The Castles of Burgundy is a board game for two to four players designed by Stefan Feld, illustrated by Julien Delval and Harald Lieske, and published in 2011 by Ravensburger under its alea imprint. Set in medieval Burgundy, the game uses dice rolling and placement alongside a modular board and set-collection mechanics, as players compete to develop their own regional estate by acquiring and placing tiles representing castles, settlements, mines, and livestock across a personal hexagonal board. Play typically runs about ninety minutes, and the design has been widely praised as a classic of the modern Eurogame genre and cited as one of the most influential board games of the past decade.
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published in 2011 by Ravensburger/alea
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cited as one of the most influential board games of the last decade
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The Castles of Burgundy is a board game for two to four players
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