Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig cover
2024BGG rank #4,084

Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig

by Ted Alspach · Bézier Games

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Players1–5
Time60m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age15+

About the game

What is Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig?

Test your architectural skills in Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig, a flip-and-sketch strategy game to draw the most extravagant blueprints for King Ludwig's next castle! Select rooms to add to your castle's floor plan. As you complete rooms' entrances by connecting them to other rooms, earn new abilities such as adding or removing entrances, earning new bonus cards, and taking extra turns. Keep your eye on the King's favors to beat out your opponents for public goals, as well as create courtyards and moats around your castle for some massive points to get ahead! The player who sketches the castle most suited to the whims of King Ludwig takes the royal victory! —description from the publisher

How it plays

Mechanics

DrawingEnd Game BonusesGrid CoverageLine DrawingOpen DraftingPaper-and-PencilSolo / Solitaire GameSquare GridVariable Player Powers

On the shelf

Categories

Post-NapoleonicPuzzle

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