Citadel of Blood

Citadel of Blood',' subtitled "Fantastic Adventure in the Fortress of Evil," is a dungeon-crawl board game published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1980.

[1] This game is based on SPI's previous publication Deathmaze, but with the addition of character races, dungeon levels and different "colors" of magic depending upon phases of the moon.

[4] Gross commented that "Citadel of Blood is recommended to fans of Deathmaze and to fantasy gamers who want something to play when they don't have the time for a bigger game.

"[4] In Issue 54 of Moves (December–January 1981), Jules Leites commented that the redesign of Citadel of Blood lifted it above Deathmaze, making it "much more nearly state of the art than its simpler predecessor, and it is capable of challenging even the most advanced [fantasy role-playing] gamers."

He also pointed out that SPI's previously published Swords & Sorcery boardgame (1978) had separate "Army" and a "Quest" games, and suggested a set of rule variants for Citadel of Blood to allow it to be used as a link between those two parts.