Castles of Mad King Ludwig

4.4
1.01K reviews
10K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this game

"Castles of Mad King Ludwig is a great port of a really cool castle building board game." TouchArcade

"A diverting tile-laying game. Excellent series of puzzles and tough AI." PocketGamer

Ted Alspach's castle-building board game comes alive on Android! The winner of the prestigious 2015 Mensa Mind Games award tasks players with building extravagant castles for King Ludwig of Bavaria. Castles are constructed one room at a time, with a different player each round setting the prices for the others, resulting in a competitive, engaging game where building is as much fun as winning!

Choose your strategy carefully as you compete against your friends or computer AI opponents. Or take on the Campaign, and travel to 15 real-life castle sites, each with up to 3 unique Crown Goals, providing hours of fun and challenge.

• Two to Four Player Pass-and-Play/Computer Matches
• Campaign Mode with Levels based on Real Castle Sites
• Training Tower Levels teach Game Basics
• Help System with Illustrated Rules, Tips, and Tile Reference
• 75 Different Room Tiles
• Orchestral Soundtrack
• Share Your Castle on Twitter, Facebook, and more

* For the best user experience, devices with 5-inch screens or larger running Android 4.4 (KitKat) or higher are recommended. *
Updated on
Aug 23, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
802 reviews
A Google user
July 16, 2019
if the game had a way to send bug reports, it would improve the application immensely, like to 5 stars. I learned the hard way that if you hit restart level in the pause menu, it doesn't refresh the utilities deck, and I have encountered other bugs including one involving an empty index. It's a fun game, just... the bugs make it frustrating.
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Charles Wentzel
May 23, 2021
The campaign is surprisingly challenging. The AI less so, but clever enough to make you pay attention. It is true to the original game and I am glad that I got it. Is it too late to ask for an update that includes the expansion, with it's swans and moats and secret doors? 😉 (Edit May 2021:) Hooray, now several expansion rooms are available! Also, the new artwork is a great improvement. I'm seeing a few rooms are still missing though. For example, the ballroom, hedge maze, and propylaeum.
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A Google user
December 22, 2018
This game seems okay at first but it is buggy af. Don't ever go to zero coins or the computer will only ever get gold on its turn when you should get it (even if it already has 60+). The computer players always seem to know what cards are in your hand and will alter how much they charge accordingly. there are levels of the campaign downright unbearable unless you happen to get ridiculously lucky every single turn. I only gave two stars because if fixed it would be really fun. As is, sucky.
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Compliance update