How to Play

Queendomino

2-4 players 25-25 min 7.1 Board Game Geek Rating

Create the most magnificent realm by selecting terrain tiles featuring wheat fields, forests, lakes, pastures, swamps, and mountains. Knights generate coins while expanding towns unlocks new buildings and strategic possibilities. Earn the Queen's blessing but beware the dragon's threat to achieve victory in this standalone sequel to Kingdomino.

Published 2017

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Prepare domino tiles

Shuffle all domino tiles together and place them in easy reach (box tray works well)

Set up building tiles

Shuffle the 32 building tiles grey side up and place the stack on the red square of the Builder's board

Fill the building track

Keeping grey side up, move 1 tile from the top of the stack onto each of the 6 spaces of the track

Position dragon and Queen

Place the dragon on the Cave space and the Queen nearby

Distribute starting tiles

Each player takes a single-square starting tile and puts their color castle standee on top of it

Assign player pawns

In a 2-player game, both players take 2 pawns; otherwise, everyone takes 1 pawn of their color

Collect starting resources

Each player collects 7 coins and 1 Knight figure (small black piece)

Create first domino column

One player takes 4 domino tiles number side up and arranges them from least to greatest in a vertical column, then flips all 4 to reveal terrain

Determine initial draft order

Collect all colored pawns in one player's hand and drop 1 at a time

Handle 3-player games

Discard 1 leftover tile each round

Prepare next column

After all pawns are placed, draw 4 new tiles, arrange numerically, and flip them over

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Follow turn order

The pawn at the top of the column (lowest number domino) goes first, followed by the next in order

Understand territories

A territory is an enclosed area of the same terrain type; you can have several territories of the same type scattered throughout your kingdom

Take your tile

Remove your pawn and the tile it sits on, then place the tile into your kingdom

Respect grid limits

Kingdoms cannot exceed a 5x5 grid (or 7x7 grid for 2 players)

Position your castle

The starting castle tile does not have to be the center of your kingdom

Match terrain

At least 1 of the 2 terrains on the new domino must join and match another tile in your kingdom; the other terrain can mismatch

Use castle as wild

The starting castle tile counts as wild for terrain matching and any domino may connect to it

Commit to placement

Once a tile is placed, you cannot move it; if a tile cannot be placed legally, discard it

Place if possible

You cannot discard a domino if it can be legally placed

Deploy knights

If you have available knight pieces, place 1 or 2 on the domino you just placed

Earn coins

Receive coins equal to the number of squares in the territory where each knight was placed

Knights are permanent

Knights stay put for the rest of the game; you may add another knight to a territory that already has one

Check requirements

You must have a red construction square present anywhere in your kingdom (not necessarily on the just-placed domino)

Purchase a building

Choose 1 building from the building row, pay the bank the shown cost, and add the building to one of your red construction squares (red side up)

Building effects - Immediate (Upper Left)

Queen benefits

The Queen lowers building costs by 1 coin and adds 1 extra crown to your largest territory at end game; however, you cannot use the Dragon while holding her

Building effects - Ongoing (Lower Left)

Building effects - End Game Crowns (Upper Right)

These crowns contribute to territory scoring

Building effects - End Game Points (Lower Right)

Check eligibility

The dragon must still be in his cave and you cannot have the Queen

Pay the bribe

Pay 1 coin to the bank, move the dragon onto a building tile in the building row, and discard that tile to the box

Claim next tile

Place your colored pawn on 1 of the dominoes from the next laid out row; this determines your play order next round and which domino you will place

Reset the dragon

Move the dragon back to the cave

Refill buildings

Slide building tiles right to fill gaps, then refill back up to 6 buildings

Prepare new dominoes

Form a new line of domino tiles arranged low to high numerically, then flip them over

Winning

How to claim victory.

Trigger game end

The game ends when all domino tiles have been placed into player kingdoms

Check grid completion

Each player should have a 5x5 grid (7x7 for 2 players) or close to it

Place the Queen

If you have the Queen, place her in your largest connected territory; she counts as an extra crown icon

Convert coins

Every 3 coins equals 1 point

Score territories

Multiply each territory (closed group of same terrain) by the number of crowns in that territory; do this for each territory separately, even if they share the same terrain type

Score buildings

Add points from all buildings you purchased using the values in the lower right corner

Determine the winner

The player with the most points wins

Break ties

Ties are broken by largest territory