Kings and Catapults
Kings and Catapults · 2022 · Adventure, Strategy, Arcade, Board Game, Turn-Based Strategy
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About Kings and Catapults
A 2 player turn-based strategy game with hack n slash element in a fantasy setting.
Players secretly set up their pieces and terrain tiles on their half of the 8x8 battleboard and once both players are ready play commences. Pieces move and attack in a fashion similar to Chess, white moves first then black while other pieces impede your movement. Pieces capture other pieces by moving to occupy the enemy square and removing the enemy piece. Capturing is always the end of your turn. Whoever captures the opposing King first wins however there is no check as in Chess.
Tiles
Mountains x 4 (red)
This tile is impassable to all units except Dragons. Only Crossbowman may attack Dragons that are on mountain tiles. Players may not have more than two contiguous mountains. To prevent mountains from being built into impassable walls.
Water x 2 (blue)
Water stops a unit’s movement once they enter it. (That unit can not be moved next turn and must wait until that turn is passed before it moves again.optional) Trebuchets, Catapults, Crossbowman can not attack while they are in this tile.
Forest x 6 (green)
A forest tile diminishes a unit’s maximum range by one upon entering it. Catapult shot cannot penetrate forest tiles.
Fortress x 1
The King begins the game in the Fortress but once the Fortress is attacked and “ruined” the King is free to move.
Pieces
Rank Piece Move Special .
I Rabble 1 One block ranged ability that "ruins" home fortress.
II Spearmen 1 *Blocks Cavalry.
III Crossbowman 1 Ranged attack one block radius.
IV Light Horse 3 Cavalry
V Heavy Horse 2 Cavalry
VI Elephant 1 Cavalry
VII Catapult 1 Two square range line-of-sight.
VIII Trebuchet 1 Three square range in the direction it was last moving.
IX Dragon 4 *Blocked by Forest, Fortress, and Trebuchet.
X King 2 Can capture or be captured by any piece but suffers
no terrain penalties.
Ranged units can capture normally by occupying enemy square or using their ranged ability. *Blocked units can’t capture indicated pieces.
Players secretly set up their pieces and terrain tiles on their half of the 8x8 battleboard and once both players are ready play commences. Pieces move and attack in a fashion similar to Chess, white moves first then black while other pieces impede your movement. Pieces capture other pieces by moving to occupy the enemy square and removing the enemy piece. Capturing is always the end of your turn. Whoever captures the opposing King first wins however there is no check as in Chess.
Tiles
Mountains x 4 (red)
This tile is impassable to all units except Dragons. Only Crossbowman may attack Dragons that are on mountain tiles. Players may not have more than two contiguous mountains. To prevent mountains from being built into impassable walls.
Water x 2 (blue)
Water stops a unit’s movement once they enter it. (That unit can not be moved next turn and must wait until that turn is passed before it moves again.optional) Trebuchets, Catapults, Crossbowman can not attack while they are in this tile.
Forest x 6 (green)
A forest tile diminishes a unit’s maximum range by one upon entering it. Catapult shot cannot penetrate forest tiles.
Fortress x 1
The King begins the game in the Fortress but once the Fortress is attacked and “ruined” the King is free to move.
Pieces
Rank Piece Move Special .
I Rabble 1 One block ranged ability that "ruins" home fortress.
II Spearmen 1 *Blocks Cavalry.
III Crossbowman 1 Ranged attack one block radius.
IV Light Horse 3 Cavalry
V Heavy Horse 2 Cavalry
VI Elephant 1 Cavalry
VII Catapult 1 Two square range line-of-sight.
VIII Trebuchet 1 Three square range in the direction it was last moving.
IX Dragon 4 *Blocked by Forest, Fortress, and Trebuchet.
X King 2 Can capture or be captured by any piece but suffers
no terrain penalties.
Ranged units can capture normally by occupying enemy square or using their ranged ability. *Blocked units can’t capture indicated pieces.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Kings and Catapults is a chess-like game for two people at one comp. Some single player content. GAMEPLAY The gameplay is a board game combined with a couple arcade locations. The game is actually a version of Cyvasse from Game of Thrones (an imaginary game by George R. R. Martin. R. R. Martin, for which he never wrote the rules). It's worth reading the short but detailed tutorial at the beginning. It will tell you how each unit moves, how the terrain affects the game and so on. Something like chess, only the pieces are different and they move according to special rules. There is a quick battle map that is always the same and several preset maps. In addition to the board game there are two arcade adventures. In the first one, you have to guide the princess to the castle without getting caught by the enemies. In the second case you have to lead the knight to riches, on the way killing skeletons. If this level is glitchy, you need to reload it and then everything will work correctly. PLUSES: + Simple but nice graphics in tabletop mode. + Good music and sound accompaniment. + Good organization of the board game. + You must draw your own map for the battle offering high replay-abi…3 found this helpful
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