Joe, Kevin, and I got the new year rolling Saturday with Castles of Mad Kind Ludwig. Joe was building as many Utility rooms as he could get his hands on — paying a premium for most of them. I had a few basement rooms, and a bunch of activity rooms. My bonus cards rewarded hallways and corridors, but I didn’t have many opportunities to capitalize on that. I was doing well on points throughout the game, but when it came to score the bonus cards Joe had us beat by a bunch.
Brass finished the night, and Joe and Kevin were both developing early. I was able to build Ironworks to take advantage of the demand, and then finished the first phase with a couple cotton mills and ports to increase my income. I started the rail phase with quite a few ports and a coal mine available to quickly build from. I continued to build ports and then eventually built into more cotton mills. Joe had developed to his level four cotton mills and built them in Colne before I could get there. I ended up in Macclesfield and Stockport instead. Things were very close at the end, while I had plenty of money to spend, there just wasn’t much to build.
Joe and I had nearly identical scores from our links, but he had me beat by two points after scoring his buildings and cash.
Until next time, happy gaming!
