
2011 · Medieval
The Castles of Burgundy
Players act as aristocrats in medieval Burgundy, expanding a princedom by taking and placing settlement tiles onto a personal estate board. Tiles represent buildings, castles, mines, trade posts and knowledge, and trigger their effects when placed into specific regions that require adjacency and matching types. Play proceeds over five phases of five rounds. Each round players roll two dice and take two actions from options such as acquiring tiles to a staging area, placing tiles into the princedom, delivering goods that match a die, and taking workers to modify future dice. Money, workers, undelivered goods and endgame tile bonuses determine final scoring; a basic and an advanced ruleset are included.
- Players
- 2–4 best 2
- Playing time
- 30–90 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 3 / 5
About the game
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Expansions
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The Castles of Burgundy: 2nd Expansion – New Hex Tiles2012
The Castles of Burgundy: 4th Expansion – Monastery Boards2013
The Castles of Burgundy: 5th Expansion – Pleasure Garden2014
The Castles of Burgundy: 1st Expansion – New Player Boards2011
The Castles of Burgundy: 8th Expansion – Trade Routes2017
The Castles of Burgundy: 9th Expansion – The Team Game2017
The Castles of Burgundy: 10th Expansion – Solo2018
The Castles of Burgundy: 6th Expansion – The Cloisters2015
The Castles of Burgundy: 3rd Expansion – German Board Game Championship Board 20132013
Brettspiel Adventskalender 20152015
The Castles of Burgundy: 7th Expansion – German Board Game Championship Board 20162016
Brettspiel Adventskalender 20172017
Brettspiel Adventskalender 20182018
Stadt Land Spielt Limitierter Sonderdruck Tag des Gesellschaftsspiels2014Photos from Ludoya tables
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Full stats in Ludoya- 4,536
- Plays logged
- 2,107
- Players
- 1h 15m
- Average play
- 401
- In collections
- 38
- On wishlists
- 1
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8.0/10
from 253 Ludoya reviews
Mohasz8.5 Might replace Puerto Rico as *the* bland-looking heavier euro game in my collection (I'm more of a casual gamer). Lots of bits, but surprisingly easy to understand. Engaging gameplay, but it might be a tiny bit longer than it should be. The more I play it the more fun it becomes. I just love that you can almost always do something cool with your rolls. Definitely a rewarding game.
Daniel9.0 L'he jugat massa i per mi ara ja seria un 7 en ganes de jugarlo.
Vic Granell7.5 Really enjoyed the mechanisms, hated the art
Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Do tiles have to be placed adjacent to other tiles, or can I place them anywhere of the right color?
When you add a six‑sided tile to your estate it must be placed on an empty space whose colour matches the tile and it must lie directly adjacent to at least one previously‑placed tile; the first tile can only be placed on one of the six spaces around the start castle (Rulebook p.5).
When I place a castle, do I get another full turn (two actions) or just one extra action?
Placing a castle immediately grants one extra action as if you had an extra die with any result you choose — not a full additional turn of two actions (Rulebook p.6).
How do worker tiles work — can I use more than one per die and when are they spent?
Each worker tile adjusts a die’s result by ±1, you may use multiple workers to change a die multiple times (including wrapping 1↔6), and each worker used is returned to the general supply when played (Rulebook p.4).
When I add a ship, which depot do I take goods from — the depot matching the die or any depot?
When you add a ship tile you take all goods tiles from any one depot of your choice; this chosen depot is completely separate from the die result used to place the ship, and you can store at most three different goods colours (extras are left behind) (Rulebook p.5).
Can I buy a tile from the central black depot anytime and how much does it cost?
Once per turn, at any point during your turn (before, between or after your dice actions), you may buy one tile from the central black depot by returning 2 Silverlings to the supply and placing the tile onto a storage space on your board (Rulebook p.9).
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