Animal Kingdoms

Game Details

Player Count: 1-5
Playtime: 30-45 minutes
Age Range: 8+
Weight: Medium
Release Date: Kickstarter Fall 2018
Mechanisms: Area Control, Hand Management
Brief Description: In Animal Kingdoms, each player takes on the role of a house leader, battling to gain control of the five kingdoms. Cards in your hand represent noble beasts that have pledged their allegiance to you. Over the course of three ages, you must deploy your beasts to the various territories – making sure that you adhere to each kingdom’s decree – to try and improve your influential position in the kingdoms. The house that gains the most influence by the end of the third age is declared the one true leader of the realm.

Cardboard Edison 1st Place Winner!

Animal Kingdoms won the Cardboard Edison award in 2018. Here's what the judges had to say about the game:

  • Beautifully executed design! The game is easy to teach, compelling to play, and I want to play it again.
  • The area influence and hand management came together into a neat, elegant casserole. This game feels slick, and very well-polished.
  • Modularity makes it very replayable. Decisions are tense and interesting.
  • Fantastic job! I truly enjoyed playing this and played it multiple times.
  • Well done, looking forward to seeing this on a shelf!

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About the Designer Steven Aramini

Steven Aramini lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife of 15 years, two dogs and two cats. He is a creative director for an advertising agency by day and a board game designer and fan by night. He caught the game design bug in 2014 when his first game, Yardmaster, won the Ion Award at SaltCon and later got published, and has been exploring design ideas ever since. When he’s not playing games, he loves camping, kayaking and traveling.