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Kill the Overlord

Kill the Overlord

APE Games · 2012
4–845 min13+ yrs1.4/5 complexity5.9 BGG#13.413 BGG859Strategy
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How do you play Kill the Overlord?

It's good to be the Overlord. You have minions to grovel at your feet, limitless wealth, and absolute power over all the lands – but you know that your subjects are plotting.

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Kill the Overlord box art
official art · APE Games

It's good to be the Overlord. You have minions to grovel at your feet, limitless wealth, and absolute power over all the lands – but you know that your subjects are plotting. They envy your wealth and hope to steal it for themselves, specifically by removing you from the picture.

So you've decided to secure your power and eliminate these individuals by sending your executioner out with orders to kill the first person he meets. Unfortunately, your executioner is a gullible fellow who's extremely enthusiastic about his job – easy to dissuade and misdirect, if you're clever enough.

Who will be the first player with no excuse to miss his own funeral? Once the axe starts swinging, not even the Overlord is safe!

Kill the Overlord is a fun, fast-paced game of political murder for 4 to 8 players that can be played in about twenty minutes. The goal of the game is simple: Eliminate other players by sending the Overlord's executioner after them, while at the same time saving your own skin. Each time a player dies, his survivors climb another rung up the political ladder, taking the deceased's title and all the wealth and power that comes with it. The player who can secure enough wealth and the title of Overlord first will become the True Ultimate Supreme Overlord (and win the game).

game anatomy
Complexity1.4 / 5
BGG rating5.9 / 10
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Strategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
45 min
Players
4–8
Recommended age
13+ yrs
BGG rank
#13.413
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Q3How do you play Kill the Overlord?
Kill the Overlord is a card game game, for 4–8 players, taking ~45 minutes, featuring hand management. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Kill the Overlord — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Kill the Overlord support?
Kill the Overlord is played by 4–8 players.
Q5How long does a game of Kill the Overlord take?
A game of Kill the Overlord takes about 45 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Kill the Overlord for?
Kill the Overlord is recommended from age 13.
Q7How complex is Kill the Overlord?
Kill the Overlord has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.4 out of 5.
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