Tabletop games
Kingdom Builder
Queen GamesDonald X. Vaccarino2011
- players
- 2–4
- minutes
- 45
- years
- 8+
In the box
8 board sections, 4 used per game · Terrain cards · Kingdom Builder cards (objectives) · Wooden settlements in the players' colours · Location tiles
Official rules (PDF, publisher's site)
Box details
- Designer
- Donald X. Vaccarino
- Artwork
- Oliver Schlemmer
- Publisher
- Queen Games
- Mechanics
- Hexagon GridModular BoardObjectivesOnce-Per-Game Abilities
- Expansions
- Kingdom Builder: Nomads · 2012
- Kingdom Builder: Crossroads · 2013
Where to buy it
Near you and online
In a shop
Within 50 km.
Online
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The basics
Each player places settlements on the map to best fulfil the game's three objectives and touch as many castles as possible. On your turn, reveal your terrain card and place 3 settlements on spaces of that terrain, next to your own if possible; a settlement placed by a location earns a location tile, then you draw a new card. As soon as a player places their last settlement, finish the round: objectives and castles (3 points each) make the total, and the highest wins.
The rules, step by step
Setup
4 board sections, 3 objective cards, 40 settlements each
- Put four board sections together at random and place their location tiles on each location.
- Draw three Kingdom Builder (objective) cards out of the ten: they apply to all players.
- Each player takes their 40 settlements and draws a terrain card.
How to play
3 settlements per turn, Your card's terrain, Next to your own
- On your turn, reveal your terrain card and place 3 settlements on spaces of that terrain.
- Each settlement must be placed next to one of your settlements if possible; otherwise, anywhere on that terrain.
- Placing a settlement next to a location earns you one of its location tiles, usable once per turn from the following turn.
- Mountains and water cannot take settlements, except through special effects.
- Discard your card and draw a new one.
Scoring
3 Kingdom Builder cards, Castle touched 3 pts
- Each Kingdom Builder card scores points according to its condition.
- Each castle touched by at least one of your settlements scores 3 points.
End of the game
Last settlement placed, Finish the round, Highest total
- As soon as a player places their last settlement, finish the round.
- The highest total wins.
Going further
Frequently asked questions · In the same family
Frequently asked questions
Can you lose a location tile?
Yes, if you remove all of your settlements next to the location where you gained it.