Customers say
Customers find this board game enjoyable, particularly appreciating the castle-building aspect and its visual appeal as a beautifully illustrated game. Moreover, the game offers good value for money, with well-made pieces that hold up to tabletop play, and is suitable for 1-4 players. Additionally, customers praise its strategic depth and replayability, with one noting it’s a neat game of money management. However, opinions on ease of learning are mixed, with some finding it very easy to learn while others say it takes a while to grasp the rules.
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CLASSIC GAMEPLAY now with the new original card artwork. Enjoy the same beloved ‘Castles of Mad King Ludwig’ gameplay as the first edition but with updated math and streamlined gameplay. Ideal for both new and veteran players looking for timeless board game fun!
GLOBAL FAMILY FAVORITE: ‘Castles of Mad King Ludwig’ is celebrated and cherished worldwide and has been translated into multiple languages. Its puzzly and approachable gameplay delivers fun, laughter, and enjoyment, making it a game shelf staple and tradition for family gatherings.
ENGAGING FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Castles of Mad King Ludwig’ allows players to build the castle of their dreams in a fast-paced, competitive, and safe environment. ‘Castles of Mad King Ludwig’ delivers excitement on every turn as players compete to collect valuable room tiles for their perfect castle.
STRATEGIC BOARD GAME FOR ALL AGES: ‘Castles of Mad King Ludwig’ is quick to learn and endlessly entertaining, supporting 2-4 players with 90 minutes of fast, versatile, and engaging gameplay. It’s the perfect choice for family game nights, family gatherings, and parties of any occasion.
BÉZIER KNOWS BEST: Bézier Games has sold millions of games worldwide in multiple languages and is trusted by millions of gamers and families. Bézier Games is best known for their classic games ‘One Night Ultimate Werewolf’, ‘Ultimate Werewolf’, ‘Cat in the Box’, and ‘Suburbia’. Their games have won multiple awards including the Dice Tower Award, the Mensa Select Award, the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award, and more. Bézier Games are designed to be modern classics, stand the test of time, be approachable for new gamers, and remain challenging for expert players.
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Wayne M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best strategy game available
Review: No dice, no magical deck of cards. Each player has a fair and equal chance of excelling in their own strategy.
Reviewer: JessDoo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of my favorites!!
Review: One of my favorite board games we have in our collection so far!! My husband and I are a young couple in our late 20’s, and we love to play games with just the two of us and with friends. A great bonus is always a game that we can play 2-player and still works nicely; this one has that ability and we love it.The game is really easy, but there are a TON of pieces.. the setup is a little annoying. BUT the gameplay is usually over an hour, sometimes close to 2 hours if you have someone playing that takes forever to decide on their move.. therefore, the setup is pretty quick compared to the amount of play you get out of it.Essentially, each player gets the chance to be the “master builder,” and this rotates throughout the game. When you’re the master builder, you draw cards which determine what size rooms will be in play for the next round. Then, each player can purchase any of these rooms, but must pay the master builder. Finally, the master builder goes last and pays the bank. You attach your cute, quirky little room to your castle layout, check the center icons to see if you can add points (based on what the room is adjacent to) or lose points. There are also bonuses that you keep in mind throughout gameplay such as bonus cards you draw and keep an eye on secretly, and bonuses that everyone can see (person with the most square rooms at the end, person with the most outdoor rooms, etc). Once you’ve gone through all of the cards, you add up all of your bonus points, and check out your fun little castles.My favorite part about this game is the creative and interesting castle layouts you end up with! It’s different every single game. The key is to keep an eye on those bonuses, and try to buy rooms that meet the requirements 😉 I almost always win using this strategy, hehe.We just played this game with another couple that don’t really play a ton of board games and they wanted to buy it after we finished. It took a couple rounds to figure out how to play, but once you get it, it’s very repetitive (in a good way). I LOVE this game, like I said, it’s one of my absolute favorite games!I would recommend this for couples and families. I think a kid over 8 could probably figure it out, it’s just a little overwhelming with all of the adding and subtracting points every time you add a new room, but kids are great at stuff like that usually :). Buy this game, worth every penny!
Reviewer: K. Donnelly-Henson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love this game and GameTrayz inserts
Review: What is better than a great game? A great game with thoughtful storage! Bezier games designed the box to hold not only the base game but all the expansions. Of course, that encouraged me to buy the expansions, but I would have anyway when I saw a play through with one of the expansions! The Gametrayz inserts are phenomenal, both for safe storage of the hundreds of pieces, but also easy to set up to play. The value is fantastic! The quality is very good. I was able to learn how to play the game without having to deal with the set up had the pieces been in a jumble. Such a fun game and because it is easy to get to the table, it will be played a ton!
Reviewer: bibliophile
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy to learn to play. Lots of ways to score points. Lots of fun.
Review: Played through with my adult kids and a spouse. Really enjoyed it- enough to order the expansion right away. For FYI, we enjoy Wingspan, 7 Wonders, Settlers, Carcassone, etc. We like games where there is strategy involved and not just luck. Moving your swan along the game board helps you keep track of how you are doing versus the competition. However, there are bonus cards in the game, so you never know for sure. Glad I bought it.
Reviewer: Ade the DBA
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A rival to Carcassonne!
