Goliath Games: Crossbows & Catapults - Castle Battle | Legendary Builds & Epic Destruction! | Retro Strategy Board Game | For 2 Players Ages 7+

This is an excellent game, it kept 3 generations amused for a couple of hours & we all agreed it was the best game we had played in a very long time. I highly recommend it.

There’s something wonderfully nostalgic about this game. It’s the sort of thing that takes you straight back to rainy afternoons, endless cups of tea, and the comforting sound of mild family bickering over the rules. Perfect for playing with the kids—or with adults who still think they’re competitive athletes after two glasses of wine. I’ve been hunting for this game for a decade, but it seemed to vanish from shelves like a politician’s promise. And frankly, I wasn’t about to remortgage the house just to pay the extortionate prices on eBay for the old version. So when I saw this back in stock, I pounced faster than a cat on a warm laptop. In short: it’s great fun, easy to play, and ideal for family gatherings where you need something to distract Uncle Dave from talking about the economy. The price? Absolutely spot-on—cheaper than a round at the pub and lasts longer too. **Verdict:** A proper crowd-pleaser. Nostalgia, laughter, and just enough chaos to keep things interesting.

Great game, its as how i remember it as a kid.

Bought this for my nephew and I had had the original version which I played with myself as a child. While it is not as good as the original version (there are less bricks and counters etc.) it was still fun to relive the battles and try to knock down each others castles.

Great fun ,easy to build and play well worth it, although need plenty of space to play properly

Excellent toy. My son who is 42 had this as a child and now the next generation is playing it.

My son has thoroughly enjoyed playing this. Its simple to set up and play, it does require quite abit of space to play but packs up neatly in the box afterwards.

The whole family have been enjoying this game.. the best weapon to launch the projectiles is the catapult l. The crossbows is no good on the carpet. Gets quite tactical.

Bonjour, ce jeu est vraiment plaisant... même pour les plus grands! Il nécessite une bonne dextérité et une petite dose de chance. Je n'ai pas encore eu la chance de jouer avec des enfants, mais il est certain que la compétition va être intense! Les parties sont rapides, ce qui le rend très accessible et facile à placer dans une soirée ou à l'apéro. Pour le prix, c'est vraiment une belle offre! Il existe une version "Forteresse" pour le double du prix avec des cartes et plus de règles, mais les parties sont plus longues. Je préfère donc la version courte "château" qui est la version dont il est question ici.

Great game just like the original when I was a kid in the UK. This brand use the plastic discs as ammo which work much better than the balls you see in Aussie versions. They have also improved the catapults with springs instead of elastic bands although the crossbows are a bit harder to use without the elastic. Overall very pleased with the quality.

Awesome game remake that brings me back to one of my absolute favorite Christmas gifts! Bought this for my kids this past year for Christmas. The quality of the blocks and parts is pretty good, I wasn’t sure what to expect after some of the reviews, but similar to the originals. The blocks are bigger and there’s no separate tower. I really like this game and so do my kids, except 2 issues. 1) the crossbows kind of suck. The original crossbows were deadly, and when you tightened up those rubber bands you would go right thru a castle wall. These new ones are not a pull back type, but instead a squeeze type. It took me a few disappointing tries to figure out that the pucks do not stay locked in and when squeezed most of the energy is not transferred into momentum. So in order to use these things and make them work well, you must squeeze with two fingers lightly, then use another finger to hold the top of the puck in place. Squeeze harder and pull the finger on the puck up really quick, and the puck will work as intended and inflict nice damage. This is not intuitive and hard for smaller kids to do and figure out. On the flip side, they do sell a weapons cache set with a crossbow that resembles the old ones, I havnt tried it, but I will be buying one. It’s about $25, comes with the better crossbow and a much larger trebuchet/catapult. The catapults that come with the new game are redesigned and designed very well! Spring loaded, and you can change the arc trajectory of the puck by turning a small knob. Way better than the old ones, and easy for the kids to use. 2): the next issue is that the new pucks are very thin and don’t weigh as much as the old ones do. They are more like a checker, very large hollow hole on the underside. Not enough mass to really cause the same damage as the original. Also, they only give you 6 pucks!!! They’re only red, there’s no blue ones. I know there’s black pucks if you buy the larger set though, but this smaller set has red and should really have come with 12. Another thing is they’ve changed from Vikings and Barbarians to of a more fantastical dwarves and orcs, which doesn’t take away from the game play, and I actually think they look cool and is a great idea since I love The Lord of the Rings themed stuff. The old Vikings and Barbarians from the original game were very 1970’s styled figures, and are a bit outdated. All in all, this provides hours of fun, and has some cool add ons you can purchase separately. Besides the weapons cache (which comes with extra pucks), There’s a builders bounty add on, $35 with tons of bricks, towers, jails, etc. There’s also a much larger game set, called “Fortress war” $90 which has more bricks for mega fortresses, more figures and a deck of cards to play the actual game. Frankly, I want them all! lol. This is a great recreate of an awesome childhood game. Not sure how long they will keep producing these.

Excelente

My kids absolutely love this game we took it camping and it was great Boredom buster after a very hot day .