Blueprints Of Mad King Ludwig - How To Play

In this video, we're going to learn how to play Blueprints Of Mad King Ludwig! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the KZbin comments below, ensuring you abide by our Code of Conduct: watchitplayed.tv/code-of-conduct.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - The Setup
03:25 - Game Play Overview
03:55 - Taking A Turn
04:13 - Room Cards
04:35 - Sketching A Room
05:50 - Your Lot Limit
06:35 - Blocked Entrances
07:11 - Swan Symbols
07:44 - Ending Your Turn
08:13 - Turn Summary
08:25 - Gaining A Go Last Bonus
08:50 - Ending The Round
09:16 - Future Round Turn Order
10:50 - Skipping Your Turn
11:40 - Completing Rooms
12:50 - Complete Room Circles
13:28 - Using A Room's Reward
14:00 - Blue Sleeping Room Rewards
15:50 - Purple Living Room Rewards
15:34 - Red Activity Room Rewards
16:08 - Yellow Food Room Rewards
18:24 - Green Outdoor Room Rewards
19:09 - Orange Room Rewards
19:39 - Moat Rewards
21:17 - Courtyards
22:12 - Sketching Downstairs Room
23:04 - Grey Downstairs Room Rewards
23:16 - Secret Passages
25:32 - Top Row Special Rewards
27:16 - Ending The Game
27:49 - Calculating Final Scores
34:11 - Determining The Winner
35:06 - Solo Play And Variant
35:19 - Conclusion
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[@Leron...]

Chaz, if you're listening, Rodney's exasperated "if there's still a tie" bit from this video has given me an idea... During a future On the Radar episode, I'd love to see Rodney inexplicably wearing a necktie (which would feel kinda out of character for him), then he takes it off, but the next time he's on camera again, he's suddenly wearing a different necktie. And this repeats indefinitely with him getting more and more frustrated that there's "still a tie"

[@WatchItPlayed]

I have to make absolutely sure Chaz never sees this comment.

[@tracycopeland836]

Can someone tag Chaz? 😉 😂

[@KnakuanaRka]

That would be a fantastic joke! xD

[@TommyBo42]

I bought this two weeks ago at a Con. It has not left our table. Such a great game! We also picked up the deluxe edition. Well worth the extra $$$.

[@WatchItPlayed]

So glad to know you've been enjoying this one. I was very impressed with the component quality as well!

[@TommyBo42]

@@WatchItPlayed Me too! The pencils are actually a very nice quality. I also like how they have the name of the room written on them, shows attention to detail and that the pencils were made specifically for the game. The mat in the deluxe edition is a great addition as well.

[@patrickkrok-horton8215]

This channel still remains as vital of a resource in finding new games as it was to me years ago. Thank you so much!

[@WatchItPlayed]

So very nice to hear Patrick - thanks for the very kind words!

[@phenomonox]

Was I the only one waiting for Rodney to start maniacally laughing during the, It's still a tie. It's how I expect the Mad King to act :D And imma be honest....while playing games with the family. The amount of times we have to check for tie breakers....blows my mind. Especially with those games being Everdell and Terraforming Mars xD

[@WatchItPlayed]

It happens!

[@henriwhitehead]

Great Video! I've never played any of the other Mad King games, but I've always been interested.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Appreciate you taking the chance to check it out despite not playing the other titles... yet!

[@micahvisser3772]

the tie breaking rule is quite interesting, so many different steps

[@WatchItPlayed]

My guess is that the tie will be broken after the first tie breaker check. It's fun to imagine a situation where you might need to tie break all the ay through though!

[@TommyBo42]

I have played about a dozen games so far and since the average score is usually in the 200-300 range, the odds of a tie are very very slim.

[@michaelemerson570]

"If there's STILL a tie, the player wearing the matching color shirt wins..."

[@justinspanbauer2153]

Great video Rodney. Was a little skeptical about this one but your video made me want to give it a try.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad you enjoyed what you saw Justin - thanks for checking it out!

[@daem0nfaust]

Tracing is such a mechanism of convenience for this.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yeah, a lot of the shapes I feel confident doing by hand, but for some of the more complex ones it's very handy!

[@SupremeDistraction]

Rodney's feigned exasperation is probably the closest we'll ever see such a gentle soul get to upset 😂 I giggled and rewound the video a bit, tbh.

[@WatchItPlayed]

If anyone has THAT many ties I'll give up wearing plaid for a month!

[@TheZombiewill]

What happens if the tied players grab the eraser castle at the same time?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I burst into tears.

[@papabeartic1181]

I saw this on KS before but couldn’t back it. But once the video went up it was great timing and my copy was ordered and came today! Thanks for another great demo

[@WatchItPlayed]

Have a great time playing!!

[@vnXun]

Legend has it that the players are still trying to break tie...

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hahahaha :)

[@favouritefoe1806]

great explanation as always!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you kindly!

[@ztruman]

That's fascinating tho, it's like a colorful version of Cartographers . Also if I had 2 moats, and from a perspective one was behind the other, would it count to the final score? It's confused me a bit while I was scoring the moat.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Sorry, tough to visualize what you mean in text. If it helps: treat each moat separately (forget the other one exists if that helps), and score it on it's own merit.

[@PowerCheese1]

I WAS 1ST TO WATCH!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Victory is yours! Thanks for checking out the video :)