Castles of Mad King Ludwig

mad king

Designers: Ted Alspach
Publishers: Bézier Games, Inc.
Boardgamegeek Info: Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Description

As king, you live in a castle, but it is not completely built yet.  You start with a corridor room that has three exits and purchase rooms to add on to it to gain points. There are always several goals that every player is trying to be the best at so they get the most points for it at the end of the game.  In addition, each player starts with a secret goal and will have the opportunity to obtain more during the game.  When you close a room, you always get a reward, and sometimes they are really great.  It may seem strange that certain rooms don’t like to be next to other types of rooms, but in the end, may the best Mad King win!

GameMasters

GM: Andrew Drummond

Asst GM: Jack Ridgeway

Schedule

Demo: Thursday, 9:00 AM

See schedule for Heat times

Plaque(s)

The top two finishers from the Final will receive a plaque.

Event Description

4 players per table, if possible, but no less than 3 players.

All heats and the elimination rounds will use the base game only.

Note: If you are using the collector’s edition (either the Colossal one like the GM or just the regular sized one) ensure that you are using the tiles from the base game and not those from the 5-player expansion.

Tie Breakers

First tiebreaker: Largest castle by square footage

Additional Tie Breakers:
1) Left over money
2) Total # of rooms including stairs and hallways.
FAQ
You must PURCHASE points for $10,000 each during endgame scoring, not just “receive” the points for having the money left over.
It is easy to miscount the points you should receive during the game. Points should be recounted at the end of the game.
The general principle to be used is “If it looks like it fits, then it does fit.”
Elimination rounds
The top 12 or 16 players will advance to the semi-final round, depending on the total number of players. When considering who will advance to the semi-final round, we will consider margin of victory if we have no other way to break a tie (for example, amongst players with one heat win and no other heats entered.)
The winner of the 4 semi-final games will advance to the final round.
Previous winners
1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
2023 Andrew Drummond John Corrado Antony Saccenti Eric Wrobel
2019 Randy Buehler Andrew Emerick Bill Crenshaw Dalton Versak
2018 Andrew Drummond Randy Buehler Eyal Moses Samantha Berk
2017 Mary Roelofs Eric Wrobel Ben Scholl Bill Crenshaw
2016 Bill Crenshaw Marcy Morelli Eyal Moses