2018 · Negotiation

Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Players act as master builders commissioned by a demanding monarch, designing two castles simultaneously—one with the player to their left and one with the player to their right. On each turn, players select two room tiles from their hand, reveal them, and collaborate with the adjacent partner to place rooms into the shared castle layout. Scoring depends on room placement patterns, adjacency bonuses, and end-of-game objectives tracked on score sheets. The game combines tile drafting and cooperative placement with competitive comparison of final castle scores.

groupPlayers

2–7 best 6

schedulePlaying time

45–60 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

2.2 / 5