Castles of Mad King Ludwig Reviews – Page 3
5/5 rating based on 52 reviews. Read all reviews for Castles of Mad King Ludwig for iPhone.
Castles of Mad King Ludwig is paid iOS app published by Bezier Games, Inc.
Not multiplayer!
Ahonnecke
Should clearly be labeled as not mutiplayer. I cannot imagine why someone would want this. Get lords of Waterdeep instead.
Fantastic - Just buy it, already!
music-meister
The CoMKL App is an absolutely fantastic representation of the tabletop game. Not only that, but the Campaign Mode makes it even better. For those not in the know, CoMKL is a modern tabletop game where players purchase various tiles to slowly expand their growing castle. Each tile has different points awarded to them upon first placement, as well as additional points/rewards - or in some cases, negative points) for completing a room (all doors attached to other doors). The app is nearly flawless. I will say "nearly", because there is one minor bug, and that's when points are awarded for re-scoring a downstairs room. Both the points on the upper left-hand side of the tile and the center icon should be restored when taking this option. (This was confirmed by the publisher on a forum on BGG.) However, it's a very rare occurrence that this is the player's best option. Still, I hope it's corrected in a future update. One of the best parts of the app is the Campaign. You have various objectives to complete for each level, and you slowly unlock additional, more challenging levels as you go through it. The available pieces are still randomized for each campaign city, so it's not a simple memorize-this-pattern-to-win campaign. It's very, very well done. Hopefully the app will continue to receive attention. There is no online play (though the AI is quite good), and it would also be great to have the Secrets Expansion included as an IAP. Even with these minor issues, the app is well deserving of 4.5 stars (I rounded it up), and can be enjoyed by anybody who enjoys the tabletop game, or takes the time to learn how to play it well. For the latter, I'm [nearly] 40 years old, and it IS worth learning how to play! TL;DR - Just buy the app. It's well worth it!
Too many bugs for a $7 game
Melting Alaskan
I love the board game castles, but this version is lacking. I do enjoy playing the campaigns, but there are so many bugs. There is no indication of when the bonus card deck is out of cards, but then I see that my opponent after me gets a bonus card. One of the campaigns wouldn't end. A different campaign glitches causing you to have to restart. And on it goes. Very annoying and disappointing to have paid so much for a game that functions so poorly. I was also disappointed that playing against the computer is easy. It makes poor choices in laying out the pieces, making all of them easy to beat. I do like that the campaign is more difficult to beat. That's fun! But, I wouldn't recommend the game as it is due to the glitches that continually happen.
Bugs
Writingforfun
I do find this game enjoyable, but I can't play the campaigns effectively because it does not give me the room finishing bonuses for the black rooms the majority of the time.
A splendid translation of a complex game!
DrXYZZY
The original board game was already great, and this iOS implementation adds a handy tutorial and a single-player campaign with clever and varied objectives.
Great fun
ells25
I love playing this board game, so I am thrilled that it is available on my iPad now. I would like to see the expansion on this app now.
Please fix these bugs!!!
elessar52876
Castles of Mad King Ludwig is a top notch board game. The app is fun, but has several serious bugs. - If you complete a bedroom bonus on the final round, IT DOESN'T EXTEND THE GAME. Though there are tiles that you have just laid on the draw stack, the game ends after that round regardless. If you want to extend the game, you thus need to make sure you complete a bedroom on at least the second to last turn. This is a game changer, and it's very annoying. - You can't see when the Utility Bonus Card deck has run dry. You'll build a Utility Room and THEN get a message saying "There are no more bonus cards". Thanks for the heads up... - Once when playing it allowed me to build a tile up against the face of a garden fence, which is illegal. It would also be nice to be able to adjust the AI speed level. And the AI difficulty level for free play games. The free play board also has "edges" to the map. It would be nice to be able to toggle that option off and have unlimited space. Also, how do you change your player color when playing campaign mode? Final suggestion for a major feature: I would love to be able to play my friends over the internet.
First time Castles player
Ccpmjt
I've never played the board game before, but have heard great things. So, I thought I would try the app first to see what it's like. There is a lot packed into a very fun game. The tutorial did a good job explaining it to me since I knew absolutely nothing on gameplay besides building rooms. I think a Players Guide or help should be easily accessible during games. It was never explained what the room finishing bonus of each different type of room were. I had to youtube that. Maybe I haven't unlocked it yet, but it would be nice if there was a open build, solitaire game section where you try to get the best score. I'm still trying to get the strategy of the Master Builder down, so just building without any hardcore competition is nice. App designers did a great job making it feel like a pocket-sized board game. Enjoying is so far!
Stupidly fun
David Jarvis
In spite of the fairly minimalist graphics this game is ridiculously fun to play and is a great puzzler.