KINGDOMINO

Description

Kingdominois a 2016 board game for 2-4 players designed by Bruno Cathala and published by Blue Orange Games. In this 15-20 minute, family-oriented game, players build a five by five kingdom of oversized domino-like tiles, making sure as they place each tile that one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play.

In the game players take turns choosing domino like tiles and adding them to their kingdoms. Like traditionalDominoes, each tile has one or two different ends, which in this case also show different landscapes, and possibly a number of crowns on it.[2]Choosing a tile with the most crowns gives a player last choice in the next round for choosing a tile, and vice versa – choosing the worst tile now ensures the first choice in the following round.[3]

When a tile is placed next to other tiles of the same landscape, they form a larger property. Each kingdom can be no larger than a 5×5 grid of landscapes.[4]The game ends when the tiles run out,[5]and then each property is scored based on how big it is, multiplied by the number of crowns in it.[6]The player with the most points in all their properties wins.

There is also a two player variant of the game which allows players to form a larger 7×7 grid of tiles.[3]

Kingdominois considered by reviewers to be an accessible entry point into strategy board games, with its 1520 minute playing time and its familiar game mechanics which bear similarity toDominoes.[7]

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