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The Dwarf King
The Dwarf King (Le Roi des Nains) is a trick-taking game played with a deck of 53 cards: three suits (Dwarves, Goblins and Knights) of thirteen cards each and fourteen special cards. The game also includes twenty contrac
What is The Dwarf King
The Dwarf King (Le Roi des Nains) is a trick-taking game played with a deck of 53 cards: three suits (Dwarves, Goblins and Knights) of thirteen cards each and fourteen special cards. The game also includes twenty contract tiles.
The game is played over seven rounds. At the start of a round, the dealer randomly draws one special card, reads it to all the players, shuffles it into the deck, then deals the deck out evenly to all players. (The dealer for the first round is the game's owner; for subsequent rounds, the dealer is the one who took the 5 of Dwarves in the previous round.) The player who receives the 5 of Knights draws a contract tile, reads it, then chooses one of the two scoring rules on it to apply for that round.
The player holding the 5 of Goblins leads on the first trick. Players must follow suit if possible, and the game includes no trump. The highest card played of the suit led wins the trick and leads to the next trick. Once all cards have been played, players tally their points (possibly negative), remove the special card and contract tile from the game, then shuffle for the next round.
The player who scores the most points over seven rounds wins the game.
Game details
- Players
- 3–5
- Age
- +10
- Duration
- 40 min
- Difficulty
- Light
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2011
- Mechanics
- Trick-taking
- Categories
- Bluffing · Card Game · Fantasy
- Designer
- Bruno Faidutti
- Publisher
- Devir
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Classic trick taking game. Pure randomness and fun. Every round you are dealt a bunch of cards and you have to do the best you can with them. On each round the scoring objective changes, so depending on the nature of the missions you have to play in a different way. Somehow this game clicks with my group, we just don't take it too seriously and every time we play we end up laughing a lot. A couple of things that need to be improved: the official rule for the green 5 is dumb, just straight up house rule it. We play it this way: if you are dealt the green 5, you have to shuffle and deal the car
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How many players is The Dwarf King for?
The Dwarf King plays with 3–5 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 40 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 10.
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