What's New

Castles 2.0 adds new content from the Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector's Edition board game, including a new icon, opening, main menu (with direct access to Help), and the option to use brand new room tile artwork. This release also improves compatibility with newer devices and resolves some minor issues.

App Description

"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 iOS! The winner of the prestigious 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 AI (computer) 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
• Game Center Achievements
• Orchestral Soundtrack
• Share Your Castle on Twitter, Facebook, and more

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • May 24, 2016 Initial release
  • May 25, 2016 New version 1.0.1
  • May 25, 2016 New version 1.0.2
  • July 18, 2016 New version 1.1
  • August 25, 2016 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $2.99
  • August 27, 2016 Price increase: $2.99 -> $6.99
  • November 15, 2016 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $2.99
  • November 22, 2016 Price increase: $2.99 -> $6.99
  • May 24, 2017 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $0.99
  • May 25, 2017 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • December 20, 2017 Price increase: $2.99 -> $6.99
  • May 08, 2019 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $0.99
  • May 08, 2019 Price increase: $0.99 -> $6.99
  • August 28, 2019 Price increase: $6.99 -> $7.99
  • October 06, 2019 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $2.99
  • October 09, 2019 Price increase: $2.99 -> $7.99
  • October 22, 2020 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $0.99
  • October 27, 2020 Price increase: $0.99 -> $7.99
  • May 06, 2021 New version 2.0

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