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King up!

gardener or cook FOR King?

Old King Vladimiro wants to abdicate and all persons milling about in the palace participate in the race for the throne. Each game consists of three rounds and each round consists of two phases: Placing of the characters in the castle and advancement of the characters towards the throne.

Each player receives a secret Favorites Card with 6 claimants to the throne and has one Yes Card and – depending on the number of players – between 2 and 4 No Cards. All 13 claimants to the throne start at ground level. At the start of the round players in turn place one claimant into any of the levels of the castle, observing the one rule that is valid anytime during the game: Never may there be more than 4 claimants in any level at the same time. When all claimants have been placed, players in turn move one of the claimants exactly one level up. A claimant may never be moved downwards again. Of a claimant is moved out of level 5 onto the throne, an election for king takes place: All players vote yes or no. When there are only yes votes, this character is elected king and the game ends. All players score points for positions of the claimants on their Favorites Card. If there is one no vote, the claimant quits the game and takes all no cards with him, and the round goes on normally. A round ends when there is a king. At the start of round 2 and 3 each player receives a new Favorites Card. After three rounds the player with the highest score wins. If you score 0 in round 3, you are awarded 33 bonus points.

King up! is a fine race game with an unusual topic, victory is often decided by the clever use of the No Cards.

Spieler         : 3-6

Alter            : ages 8 and up

Dauer           : ca. 60 min

Autor           : Stefano Luperto

Grafik          : Barletta Daniele

Titel englisch          : -

Preis            : ca. 20,00 Euro

Verlag          : dV Giochi 2010

                     www.dvgiochi.com

Genre                    : Race game with cards

Zielgruppe             : For families

Mechanismen         : Move claimants, vote on position

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New edition of Viva il Re!

Simple components

Simple rules

Interesting mechanism for the No Cards

Vergleichbar:

Quo Vadis and other games with secret result tasks

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