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Build up your kingdom by getting your hands on the best cards.
It's a Wonderful Kingdom is a standalone 2-player game in a Low-Fantasy universe. Inspired by the core mechanics of its predecessor "It's a Wonderful World," this new game offers more interaction, a bluff mechanism, and new challenges.
The game is played using different modules that offer mechanical twists. Each game, players will choose one of the different modules to compete against each other. The game is divided into 4 rounds, each having 3 phases.
 
Split & Trap
Players take turns offering their cards to one another in two areas in the center of the table.
 
One player picks 2 cards from their hand and either places them in the same area or splits them between the two areas. The other player chooses an area and claims the card(s) in it. The players take turns repeating this step until both players have offered all of their cards. Each player has 2 Trap tokens which can be used to place cards face down, otherwise all cards are played face up.
 
Planification

Each player chooses which of the cards they have collected to build and which ones to recycle for immediate resources.
 
Sequential Production

Each player produces their Kingdom's resources sequentially. Since resources are produced in a specific order, it is important to plan ahead to optimize your production and development.
 
At the end of the fourth round, the player with the most victory points wins the game.
 
And it is all available by clicking on the link below, right after you learn it from the tutorial:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=wonderfulkingdom
 
And we would love to thank all the team from La Boîte de Jeu, as well as the game designer Frédéric Guérard for their authorization to bring the game online. Let's also celebrate the work done by Moof for you all to play it well on any devices!
 
That's big, and that's your Wednesday Release Time game.
Until next week, take care and play fair...
 

He's right there, in his shiny armor, as we all expected

The game is played using different modules that offer mechanical twists. Each game, players will choose one of the different modules to compete against each other. The game is divided into 4 rounds, each having 3 phases.

Am I missing something? I only see the Menaces module as an option.

I wonder why you only can play this game with the module: Menace module? There are two other modules also, and why can´t you get to choose those too? And at last, why can´t you choose to play without modules?

Barolla wrote: ↑05 December 2024, 08:30 I wonder why you only can play this game with the module: Menace module? There are two other modules also, and why can´t you get to choose those too? And at last, why can´t you choose to play without modules?

I think the official rules state you have to play with a module. Not sure if the other modules are in the game or not, and no clue why if they are not. For a full release I think they should be.

add undo moves

Do "trap" and "bluff token" mean the same thing?

Where are other modules? They are big part of game and yet we can only play with meanest and most complex one?

I finished a game with what sounds to be the menace module, and found it extremely punitive and off-putting.

If there are other modules that are more friendly, I'd love to experience them, as it put me off playing it again.

PiratePlaytests wrote: ↑10 December 2024, 16:06 I finished a game with what sounds to be the menace module, and found it extremely punitive and off-putting.

If there are other modules that are more friendly, I'd love to experience them, as it put me off playing it again.

I agree, I found the menace module made the drafting phase very unpleasant, all stick and no carrot. Will take another look if the other modules get implemented.