Crossbows and Catapults (1983)

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Board Game Rank: 1787

Children's Games Rank: 85

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Designer	Henri Sala
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Publisher	Alga (Brio) Base Toys Gay-Play El Greco Harbert Lakeside Tomy Show More »
Year Published	1983
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	6 and up
User Suggested Ages	5 to 10 (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Children's Games (8 voters) [vote]
Category	Action / Dexterity Children's Game Medieval
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Expansion	Crossbows and Catapults - Chariots Battleset Crossbows and Catapults - Dragon Battle Set Crossbows and Catapults - Sea Battle Set Crossbows and Catapults Battering Ram Crossbows and Catapults Battling Giants: Cyclops and Minotaur Crossbows and Catapults Castle Outposts Crossbows and Catapults Dragon Crossbows and Catapults: Grand Battleset Crossbows and Catapults: Trojan Horse and Battle Shield Show More »
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Primary Name	Crossbows and Catapults
Alternate Names	Barbarernas sista kamp Castelli Catapulte Cavalieri Donjons et catapultes Κάστρα και πολιορκητές
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Players build a wall of plastic bricks to protect their fort, then alternate turns shooting the walls down using ballistae ("crossbows") and plastic discs, or by lobbing discs over the wall with the catapult. Various scenarios and victory conditions can be made.

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Redesigned slightly and re-released in 2007 as Battleground: Crossbows & Catapults

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Crossbows and Catapults

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Lakeside English edition

Publisher: Lakeside

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Year: 1983

Product Code: 5610

Size: 18.00 x 12.00 x 3.00 inches

2.00 pounds

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Κάστρα και πολιορκητές

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Publisher: El Greco

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Year: 1983

Size: 18.00 x 12.00 x 3.00 inches

2.00 pounds

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0	General rerelease with same figures?	2011-08-25	Leitmotiv	1
1	General Games like this?	2011-01-05	jpf1982	3
2	General Anyone have the forsight to scan the decal sheet?	2009-12-31	BrutalDol...	7
0	General Crossbows and catapults	2009-11-03	1496SWIFT	1
2	General Anybody want an old/incomplete set of this?	2008-12-15	cferejohn	3
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0	General Available in the U.S.?	2007-08-09	Skadar	10
33	Sessions Quickest Catapult in the West	2007-07-24	Gaming God	2
1	Variants Big castle	2007-05-27	Kerbster76	0

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Transcription of the original C&C rulebook, typed by dspitzle

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2006-09-09

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Board Game Rank:	1787
Children's Games Rank:	85
Num Ratings:	436
Average Rating:	6.43
Standard Deviation:	1.62
Num Views:	162673
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.3
Fans:	17

Personal Comments:	210
Users Owning:	399
Users Wanting:	46
Users Trading:	35 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	4
Want Parts In Trade:	7
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	694
Plays This Month:	0

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Crossbows and Catapults - Chariots Battleset

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Wishlist	4
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Year Published	1986

Crossbows and Catapults - Dragon Battle Set

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	7
Average Rating	5.43
Average Weight	0.00

Num Owned	12
Prev. Owned	4
For Trade	1
Want in Trade	9

Wishlist	5
Comments	5
Year Published	1983

Crossbows and Catapults - Sea Battle Set

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Num Ratings	5
Average Rating	5.88
Average Weight	5.00

Num Owned	6
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	0
Want in Trade	7

Wishlist	10
Comments	1
Year Published	0

Crossbows and Catapults Battering Ram

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Num Ratings	12
Average Rating	6.38
Average Weight	0.00

Num Owned	26
Prev. Owned	4
For Trade	3
Want in Trade	14

Wishlist	7
Comments	3
Year Published	1983

Crossbows and Catapults Battling Giants: Cyclops and Minotaur

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Num Ratings	16
Average Rating	6.50
Average Weight	1.00

Num Owned	23
Prev. Owned	10
For Trade	3
Want in Trade	17

Wishlist	9
Comments	7
Year Published	1984

Crossbows and Catapults Castle Outposts

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Num Ratings	16
Average Rating	6.91
Average Weight	1.00

Num Owned	35
Prev. Owned	5
For Trade	3
Want in Trade	10

Wishlist	7
Comments	5
Year Published	1983

Crossbows and Catapults Dragon

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	19
Average Rating	6.98
Average Weight	5.00

Num Owned	37
Prev. Owned	7
For Trade	3
Want in Trade	13

Wishlist	6
Comments	6
Year Published	1983

Crossbows and Catapults: Grand Battleset

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Num Ratings	1
Average Rating	8.00
Average Weight	0.00

Num Owned	5
Prev. Owned	2
For Trade	0
Want in Trade	1

Wishlist	2
Comments	1
Year Published	1992

Crossbows and Catapults: Trojan Horse and Battle Shield

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	20
Average Rating	6.78
Average Weight	1.00

Num Owned	37
Prev. Owned	9
For Trade	4
Want in Trade	14

Wishlist	8
Comments	8
Year Published	1984

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