Digital Versions – Stonemaier Games

Digital Versions

Digidiced offers the full-AI digital version of Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig on Steam.

Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig has a physics-driven digital version available on Tabletopia (and on Steam).

There is an excellent third-party scoring app on iOS called Mad King’s Steward.

17 Comments on “Digital Versions

Leave a Comment

If you ask a question about a specific card or ability, please type the exact text in your comment to help facilitate a speedy and precise answer.

Your comment may take a few minutes to publish. Antagonistic, rude, or degrading comments will be removed. Thank you.

  1. Scythe is to me the best game of all time. And though the digital version from Steam is excellent, it does need fixing, but for the most part, the interface is excellent. One thing I do hope they’d fix are the AI bots, even on “hard” they are idiotic in solo mode. In online play not as bad, but solo is just a waste of time and not a way to actually get better at playing. Thank you Jamie for such a well thought out and beautiful game.

    1. I’m glad you enjoy Scythe, Forest! Have you shared that feedback with the Knights of Unity? It may take time, but they’re always looking to improve the game.

  2. Hello, I’m completely obsessed with your wingspan game. It is so beautiful and so much fun to play. I’m a teacher and I have an idea for a similar, but also extremely different game that I think would be well received. I don’t have the means to produce it and submit an actual game for you to review. I would be willing to share my idea with you and collaborate to bring it into reality. If you are interested in working with me, please contact me at eveyagrace62@gmail.com. Many thanks and best wishes!

  3. Are you seeing how many bad reviews the digital versions of your games from Digidiced/Daisu are getting? Steam ratings for Viticulture and Between Two Castles are “Mixed”, which on Steam is a death sentence. If you look at the other Steam titles from Digidiced you’ll see a similar pattern – buggy releases that never get fixed because they’ve moved on to the next title.

    In fact if you look at all the digital board games from Asmodee you’ll see a lot of bad overall ratings mixed in with the good ones. I humbly suggest that before working on any more digital versions of your games you take a hard look at the developers and their plans for future support. I’d hate for the Stonemaier brand to get a bad reputation in the digital realm by proxy.

    1. Yes, I’m aware of it, and I agree that this information has an impact on Stonemaier Games and our desire to work with these companies on other games. That’s why we’ve tested a lot of different digital developers. :)

      1. This seems fairly common in digital board games, which makes some sense because it’s still a pretty niche market. But I wonder how common/possible it is to bake future support requirements into the initial contract with developers. Maybe with a clause that if they fail to support bug fixes and QOL improvements they have to turn codebase and development over to the rights owner so they can find someone else to do it. I might be dreaming though :)

      2. I can tell you that the App for Through the Ages is amazing. I dont know the developer but the app is 10 out of 10

        1. Through The Ages, Carcassonne (the original) and Lords of Waterdeep are the 3 best digital adaptations out there. Flawless executions, great interfaces and smooth, reverent artwork.

  4. Hello, my game doesn’t launch at Steam. I tried solution from forum (with downloading VC++ for 2019) but still it doesn’t work. What to do next ?
    The game starts, but after I push START MATCH button it quits to desktop.

  5. I am looking forward to getting a Digital version for OIS ( FIngers X )
    Is there a rule that says once a tile is laid / placed that it cannot be relocated in a subsequent turn. I suspect not, although I don’t doubt that consent would be required from the relevant cooperative player.

      1. Thanks, I should have read the rule book more closely, I found the answer shortly after I sent the question. Thanks a lot for your prompt response though, I’m impressed.

See All Comments