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Horrible Games  |  SKU: HOR-KINGSDILEMMA-021

The King's Dilemma

€62.34 EUR
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Description
Designers Hjalmar Hach
Lorenzo Silva
Publisher Horrible Games
Players 3-5
Playtime 45-60 mins
Suggested Age 14 and up
Honors 2020 Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee
2019 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
2019 Cardboard Republic Daredevil Laurel Nominee

The King's Dilemma is an interactive narrative experience with legacy elements, featuring several branching storylines leading to many possible finales and an evolving deck of event cards at its core. Players represent the various houses leading the government of the Kingdom of Ankist.

You will draw one card from the "Dilemma deck" each round and experience the game story as it unfolds. Each card poses a problem that the Council has to resolve on the King's behalf. As members of the King's inner circle, your decisions determine how the story proceeds and the fate of the kingdom. Each event happens only once: You discuss and bargain with the other players, then finally you make a choice, determining the outcome, progressing the game story, and possibly unlocking more events.

You have to keep the kingdom going, while also seeking an advantage for your own house; this power struggle may lead the kingdom into war, famine, or riot, or it could generate wealth and well-being. This will depend on your choices! The thing is, each decision has consequences, and what is good for the kingdom as a whole may be bad for your family...

Will you act for the greater good, or will you think only for yourself?

Customer Reviews

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Stephen Shortridge
Kings Dilema

Great game. Played 2 nights of it so far with same group of 5 players and we all are excited to continue this very engaging and thematic story. The social aspect of this game is the best I have experienced so far.

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Aidan Obbema
A great game with major flaws

I loved the experience I've had so far with TKD. My group is about half way through and the narrative is exceptional, however, the game itself is lacking some very important aspects that make your choices feel superficial. I would recommend this to a group of 5 that likes to role play and enjoys the nuances of politics.

The rulebook is also over 40 pages long for one of the simplest gameplay loops. It could easily have been under 10 pages. Don't be discouraged by this though, just watch a tutorial video and reference the rulebook when needed. It will save you a lot of time.

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Charles

Great game. Quick extra fun on board game night.

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Maxime Nadeau
What a ride !

After a long wait we where finally able to start that campaign game. We all got sucked in and finished to story in a couple of weeks. It is like binge watching a TV show.
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