Kingdoms

Kingdoms is a 3-5 player card game based on the classic card game "Sevens". It is played with a unique deck of cards numbered 1-13 and each card has an ability written on it.

The objective of a round is to get rid of cards in your hand by playing them onto separate piles in descending order from 7 to 1, and ascending order from 8 to 13. The objective of the game is to be the wealthiest Kingdom at the end.

There are four "suits": Kingdom of Dragons (orange), Kingdom of Pixies (purple), Kingdom of Seafarers (blue) and Kingdom of Animals (green). In general, it is good to have cards of mid values as these must be played before the higher and lower cards can be played.

Players start the game with 20 coins each. At the start of each round they must pay 1 coin in tax to their Kingdom. When a player plays the "Tax Collector" (number 11) they get to collect all taxes currently on that Kingdom.

A round ends when someone plays their last card. All other players must pay coins based on the cards still in their hands — very low and very high cards cost more.

If at any point someone is unable to play a card they must take "the Plague". Whoever has the Plague when a round ends must pay an additional penalty of 3 coins.

There's a second deck of cards called "Prosperity Cards". Whenever you play the number 12 of any Kingdom you get to draw a Prosperity Card. These cards have special perks such as forcing another player to play a specific card, or moving the Plague to another player. They are kept face up in front of you and can be activated at any time during the game.

The game ends when someone runs out of coins, at which point the player with the most coins is the winner.