The White Castle: Matcha (Spanish)

The White Castle: Matcha is an expansion for The White Castle board game that lets you expand the Castle with a new board and actions. Increase the variability of your games: a new bridge and its dice, new spaces to gain influence and resources, meet the geishas and the chasen resource, and you'll have an extra turn to try to get the maximum number of points.

Designed by Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero (the duo known as Llama Dice, authors of La Catedral Roja) and with an evocative artwork by Joan Guardiet, El Castillo Blanco: Matcha is the first expansion for El Castillo Blanco. This expansion includes an extension of the central board, 1 green bridge, 5 green dice, 16 coins, 26 tokens, 4 personal boards, 20 geisha figures and 39 cards.

As in the base game, the objective of the players is to accumulate the maximum number of influence points by taking the clan members to different parts of the castle. With this expansion, a fourth group of pawns is added to the personal domain, the geishas, ​​who will be located in the new spaces of the tea house.

The tea ceremony is at the center of Japanese culture, as it embodies the most basic concepts of hospitality, respect and Zen philosophy. Tea, imported from China in the early 12th century, is considered to have solved the health problems of the Buddhist monks who consumed it. Over the years, the tea ceremony evolved to offer the samurai a space of calm, away from battles. Master Sen no Rikyu influenced the tea ceremony to become an element to show status and, later, a space of cultural, religious and political negotiation for Japan. Thus, the ritual of the tea ceremony is not only a matter of hospitality, but also of respect and political intrigue.

Throughout the game, having your clan members well placed in the Chashitsu (tea house) will allow you to gain greater influence in the Himeji court. And that's not all, as you will also have an additional action each round. Thus, the actions available throughout the game increase from 9 to 12. Are you ready to return to Himeji Castle and master the subtleties of the tea ceremony?