Take the 12 princesses and shuffle them face down, then place them, still face down, on the table in 4 columns of 3 cards, leaving a space in the middle. Next, shuffle the remaining cards red back face down to form the draw pile and deal 5 cards to each player. Then place the deck in the middle, between the columns of princesses. On the table, there are 12 princesses sleeping, they are face down.
Each one has 5 cards in their hand. The player to the left of the dealer starts. In turn, each player performs one of the available actions, then completes his 5-card hand. You play a prince and then choose one of the princesses that you place face up in front of you.
As well as being woken up, she brings us the points indicated on its card. He skips over some of the mathy bits, and still fully enjoys the game without feeling disadvantaged. The sweet spot for the game seems to be not surprising, since the idea came from the mind of a 6 year old. The small advantage you do get from puzzling out simple addition is a great motivator for kids to get their gears spinning and practice their math skills without having it feel like homework.
The ultimate outcome of the game depends heavily on luck-of-the-draw, but less so than other young-kid staples like Uno or Candyland. Game Time Games are fast — usually about 15 minutes. Once you get past the box, the game is surprisingly gender-neurtral — with kings, knights and dragons balancing out the queen characters.
The art in the game is high quality, and the silly characters really add to the fun. Everyone in the family has their own favorite king and queen the Chess King is my personal fav , and sometimes we find ourselves making sub-optimal game decisions just to get our hands on a favorite cards. This is a great game to get the family to fall in love with quality gaming, and one of our top 3 family games. This game is simple to learn for young kids, and it teaches math skills in a very creative way!
There are cards numbered , and in order to accomplish other things in the game, sometimes it helps to be able to discard and redraw as many cards as possible on a turn. One of the ways to do that is to make math sentences out of your numbered cards. The artwork is also charming and funny, and it is delightful to know the game was invented by a 6 year old! My only complaint is, the cards were a little stiff and hard to shuffle in my poker-style way, but I guess that makes them more durable.
Sleeping Queens is a great add to your collection of card games for young children. Along with Rat-a-tat-cat, and Egyptian War, this is the most requested kids card game at my house. Game play is very simple — basically you play a card, then draw a card — but there is something about the quirky drawings and cards that capture kids attention and interest. It has also been nice to see my kids get better at the gentle and quite optional math element of the game — you can discard numbers that form an equation to get more cards and increase your chance of winning.
My husband and the girls were playing with the straight rules, 50 points or 5 queens wins the game with player. They recommend 40 points or 4 queens with 4 player.
I suggested we play to 5 queens or 50 points to make it a little more challenging. You must be logged in to add a review. Log in Register. Skip to content. Search for: Games News Stores. Sleeping Queens Gamewright Published: Reviews 6 Game Tips 4 Discussion. Publisher Overview Videos. Here's why All of these cards are one time plays and are immediately discarded when used. Watch out, Uno!
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