Games Like Royal Court

You are the Royal Steward. Each day, nobles, priests, soldiers, and peasants petition the throne, and it falls to you to seat them in their proper places. Seat them well and chains of harmony form, earning the King's Favor. Seat them badly, and the court is left wanting. Royal Court is a single-player card puzzle for five-minute sittings. One deck of fifty cards, four faction fields, and a small antechamber where petitioners wait their turn.

Four houses, four rules

Each faction keeps its own idea of proper order. The Nobility insist on descending rank. The Clergy climb ever upward. The Military march in alternating step. The Peasantry stay close to their neighbours. Build a chain that follows the pattern, then bank it before it can be broken, and the longer it runs, the more the court applauds.

A day is won by all four

The day is won only when every house is satisfied, so the question each turn is not just where a card scores, but which house still needs feeding. Ten event cards bend the day in its own direction.

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