Castle Raisers Game Review

Little Pigs, Come Out and Plaaaay

Castle Raisers generated a lot of buzz at Essen 2024. Though I wasn’t in attendance, this was hailed as an “easy to learn” game with a depth of decision space. The game has since been fine-tuned in development and is aiming for a big release at GenCon 2025. This title comes from the French design duo Le Minous Erwan and Anthony Perone. It features charming fairy-tale art from Zingco Kang and Yuan Momoco, highlighting the ongoing quest of those rascal wolves to invade pigs’ domiciles. Playing as pigs, players draft tiles to build castle walls, fend off wolf attacks, and protect the inner sanctum. The game includes competitive, solo, and cooperative modes of play. Building and stacking walls is the primary focus, similar to Tower Up and Castle Panic.

If You Build It, They Will Come

Castle Raisers is played over three eras (straw, wood, stone—much like the fairy tale) in which players draft castle-wall tiles into one of three castle sections. When placing a tile, players activate the action icons it covers. The strength of each action depends on how many of those symbols remain uncovered in the activated section. These symbols can originate from other tiles or…

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