Castles of Mad King Ludwig
In the tile-laying game Castles of Mad King Ludwig, players are tasked with building an amazing, extravagant castle for King Ludwig II of Bavaria…one room at a time. Each player acts as a building contractor who is adding rooms to the castle he’s building while also selling his services to other players.
90m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 13+
12from1
This is currently my wife and my favorite two player game. We play with the 3-player setup, and it works fantastic. We get the satisfaction of "building" a castle, and most of our games have come down to just a few point swings. Admittedly, the game can suffer from analysis paralysis, and in 3 and 4 player games, there can be a lot of downtime between Master Builder turns. But, each turn, you are watching others build their castle, buy rooms that you want, and agonizing over under/overpricing something. The auction mechanic is neat, and the room variety is great. Add in the randomization of each set-up, and not knowing if you'll get what you want, and you have a very engaging board game experience. The only reason it's not a 10 in my book is the scoring track. Snake tracks aren't that great - but I don't have a solution otherwise. Great game - I'm always up for playing this.
Acama
Everybody loves building a zany castle. There's a great mechanism where the start player sets the prices for the new rooms, but gets to choose their room last. This game is lots of fun to play.
Adanedhel
Original juego de gestión de losetas para formar superficie de habitaciones de un castillo, con elección del precio de las losetas por parte del último jugador en elegir loseta. Muchas formas de puntuar, cierto factor azar, pero en general muy original y entretenido. Fácil de explicar y de sacar a mesa.