Feudum: Rudders & Ramparts

About this expansion

Feudum: Rudders & Ramparts is an expansion for 2–6 players that adds artisan-edition vessels and castles to Feudum, with a listed play time of 180 minutes and a 2020 release year.

These vessels and castles can be used purely for decoration, or they can introduce a military variant to the game. When acquiring a regular vessel or feudum, a player may pay one additional shilling to upgrade it to a deluxe vessel or castle feudum.

• A deluxe vessel provides +1 attack.
• A castle feudum provides +1 defense.
• Each castle or deluxe vessel requires one shilling of upkeep at the dawn of every epoch.
• Failing to pay the upkeep means losing the associated advantage.

Castles offer a distinct defensive choice. Players with castles do not need to reinforce their feudums with subjects, because a gold-clad “royal guard” accompanies each castle.

Deluxe vessels create a different kind of opportunity and risk. Their improved attack can make any opponent in a nearby port a target, while the ongoing cost of maintaining them may gradually impoverish their owner.

In Feudum: Rudders & Ramparts, every upgrade brings a meaningful decision: spend wealth to gain military strength now, or preserve shillings for future needs. The expansion’s additional rules are minor, but they add a boatload of choices to the struggle between powerful upgrades and expensive upkeep.