Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Colossal Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Colossal Rules
• Colossal Setup
  • Setup steps
• Colossal Foyers

Colossal Rules

Colossal Castles of Mad King Ludwig plays the same as regular Castles, with a few small exceptions, noted below.

Colossal Setup

Refer to the Colossal Setup pages in this booklet for setting up Colossal Castles.

You'll need the following items from your Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector's Edition box in order to play:

• Master Builder Token
• Coins
• Swan Player Markers
• Bonus Cards
• Room Cards
• Bonus Card/Favor Island Tray
• Room Card Island Tray
• Player Aids
• King's Favors
• Royal Decree cards (if playing with the Royal Decrees expansion)
• Swan tokens (if playing with the Swan expansion)
• Towers (if playing with the Towers expansion)

After setup, refer to pages 6-7 in the Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector's Edition rules for player setup.

Note printed on the setup sheet: If this is your first game of Castles of Mad King Ludwig, do not play with 5 players. 5 player games should only be played with experienced players.

Setup steps

1. Place the Mountain Waterfall scoreboard on one end of the table.
2. Place the Room Card and Bonus Card/Favor Island trays in their designated insets.
3. Shuffle the Room cards, count out 11 per player, and place them face down in the Room card island tray. Put unused cards back in the box.
4. Place the Colossal Room lids near the scoreboard.
5. Count out room tiles of each size, and place them face down in their respective spots on the Colossal Room lids. The number of tiles of each size depends on the player count:

Room tile size	2 players	3 players	4 players	5 players
Large rooms & stairs (350 & larger)	4	5	6	7
325 rooms	5	6	7	8
Small rooms & hallways (300 & smaller)	5	7	9	11

6. If playing with the Towers expansion (required for 5 players, optional for all other player counts), place 1 plastic tower in each of the tower display insets.

7. Shuffle the Favors face down, then place them face up on their insets (1 per player). Place the rest of the Favors back into the box.

   	2 players	3 players	4 players	5 players
   Insets (face up)	2	3	4	5
   Tower (face down)	15	18	21	24

7b. If playing with Towers, place Favors face down in the taller Favor tower on the Bonus/Favor Island tray. 8. Shuffle the Bonus cards and place them in the Bonus/Favor Island tray. 9. Take a number of Room cards from the top of the Room card deck:

2 players	3 players	4 players	5 players
5	6	7	8

10. For each Room card, take the top room tile from the matching stack and place it face up below the scoreboard. The room tiles don't have to be placed directly under the monetary values at this time, as the first Master Builder will be pricing them at the beginning of the first turn.
11. Place the turned over cards face up in the Room card island tray discard pile.
12. Place the coins near the scoreboard where everyone can reach them.
13. If playing with the Swans expansion, place the swan tokens face down near the scoreboard.

Colossal Foyers

The back of the Colossal Foyer has 4 entrances. If you use that side, the Foyer is only considered completed when all 4 entrances are connected to entrances in other rooms.