Phantom Builders

A very simple mechanism to represent another builder or two for Castles of Mad King Ludwig. This is currently for the base game only.

Remove the following favor tiles before you select three random ones:

  • Favors that deal with room placement (like most open doors or completed rooms).

Solo play: set up as for a 3-player game, you and 2 phantoms. This AI can also play as a single phantom for a 2-player game, which also results in a 3-player set up.

The phantom(s) can be used as obstacles to make things interesting, or they can score favor tiles as usual at the end of the game. I'm still testing scoring rules.

When the directions below refer to favor tiles by letter, or building slots by number, refer to the illustration below:

Generate a Phantom:

Instructions for the Phantom's turn:

Swap the following room tiles in the following spaces:

Take a room with the following criteria:

  • The cheapest room that satisfies Favor A.
  • If none apply, then take the cheapest room that satisfies Favor B.
  • If none still apply, then take the cheapest room that satisfies Favor C.
  • If nothing can still be taken, then take cheapest room.

Then, take a room with the following criteria:

  • The cheapest room that satisfies Favor A.
  • If none apply, then take the cheapest room that satisfies Favor B.
  • If none still apply, then take the cheapest room that satisfies Favor C.
  • If nothing can still be taken, then take cheapest room.