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To Court the King (2006)

Average Rating: 6.48/10
Board Game Rank: 854
Strategy Game Rank: 482
Family Game Rank: 232
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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2006
# of Players
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(42 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(7 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(17 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
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Primary Name
To Court the King
Alternate Names
Um Krone und Kragen
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In this game, the players are petitioners at the royal court, trying to gain the King's favor. To do so, they must first gain the help of the servants and petty officials at the court, who can then help them gain access to the nobility, who, in turn, can help to reach the king.

The game is played in turns. On their turn, a player will gather his dice, roll them, set aside at least one, and roll the remaining dice again, until all dice have been set aside. After that, he gets to select a character who will help him. Each character requires a certain combination of dice (such as two pairs or dice that show at least 30 points). The character will give the player some benefits on later rolls, such as an additional die or the ability to modify the results of a roll.

The game ends when a player gains the support of the Queen (and temporary favor of the King, winning ties in the final roll-off). Now, all players try to gain a dice result of as many equal dice as possible (7x 2s, 8x 6s, etc). The player who gets the longest, highest result gains the favor of the King and wins.

Contents: 12 Dice, 60 character cards, 5 player aids, 1 marker, rules.

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German edition
Publisher: AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH
Artist: Volkan Baga
Year: 2006
Product Code: 6710
Size: 6.70 x 4.90 x 2.10 inches
0.75 pounds
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Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Artist: Volkan Baga
Year: 2006
Product Code: 6710-US
Size: 6.70 x 4.90 x 2.10 inches
0.75 pounds
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4 Tradução das Cartas e Resumo do Jogo em Portugues
Tradução das Cartas e Resumo do jogo em Portugues
2009-07-22
3 Teaching aid for To Court the King - in Hebrew
המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים
2009-06-25
9 Um krone und kragen - rulebook (spanish | castellano)
Rulebook of this fantastic card game translated to spanish.
2009-03-12
9 Concise reference sheet by hecose
Concise reference sheet for looking up easy-to-forget rules quickly. Useful if you haven't played the game for some time and need a refresher. Provides a summarised and structured outline to help in teaching a game.
2008-07-22
10 To Court The King printable reference chart
I found the original reference cards that come with the game frustrating because they take two sides, and their icons are pretty but not very intuitive. This reference sheet has 4 cards per page (to be cut down for each player and to fit in a box) and also tells you how many of each card to use for different #'s of players in each game.
2008-02-25
10 Um Kron und Kragen Rules - Polish translation (zasady po Polsku)
Poprawione tłumaczenie zasad na polski. Corrected translation of rules from English to Polish. Based on Um-Krone-und-Kragen_English_Rules_Edited.doc by Jim Mellby and Patrick Korner.
2007-10-26
21 TCtK_Quick Reference by Card Ability in English.pdf
Easy and quick to use reference card sorted by card ability. English.
2007-06-14
8 TCtK-Summary_of_Cards.pdf
2-up English Summary of cards. No graphics so text is larger to see yet overall summary is condensed enough to use as a player aid.
2007-05-28
2 umKroneUndKragen-X-men.zip
"An Audience with Xavier" BSW X-men art
2007-04-14
13 TctK ref card - large.pdf
To Court the King enlarged Player Aid for ease of reading
2007-03-19
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 854
Strategy Game Rank: 482
Family Game Rank: 232
Num Ratings: 2613
Average Rating: 6.48
Standard Deviation: 1.29
Num Views: 111101
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.7
Fans: 19
Personal Comments: 1014
Users Owning: 2407
Users Wanting: 128
Users Trading: 72 [find trade matches]
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