Citadels is a German-style card game, designed by Bruno Faidutti, originally published in French as Citadelles by MultiSim in 2000, illustrated by Julien Delval, Florence Magnin, Jean-Louis Mourier and Cyrille Daujean as graphic designer for the first edition.

Sometime later, Citadels was published in German as Ohne Furcht und Adel, which means "Without Fear or Nobility".

The basic goal is to collect gold coins and pay to build district cards.

Unavailable characters are selected randomly, and may be revealed or hidden, depending on the number of people playing.

Special characters that are labeled as yellow, blue, green, or red may take coins equal to the amount of buildings with the corresponding color they have built into their tableau (i.e. personal playing field).

When a player 'builds' their eighth district card in their tableau, the game ends and points are tallied.

The abilities associated with each character vary and include defensive, offensive, and bonus earning powers.

The original set contained eight character cards: Over the years, there have been expansion packs and new editions of Citadels released.

[4] New characters: *In a new version This edition of the game reworked the packaging and included updated art.