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The magical contest is about to begin! Once a year the Winter Queen enchants the snow in her Queendom, turning it into shining crystals ablaze with the colors of the northern lights. Wizards use the enchanted crystals to weave magical spells that will protect the Queendom from woe and misfortune and earn the recognition of its citizens.
The Winter Queen awards the wizards with golden coins for each cast spell. In truth, the gold itself is of little importance to wizards. What is truly important is that the best wizard will be proclaimed the new Queen's Key Advisor for the next year.
You are one of the wizards participating in the magical contest. Grab your magic book, study up, and get ready to impress the Winter Queen with your greatest spells.
Winter Queen - an abstract strategy game from Yuri Zhuravlev (Space Explorers, Viceroy). As a wizard in the Winter Queen's annual competition, you cast spells and vie to claim the title of the Queen's Key Advisor.
During your turn, you draft crystals and place them on the game map board known as the Queendom, thereby creating beautiful colorful patterns and gathering Spell Books. Alternatively, you may place crystals on your Spell Books to ignite their magical powers.
When you are ready, you may activate your Spell Books to produce spells and gather victory points in the form of golden coins. The wizard who has the most gold by the end of the game wins the contest and becomes the Queen's new Key Advisor.
Winter Queen is fast to play. Its rules can be explained in 5 minutes. It shines as a family game because it is easily accessible for all players and has stunning components.
At the same time, Winter Queen provides enough depth to create an ultimate challenge for experienced players. The game has a high degree of player interaction and allows for a lot of strategical decision.
Winter Queen is an abstract family game. You will take on the roles of Winter Queen's sorcerers, creating magical ornaments out of enchanted crystals. Each turn you either place a new crystal onto the board or use already placed crystals to score victory points depending on the spell books you and your opponents have.
Here are some key features of the game:
- Easy to learn and to teach.
- Suits family audience, but can also be played as a geek-filler.
- Quite competitive game.
- High replayability with lots of strategical combinations.
- Beautiful art and unique components.
Number of players: 2-4
Playing time: 20-30 min
Recommended age: 10+ years old
Mechanisms: cube drafting and placement, pattern building, set collection
Audience range: family abstract game
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