I've been wanting this game for a long while and - thanks to Father's Day and an over-generous wife - I finally own a copy.
So here is a brief intro post detailing the game with some unboxing photos. Then, soon, I will tell you what it's like building castles for The Mad King!
Castles of Mad King Ludwig (Bezier Games) is a tile-placement game for 1-4 players in which you are tasked with building a castle for Mad King Ludwig. This is achieved by buying room tiles and placing them in front of you, connecting them to create a crazy castle layout. Building rooms earns you points, and connecting the right combination of rooms will earn extra points.
Each player in turn gets to take on the role of the Master Builder. The Master Builder starts the round by drawing room tiles and placing them in the order they wish on the Contract board, setting the prices the players will pay. Then, starting from the Master Builder's left, each player chooses which room they will buy and build, paying the Master Builder. The Master Builder goes last, purchasing from the remaining available rooms and paying the bank. Then the next player takes on the role of the Master Builder and restocks the Contract board with room tiles, rearranging them as they wish.
The art of Castles lies in setting the prices for rooms strategically; hopefully steering your opponents away from rooms you wish to own without paying too much yourself, and trying to get the most money out of people. There are bonus cards which reward extra points for collection certain types of rooms, but I will go in to these in more detail in my main post, along with the various room bonuses and the point system.
So, I will be back in a while (after June's Bestie) to express my first impressions of Castles of Mad King Ludwig.
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