districts.

Over the years, there have been expansion packs and new editions of Citadels released. The difference between the two is that an expansion is added into a preexisting version of the game and a new edition is a complete rework of the game itself. Currently, the base English language edition of Citadels is called "Citadels Deluxe" and is sold with past expansion sets already included. These include extra character and district cards and the new markers associated with these new cards. It does not include game pieces and mechanics that are specific to the Circus Edition.

An expansion, The Dark City, was released for the game in 2004. The expansion adds 14 new purple district cards, some turn summary cards, and a wooden king token. The German, Dutch, Lithuanian and Estonian language editions of The Dark City also include the nine new character cards from the English language edition.

This edition of the base game was published in Germany by Hans im Glück in 2012 and is not available in English. It contains the base game and 15 new cards of a new type called "action cards". These cards can be used once per turn without costing any gold and offer various tactical advantages comparable to unique (aka purple) district cards. It does not include the Dark City expansion, which was included with the Fantasy Flight 3rd edition of Citadels.

This edition of the game reworked the packaging and included updated art. Its associated "Scenic Route Mini Expansion" was released in partnership with Asmodee's Hobby Next program as a promo item that was only available at participating hobby game stores. It included 14 new "unique district cards."