King, Queen and Ministers

A fun and challenging guessing game for all ages.

Description

King, Queen and Ministers is a guessing game where players take turns trying to guess the identity of a hidden character. The game is played with a deck of cards, each of which has a picture of a different character on it. One player is designated as the “king” and another player is designated as the “queen”. The remaining players are the “ministers”.

Categories: Family Games, Friends Games, Indoor Games, Multiplayer Games, Party Games

How to Play

• Number of Players Required: The game can be played with any number of players, but it is best played with at least 4 players.

• What You’ll Need

• A deck of cards
• A way to keep score

• Gameplay

  1. The king shuffles the deck of cards and deals five cards to each player.
  2. The king looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “queen”.
  3. The king gives the queen one of his cards.
  4. The queen looks at her cards and chooses one card to be the “minister”.
  5. The queen gives the minister one of her cards.
  6. The minister looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “peasant”.
  7. The minister gives the peasant one of his cards.
  8. The peasant looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “jester”.
  9. The peasant gives the jester one of his cards.
  10. The jester looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “executioner”.
  11. The jester gives the executioner one of his cards.
  12. The executioner looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “king”.
  13. The executioner gives the king one of his cards.
  14. The king looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “queen”.
  15. The king gives the queen one of his cards.
  16. The queen looks at her cards and chooses one card to be the “minister”.
  17. The queen gives the minister one of her cards.
  18. The minister looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “peasant”.
  19. The minister gives the peasant one of his cards.
  20. The peasant looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “jester”.
  21. The peasant gives the jester one of his cards.
  22. The jester looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “executioner”.
  23. The jester gives the executioner one of his cards.
  24. The executioner looks at his cards and chooses one card to be the “king”.

Winning Criteria: The first player to guess the identity of the king wins the game.

Estimated Playtime: The game can take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour to play, depending on the number of players.

Make it Your Own

• You can add your own characters to the game.
• You can change the rules of the game to make it more challenging.

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Tags: Guessing game, Party game, Family game