possessing the No. 4 character (King, Emperor, etc.). The Dark City Expansion (2003) 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. Circus Edition (2012) 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. Citadels New Edition (2016) This edition of the game includes characters and districts from the original game, additional character set, and The Dark City. it also added a brand new cast of 9 characters and 12 completely new districts. Players can choose which character combinations they would like to play with and can find recommendations in the rule book. Lastly, this edition has new artwork. 6 of the 9 new characters were created by a young French player, Robin Corrèze. New characters: Magistrate (No. 1) Blackmailer (No. 2) Spy (No. 2) Seer (No. 3) Patrician (No. 4) Cardinal (No. 5) Trader (No. 6) Scholar (No. 7) Marshal (No. 8) Tax collector (No. 9)* *In a new version Citadels Revised Edition (2021) 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." Awards and honors 2000 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2000 Meeples' Choice Award 2000 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2001 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2001 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Winner 2007 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee Reviews Pyramid References External links Citadels on Faidutti's website Game review at RPG.net Citadels Online, an unofficial fan-made implementation of the game with live-matchmaking. Citadels of Achiles, an unofficial version of the game to play online. mCiudadelas, a script for playing Citadels over IRC using mIRC