Review: I bought this game despite having promised myself that I wouldn’t buy any new games for a while – but my wife had seen it online and expressed an interest in it. We love playing Carcassonne, and the idea of playing a tile-based building game which also involved building a castle was too much for her to resist! So I bought it. As with most games, it took a little time to understand the rules, but once we got the hang of it, which was really pretty quick, we found this to be very enjoyable. Others have described the gameplay so I won’t go into that here. I’ll just add a few thoughts of my own.1. Whoever said they think it’ll be a Spiel des Jahres contender is spot on. This fulfills a criterion I have for a great game, which is that it is elegant, by which I mean that the gameplay is self-evident and makes sense within itself. There are no rules which seem out of place, it all fits together logically and simply.2. It has high replay value; we’ve already played it multiple times and I think it will easily become as popular with us as Carcassonne.3. It works well with kids: our 13 year old daughter and 12 year old son enjoy it, and when my wife and I played by ourselves, the kids wanted to see the pictures of the castles we made so they could enjoy the layout and talk about it.4. It works well for 2, 3 or 4 players. Some games are much better with certain numbers of players, but so far we have found no difference in enjoyability. There are differences in dynamics, but not in the fun. My wife also played by herself, by the way (and my son used all the pieces to make one mega-castle, just for the fun of it!), and had fun with it that way too.5. So far, one change we make to the rules: add in more room cards. For example, with 2 players you’re supposed to use 22 cards – we used 34 cards last time and it worked excellently. The game didn’t seem overlong at all (I didn’t time it, but it seemed to fly by!) and the castles were much more impressive! With 4 players, use all the cards.6. Make up a story about your castles! Last time, mine was the ‘party castle’ (lots of entertaining rooms, gardens, and a nice pumpkin patch off the royal bedroom!), my wife’s was the introvert’s castle (all private rooms and dungeons, and oddly enough, a vestibule at the far end of the underground rooms, a sort of doctor’s waiting room for the torture chamber perhaps?).7. I can see a lot of potential for expansions for this game. I’ll be keeping an eye out…
Reviewer: Pierra Pakienne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best game ever?
Review: Currently my favorite game of all time. That says a lot as we are board game fanatics.Very thinky, dense game – you have to be thinking steps ahead when making decisions. The bonus cards help to guide your choices. The bonuses you get when finishing rooms encourage you to finish certain ones before others, even if you don’t optimize your points the best way possible.The most mad play wins! Just kidding. Our scores have been as much as 100 points different. Players who enjoy building up and delaying gratification will do best at this game.
Reviewer: Omar Bethancourt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Una excelentísima reedición de este juego, materiales de alta calidad, un juego bastante bello desplegado en mesa!La inclusión de cajitas de plástico para almacenar todas las locetas es clave en ver que vale la pena el precio de este juego.Eso si, partidas de más de 1 hora, pero que incorporando la mecánica de ser el “arquitecto” y que los demás jugadores te paguen en tu turno le agrega un sabor que en los demás juegos que tengo no encuentro.Bastante recomendado, lo hemos disfrutado cada vez que sale a mesa!
Reviewer: Scott
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Super fun game, easy to learn. Lots of pieces for the price.My only complaint is the storage is quite inadequate and required me to make my own so that the pieces don’t go flying everywhere. It is practically a requirement to buy an organizer or make your own or else you will have quite long setup times.
Reviewer: Ryan Snowfall
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Review of the game: I’ve had a lot of fun playing Castles, outside of scoring it’s fun to see who’s Castle makes the most sense logically, or the exact opposite. You never know what tiles are going to come up so you get lots of variety and some funny (or awesome) castles. As a board game this is definitely something my group plays over and over for some light hearted fun. If you enjoy a game that isn’t strictly about your skill as a player and enjoy a game that has luck involved then I definitely recommend it.Review of the physical product: 99% of the product was perfect, unfortunately one of the cardboard tokens (or whatever it’s made out of) was physically deformed (not due to pushing it out wrong) which makes it difficult to use since everyone knows what it is. Specifically one of the Kings Favor tiles was somehow very deformed (shape) so everyone knows when that specific favor is being drawn before even seeing it… we ended up taking it out of rotation entirely 🙁
Reviewer: Daniel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Este es un juego realmente excelente. Aparenta ser complicado y difícil, pero no lo es. Al jugarlo uno se familiariza mas fácil con los componentes. El diseño es extraordinario y muy bonito, una vez que terminas tu castillo, quedas realmente satisfecho con lo que se construyó, a pesar de no haber ganado. Hay varias formas de obtener puntos e ir a la victoria, por lo que se mantiene entretenido, divertido y se puede jugar nuevamente sin problemas. Personalmente esta entre nuestros favoritos. (Hay gente que se queja por los componentes, al ser “solo cartón”, pero hay que recordar que uno paga también por la ingenieria, el mecanismo del juego y el empeño de los creadores; que esta más que merecido) P.D. No es dependiente del idioma, con que una persona lea y explique no hay problema. Aún así se explican solas las tarjetas con las imágenes.
Reviewer: ian zackodnik
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Great game for all types of players, you can be strategic if you’d like, you can just build a castle if plannings hard. And it can be understood in a single round
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