Setup
Pick as many Princesses as the number of players. Add all of them to the deck, shuffle, and deal fairly.
Pick any player: their position is the Queenseat (and whoever sits there is called the Queen).
Card facing is important in this game. From now on, hand cards that face towards yourself are called secret cards. Cards that face away (to the other players) are public cards.
Objective
The game ends once nobody can Vote anymore. Whoever is the Queen when that happens, wins!
Gameplay
Gameplay happens in rounds.
Each round,
- All players pick a secret card from their Hand: their Vote.
- Once done, reveal these votes simultaneously.
- The Princess with the most votes wins.
- Tied? The one closest to Queenseat, going clockwise, wins.
The Queen gets 1 card of choice (as a public card). All winning voters may pick who receives their card, which can be themselves (public).
For each remaining card, the player must make a choice. (Handle this from the Queenseat again, in clockwise order, until all cards are gone.)
- Either execute the action on the card.
- Or swap places with another player.
The Queen decides who receives your card (public), but they can’t pick themselves.
There are, however, two wrinkles.
- You are not allowed to vote the type you see the most in your neighbor’s hands. (Unless you have no choice.)
- You may only swap places with the Queen if they have fewer public cards of the winning type than you.
That’s it! Have fun!
Packs
Below is an overview of all different Princesses in the game. It’s roughly sorted based on how difficult the card’s actions are to understand.
It’s recommended to not include two Animals of similar color in the same game. They have similar actions and might make the game monotone.
The cards explain themselves, but the overview below contains clarifications or extra details.
Whenever you receive cards for an action, you may choose whether to make them public or secret. (Unless the action explicitly states what to do, of course.)