Players take turns drawing tiles from a stack and laying them on an orthogonal grid, representing a kingdom being settled. Tiles can be either resources (with value +1 to +6) or hazards (-1 to -6). The sum of all tile values on a row or column determines the score for that row or column. A special case is the mountain tile, which splits the row and column it occupies into two, so that each section is scored separately.
Players may also play castle tiles, ranked 1 through 4. To score points from a row or column, a player must have a castle there; castles score the points of the row and column they occupy times the rank of the castle. This score may be a negative number. A player has a limited number of castles; castles other than rank 1 cannot be reused.
There are three special tiles, besides the mountain tile mentioned above: the dragon, the gold mine and the wizard. The dragon negates all resources in the row and column it occupies, leaving only the hazards. The gold mine doubles the value of that row and column. And the Wizard raises the castle-level of any adjacent castles by 1.
When the grid has been filled, the round ends, rows and columns are scored and each player earns points. The board is emptied and play continues for three rounds.
Strategyedit
Players cannot move tiles once they have been placed. They must also play their castle tiles when there are still empty places on the board, else they risk not scoring the best rows and columns. This requires tactical thinking; each player must balance the need to score points with the risk of having their valuable castles negated with a dragon or hazard tile later in the round.
Referencesedit
^. Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
kingdoms, board, game, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, kingdoms, board, game, news, newspapers, book. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kingdoms board game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kingdoms is a German style board game for 2 4 players designed by Reiner Knizia and released in 2002 by Fantasy Flight The game is based on Knizia s original German game Auf Heller und Pfennig but has been given a Medieval Fantasy theme KingdomsBox cover of KingdomsDesignersReiner KniziaPublishersFantasy FlightPlayers2 4Setup time5 minutesPlaying time15 45 minutesChanceMedium tile drawing Age range8 and upSkillsAdding subtracting and multiplying TacticsIn 2003 Kingdoms won the Origins Award for Best Abstract Board Game of 2002 1 Contents 1 Rules 2 Strategy 3 References 4 External linksRules editPlayers take turns drawing tiles from a stack and laying them on an orthogonal grid representing a kingdom being settled Tiles can be either resources with value 1 to 6 or hazards 1 to 6 The sum of all tile values on a row or column determines the score for that row or column A special case is the mountain tile which splits the row and column it occupies into two so that each section is scored separately Players may also play castle tiles ranked 1 through 4 To score points from a row or column a player must have a castle there castles score the points of the row and column they occupy times the rank of the castle This score may be a negative number A player has a limited number of castles castles other than rank 1 cannot be reused There are three special tiles besides the mountain tile mentioned above the dragon the gold mine and the wizard The dragon negates all resources in the row and column it occupies leaving only the hazards The gold mine doubles the value of that row and column And the Wizard raises the castle level of any adjacent castles by 1 When the grid has been filled the round ends rows and columns are scored and each player earns points The board is emptied and play continues for three rounds Strategy editPlayers cannot move tiles once they have been placed They must also play their castle tiles when there are still empty places on the board else they risk not scoring the best rows and columns This requires tactical thinking each player must balance the need to score points with the risk of having their valuable castles negated with a dragon or hazard tile later in the round References edit Origins Award Winners 2002 Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts amp Design Archived from the original on 2008 05 14 Retrieved 2008 08 15 External links editKingdoms at BoardGameGeek Kingdoms Walkthrough at I Play Red Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kingdoms board game amp oldid 1130816350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
