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The King's Men

Players

2-5

Time

15-45

Age

8+

Weight

1.33

Rating

6.83

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

The King's Men has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

The King's Men offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, expansions, and strategic depth. The game scales well with different player counts and provides a moderate level of easiness to learn. Overall, it has a strong replayability score of 8.0.

Luck profile

The King's Men has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Each turn players try to complete quests, slay creatures threatening the kingdom and build economic and military assets to help them in subsequent turns.Their goal is to gain enough prestige to become the next king. The other nobles are trying to keep each other from ascending to the throne. The King's Men is a super competitive, fast based game featuring trickery and sabotage. Even so, casual players can learn the game easily in about five minutes. The game scales seamlessly between the casual and hardcore markets.

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Credits

Designers

1
R. Alex van Vloten

Artists

2
Jason Lewis (II) Manuel Martinez (II)

Publishers

1
Alt Mode Games

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