When one player has a large lead and the other players have no Kings yet, they are a King or two away from winning and there’s not much you’ll be able to do to stop them.

But the change means that Sleeping Queens 2: The Rescue is a little less exciting. Now, not all players like to build something and see it get stolen by a game effect, so I see why this change was made for the sequel. Because Queen cards could always be stolen, it was a blast to see someone on the doorstep get robbed by another player who took a 20-point Queen card to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. One of the best things about the original Sleeping Queens was the ability to disrupt the scoring leader’s rhythm. In our experience, four-player games of Sleeping Queens 2: The Rescue take about 30 minutes. Turns go around and around until someone hits the King score limit. Unlike the original, scoring cards cannot be stolen. Just take a card that speaks to you and add that to your scoring pile. Kings are also laid out around the table, but have no specific differences between cards. If your companion’s suit matches the suit of any of your face-up Queens, you can cash that pair in for a King card. For example, if you have a one, a three, and a four in your realm, you can announce to the table that “one plus three equals four” (or “four minus one is three”, etc.) and then take a face-down companion card. If you have three or more cards, you can make an equation just like the base game. After playing any one-time action cards, remaining cards are placed in your Realm-the name for the area in front of each player. On a turn, you’ll roll a six-sided die to see how many cards you will draw from the deck. Each player is also given a Knight, representing a player power that will constantly move between other players. The draw deck includes cards numbered from 1-10, along with special action cards like gnomes, spell books and Queens.

Scattered around the table are a set of face-down cards representing companions, each with one of the game’s three color suits (green, red, blue).

One thing remains the same between both Sleeping Queens games: you’ll still need to know some basic math to win.ĭepending on player count, one player must rescue 2-4 Kings to win the game. Instead of rescuing Queens to score points and win the game, Sleeping Queens 2: The Rescue has players using Queens and cute card companions to rescue the Kings. It’s a slightly different game this time around. Sleeping Queens 2: The Rescue is designed by Miranda Evarts, the same person who gave us the original. The kids saw the box and eagerly opened the game. Gamewright’s sequel to one of our favorite plays from last year, Sleeping Queens, arrived on my doorstep recently.

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