{"product_id":"between-two-castles-essential-edition","title":"Between Two Castles: Essential Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollaborate with your immediate neighbors to construct magnificent palaces for Mad King Ludwig in this highly accessible, semi-cooperative tile-drafting strategy game from Stonemaier Games. Designed by Ben Rosset and Matthew O'Malley, this definitive edition bundles the complete original gameplay engine and its major expansion into a single, beautifully organized box.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Product Features\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n * Combined All In One Box: Merges the complete Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig base game seamlessly with the Secrets \u0026amp; Soirees expansion right out of the box, with zero changes to the core rules.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Dual Castle Semi Cooperative Loop: Forces you to build two castles simultaneously one with the player to your left and one with the player to your right requiring constant communication and strategic tile-sharing.\u003cbr\u003e\n * High Stakes Equalizer Scoring: Evaluates each individual castle at the end of the match, declaring your final score to be the lower value of your two physical castles to reward balanced, even-handed attention.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Expanded Modular Room Variety: Packs a staggering library of over 190 regular room tiles, 16 secret rooms, and 64 specialty rooms to offer limitless architectural variety across every round.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Premium GameTrayz Organizer Inserts: Comes fully equipped with a custom-engineered three-piece storage tray system to cleanly categorize your tokens, keep components sorted mid-game, and dramatically cut setup down to minutes.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Incredible Player Count Scaling: Operates on a simultaneous card and tile drafting framework that easily supports everything from an intuitive solo Automa mode all the way up to a massive 8-player party without adding downtime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stonemaier Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67629025788064,"sku":"STM 508","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0486\/6254\/4544\/files\/BetweenTwoCastlesEssentialEdition1.jpg?v=1790956243","url":"https:\/\/lazarus-games.com\/products\/between-two-castles-essential-edition","provider":"Lazarus Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}