Castles of Mad King Ludwig : Secrets
Expansion of: Castles of Mad King LudwigCastles of Mad King Ludwig: Secrets is an expansion for Castles of Mad King Ludwig that will help you build even more amazing, crazy castles than ever before!
45m - 90m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 13+
Bond8089
Initial Impressions: ---------------------- Module 1 (The Moats): Didn't like them. Reducing the creativity of building a castle, and speeds up the game? Not what I was hoping for. Model 2 (Secret Passages): Not necessary, but somewhat interesting. Would of been a cool promo pack type expansion, but it was cool that it was included in the expansion. Model 3 (Swans): Garbage. 1st off, this reduces the replay-ability of the game since you have to use all the swan tiles... which is terrible. Also, the decision making process on what to price things was already fine, it didn't need another layer for adding a set collection element. I didn't like this module at all, and not sure I would want to play with it again.
azizmandar
Good expansion though the rules could use some clarification in places. In general this is 3 separate expansions that can be used all at once or individually and each has good elements that make the game interesting just by themselves. (Swans, Moat, and passages)
Born-of-Ashes
Nice expansion that doesn’t add too much complexity. The secret passages are something I always felt was missing from the base game about grandiose castles, but gameplay-wise they didn’t add much. The best part are the moat pieces that offer real restrictions to your building.