The concept was simple. You had a small square, plastic mat and on this square you had to build your castle. The castle consisted of a single tower with a turret and a window and you also had about 10 or 12 blocks which you could position however you want to defend your castle. There was also a little flag for the top of the castle and you had about 8 or so little men too (which served no purpose really).
The objective: destroy your opponents castle using, you guessed it, your crossbow and catapult. 5 inches of plastic which could hurl and shoot discs across the battlefield and rain down plastic death for the little pointless men. The first one to get their flag toppled loses. It was awesome.
It was so awesome that I looked for this same game on ebay when the little man hit 4 years old. Building things, destroying things...what 4 year old wouldn't love it?
Much to my surprise, there was a recent revamp and re-release of the same game! Score! I snatched it up and we now play it all the time. They've dressed it up a bit though. The paint jobs are a lot nicer than the non existent ones of days past and they've redesigned the castles, added a cannon and also an extra catapult on top of the castle for added mayhem. And the castle has a rubber band loaded gate which, when hit, pops up and it 'catches' your castle on fire.
The game's instructions tried to turn it into a role playing game with movement based turns and such, but we're more primal in our destructive needs. We set it up and (taking turns) let 'er rip.
There are some small pieces to lose and I do recomend playing this on a hard, smooth surface, but the hours and hours of enjoyment are well worth it.
And who knows? Maybe someday we'll get around to reading the instructions. Maybe.
2 comments:
Awesome! I loved that game! Remember Torpedo Run?!
I remember Torpedo Run at your house.
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