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Akropolis
Best for: Families, gateway gamers, puzzle fans
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Ted Alspach · Bezier Games · 2014
Build extravagant castles from rooms with dynamic pricing. The master builder sets prices each round. Room adjacency creates unique spatial puzzles.
Players
1–4
Time
90 min
Ages
13+
Difficulty
Medium
In Castles of Mad King Ludwig, each player builds a fanciful castle room by room. Each round, one player is the master builder who sets prices for the available rooms, and everyone else buys from them, paying the master builder.
Rooms score based on what's next to them, and completing a room earns a bonus. Players also score secret bonus goals and royal favors. It's a light-to-medium tile-laying game full of funny room combinations.
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About 90 minutes once everyone knows the rules.
It plays 1 to 4 players, including a solo mode.
The publisher recommends ages 13 and up.
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