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Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation

Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation

(Web published) · 2016
3–515–20 min8+ yrs2Strategy
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Description from the publisher: Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation is a turn-based, tile drafting, anti-set collection game where the goal is NOT to become king, but to instead be responsible for forcing another player to the throne.

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Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation is a turn-based, tile drafting, anti-set collection game where the goal is NOT to become king, but to instead be responsible for forcing another player to the throne. Being the leader of this cantankerous village is difficult work, best left to someone else. Still, the time has come for a new monarch to be crowned and as the wisest elders still around, one of you will surely become the new person in charge/scapegoat to blame for all the kingdom's problems. To decide who will ascend to this awesome responsibility, you'll present the accoutrements of power to your opponents hoping to ensnare one of them (ANY OF THEM!) with all five: the ring, the robe, the sceptre, the crown and the throne. Be careful! Each item given to another player also gives them a powerful advantage in a future turn. If they survive the round, revenge will come swift and hard.

Every round, each player presents one gift of power to another and then in turn, each player can assert the powers granted by their previously acquired artifacts. These powers can refuse gifts, trade them, introduce new ones or shuffle them around. When a player is bestowed the fifth item in the set and is unable to avoid accepting it, they become king and the player who gave them that item becomes the kingmaker and wins the game.

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Play time
15–20 min
Players
3–5
Recommended age
8+ yrs
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Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation is a political game, for 3–5 players, taking ~15–20 minutes, featuring open drafting. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation support?
Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation is played by 3–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation take?
A game of Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation takes about 15–20 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation for?
Kingmaker: The Reluctant Coronation is recommended from age 8.
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